Episode
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition: The Ruiz Family
Overview
Ty and the gang go to El Paso, Texas, to help a family who sacrificed finishing their own home project to improve the lives of others.
Details
- Series
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 18
- Air date
- 2009-03-15
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
The Ruiz Family is Episode 18 in Season 6 of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. It aired on 2009-03-15. The runtime is 60 min.
Previous / Next
Episode 17: The Riojas Family
Ty takes the team to California to help Mary Ann Riojas who was born with a disability. She now lives with four children in a home that cannot cope with her needs and is falling apart.
Episode 19: The Bell Family
Ty and the gang go to Tucson, Arizona to rebuild the dangerous home of a 14-year-old girl suffering from a life threatening blood disease.
More episodes from this season
Episode 16: The Augustin Family
Ty and the gang go to Keller, Texas to help a family dedicated to aiding families with premature babies to reubuild the home and business they lost in a flood.
Episode 20: The Almquist Family
The team improves the home of a family operating an animal sanctuary in Pennsylvania; the family takes a vacation to Costa Rica while the team does its work; actor Justin Chambers stops by to welcome the family to its new home.
Episode 15: The Girard Family
The Girards have always been a helpful family, volunteering whenever possible and both the father and their eldest son where working towards helping the community. Unfortunately they both drowned and their house were burned down in a fire so Ty and the team head down to help out the rest of the family.
Episode 21: The Kadzis Family
Ty takes his team down to Tallahassee, Florida where they are going to help George who is battling with brain cancer. His family have looked after many children with special needs and now he wants to provide his own family with a stable home.
Episode 14: The Tutwiler Family
In a special two hour episode, the team head to Fort Riley, Kansas. They are there to help out Patrick's family whose home was destroyed by a tornado. With the help of hundreds of volunteers, Ty and the designers rebuild their home
Episode 22: The Jordan Family
After losing two children in 14 years, the Jordan family are now raising their grand children. Their lives are about to be turned around by Ty and the team who are ready to give them a brand new home.
Episode 13: The Drumm Family
The team heads down to Quincy Township, PA where the family have helped many disabled children over the years. Their poor lifestyles mean they only have one heat source in the house, and their land is used as a waste dump
Episode 23: The Cooper Family
Jeff Cooper (who suffers from Gulf War Syndrome) is about to have his home turned around by the team. He has now become dependent on his wheelchair and his son is also hadicapped after having lost his arm. The family's home is soon to be upgraded so they can live in peace.
Episode 12: The Grys Family
Ty and the gang travel to Pekin, Illinois to provide a better home for a family whose youngest son is afflicted with brittle bones disease.
Episode 24: The Cerda Family
The team heads to Las Vegas in order to rebuild a home that is dangerous for two young girls that have CIDD.