Junk RaidersSeason 2

Junk Raiders is a 2009 Canadian reality television series that airs on The Discovery Channel and ION Life. The series follows the titular Junk Raiders, a team of seven professionals as they attempt to renovate an old steel factory in downtown Toronto and turn it into a high-end loft in one month with only a C$5500 budget. Because of the extremely limited budget, many of the materials needed must be found by freecycling: finding something unwanted for free and reusing it.

For the production of the series, the team had commissioned a "junk hot-line", urging Torontonians to donate any garbage that they could use. In addition, as looking through other peoples' trash is illegal in Toronto, the show also has a special exemption that allows the team to do just that.

12 Episodes

Days 1-3
E1
Days 1-3The team is introduced to their project: to build a clubhouse whose second story is made from two halves of a shipping container, with various artistic features adorning both floors of the site.
Days 1-3
E1
Days 1-3The second experiment for the Junk Raiders crew is epic: to build a two-story, fully permitted clubhouse in one month out of a shipping container and any materials they can salvage from the streets of Toronto, with only $5,000 in funds.
Days 4-7
E2
Days 4-7Container Clubhouse
Days 4-7
E2
Days 4-7Geoff outlines the team's progress and the main goals he would like to see them achieve, including working on the wind turbine, the furniture, the welding, and the movable wall. Structural steel and windows are hard to come by.
Days 8-10
E3
Days 8-10Container Clubhouse
Days 8-10
E3
Days 8-10The client's feedback forces Andy to rethink his design for the windows. Gordie must freecycle 80 stainless steel sinks, among other materials. The rest of the crew focuses on the door opener, safety railing, welding, and the furniture.
Days 11-13
E4
Days 11-13Container Clubhouse
Days 11-13
E4
Days 11-13It is day 11, and Geoff wants to get 80 to 90 percent of the individual projects completed in the next six days in time to transport the containers for assembly at Evergreen Brick Works. In the war room Geoff lays down some troubling news.
Days 14-18
E5
Days 14-18Container Clubhouse
Days 14-18
E5
Days 14-18With a lot of work to accomplish in a small amount of time, not to mention the firefly aspect of the project that has not been attended to, the team must improvise to stay on course. Geoff must now rely on Gordie's freecycling skills.
Days 19-22
E6
Days 19-22Container Clubhouse
Days 19-22
E6
Days 19-22After watching the containers transported to Evergreen Brick Works, there is no room for error en route to completing the project, which includes hoisting both containers onto their structural supports. Will the team meet the challenge?