Episode
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition: Grommesh Family
Overview
The team builds a handicapped accessible home for the family of a wheelchair-bound 10-year-old; the old home, moved to a new location, will house another family.
Details
- Series
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 11
- Air date
- 2011-01-02
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Grommesh Family is Episode 11 in Season 8 of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. It aired on 2011-01-02. The runtime is 60 min.
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