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yasmin Cooke & Heather Pickstock

Update on when the heartwarming story of how DIY SOS helped one Weston-super-Mare family will hit TV screens

People wanting to watch how a DIY SOS team transformed the lives of one family from Weston-super-Mare will have to wait a little longer before it hits TV screens.

TV star Nick Knowles and his DIY SOS cast descended on the seaside resort in March to help Chris and Cat Sweet and their three disabled children.

Nick – along with his team Billy, Mark, Chris and Jules – were joined by an army of tradesmen and volunteers for the Big Build Project.

(BristolLive)

Around 100 tradespeople a day worked on the project to transform the four bed property into a home fit for the couple and their children Louisa, Max and Harry.

Nick and his team stepped in to help after hearing about the Sweet family's plight who have lived in their home in Exford Close for 15 years.

The couple's three children have all been diagnosed with different conditions.

Harry was diagnosed with the genetic condition Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome three years ago.

DIY SOS begins at the home of the Sweet family at 15 Exford Close, Weston-Super-Mare. (BristolLive)

The condition causes six-year-old Harry, hypermobility and terrible pain in his joints, as well as unsettled sleep and constipation.

Following further genetic testing, the couple's other children Louisa, 14, and Max, 11, were diagnosed with Friedreich's Ataxia, a neurodegenerative life-limiting neuromuscular condition which currently has no treatment or cure.

The condition can affect a sufferer's speech, fine motor skills and vision. They also have enlarged hearts, spinal scoliosis and suffer fatigue.

Mum Cat, 33, could no longer lift the children in and out of the shower and bath or carry them up the stairs.

This means Louisa and Max could only make it upstairs by carefully and painfully crawling on all fours.

(BristolLive)

Both of the boys are already part-time wheelchair users and Louisa will become permanently wheelchair bound.

Mum Cat, on returning to her refurbished home, hailed the team and the volunteers who stepped in as ‘heroes.’

On arriving back home at the property after the building Cat said: "It has become a home - that is so massive.

"You all came here nine days ago as traders. You leave here as heroes."

(BristolLive)

Residents are now being updated on when the heartwarming programme could hit our screens.

A spokesperson for BBC Broadcasting said:"There is no set date yet, but this will be after April 2020.

"The DIY SOS cast team will be advising everyone involved two weeks before broadcast."

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