Before renovating their kitchens, the three couples must vie for their budgets by stacking paint cans into towers. The team with the tallest paint-can tower receives a kitchen renovation budget of $35,000. The second-place team gets a budget of $25,500, while the third-place team gets a budget of $19,000. Unlike previous projects, the kitchen renovation will take two weeks. To get things started, the couples decide to work as a group to demolish each kitchen. During the course of the first week¿s renovations, all three couples run into major electrical issues that are beyond their abilities to fix. After consulting with Lorenzo Lerma, the HOUSE RULES ¿Go To Guy,¿ it is decided that professional electricians are needed. Meanwhile, during a trip to Lowe¿s, Joey challenges Lowe¿s associate Leon Gordon to a footrace in the parking lot. Gordon is a 2004 Summer Olympics hopeful. While the electricians are working in their kitchens, the three couples have dinner with Walberg at Houston¿