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Nick Knowles and the team help transform the homes of families across Britain.

Nick Knowles and the team issue a call to arms and recruit friends, family and local trades to help transform the homes of families across Britain.

DIY SOS: The Big Build

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DIY SOS: Series 28: Episode 2: The Big Build - Welwyn Garden City

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The team renovates Sascha's family home to provide her with a dedicated dialysis room.

The team renovates Sascha's home to provide her with a dedicated dialysis room, meaning she will no longer have to endure intensive dialysis at hospital.

Kidney failure has meant that midwife Sascha has to endure intensive dialysis at hospital just to stay alive. This intense dialysis for hours on end, five days a week, places her body under immense stress with the constant threat of life-risking blood clots. If this continues, Sascha, a mother to four children, has a life expectancy of just a few years.

However, Sascha could do self-dialysis daily from her home, and the increase in frequency and the decrease in intensity would mean her life expectancy and lifestyle would improve dramatically. So that is where DIY SOS and the generous volunteers and trades of Billy's home turf, Welwyn Garden City, step up to help one of their own. 

In an emotionally charged episode, Sascha's family home is completely renovated and extended to include a dedicated home-dialysis room for Sascha, which offers her a lifeline and extra years with her loving family.

DIY SOS: Series 28

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Nick Knowles and his DIY SOS team travel the country, bringing communities together and transforming people's lives by giving them the homes they need.

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