Our owners host HGTV's Renovation 911.

Lindsey Uselding and Kirsten Meehan run this company — and you can watch them do the work on national television. Here is what filming looks like from our side of the camera.

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An HGTV production crew with a boom microphone films two people outside a Twin Cities home

Why It Matters

Most people hire a restoration contractor sight unseen.

You call at midnight, someone arrives, and you make one of the larger financial decisions of your life on the spot. That is the normal way this happens — and it is worth knowing who you are dealing with before it does.

You can watch us work first

Most people meet a restoration contractor on the worst day of their year, with no way to judge who just showed up. Here you can see how the work is actually done before you ever call.

The same crew, not a TV crew

The people on screen are the owners of this company, and the trucks and crews in the background are the ones dispatched to Twin Cities homes every week.

Real losses, not staged ones

The episodes follow genuine emergencies — ice dams, water, fire, storm damage — which is the same list our phones ring about all year.

Behind the Scenes

What filming actually looks like.

Boom mics in the backyard, a monitor on the driveway, and the same selection showroom our clients sit in — photographed on location across the Twin Cities.

A camera rig and boom microphone set up to film two people in the backyard of a Twin Cities home during an HGTV Renovation 911 shoot — Setting up in a backyard

A crew member holds a clapperboard in front of the camera on the driveway of a home before a take — Marking a take

Production crew with a boom pole and reflector filming a group beside a lake — Filming lakeside

A director monitor showing the front of a house with two people on the porch during filming — On the monitor

Crew filming inside Ungerman's selection showroom, surrounded by tile, flooring, and paint sample displays — Filming in the selection showroom

Two people laughing over material samples spread across a table in the selection showroom — Making selections

Camera and lighting set up inside a finished living room with a gallery wall of framed photographs — Lighting an interior

Crew filming outside a house wrapped in housewrap partway through reconstruction — Mid-rebuild

A monitor showing a framed shot of someone speaking beside a window during filming — Rolling

A monitor showing a group gathered outside a house as a scene is filmed — Watching the take

Homeowners walking into a finished garage as a camera operator films the reveal — Reveal day

A monitor showing an emotional embrace during a reveal — The moment it lands

Two Ungerman team members on site in front of a home under reconstruction, new framing visible behind them — On site between takes

The finished entry of a restored home, looking through the front door to the living room beyond — Finished and handed back

The Ungerman team gathered outdoors in matching red shirts for a group photo — The wider team

From the Show

The same losses, off camera.

Nothing on the show is a category we invented for television. These are the calls that come in all year, and the work behind them is what we do whether or not anyone is filming.

Ice dams & winter leaks

One episode follows a Minnetonka home with severe roof leaks caused by hidden ice dams — a loss our crews handle across the metro every winter.

How ice dam damage happens

Water damage

Roof leaks, failed appliances, and burst pipes all end the same way: wet structure that has to be dried before anything can be rebuilt.

Water damage restoration

Fire & smoke

Fire losses almost never stop at the room that burned, which is why the scope so often reaches further than the damage looks.

Fire & smoke restoration

Storm damage

Hail and wind open a roof up, and the interior damage follows from there. The repair usually has to start at the top.

Storm damage repair

The Hosts

Who you are watching.

Lindsey Uselding

Owner and Chief Executive Officer

Lindsey builds a great company by empowering the team and assisting clients. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a business degree, she began her career at Target as a store director before joining Ungerman in 2013. She guides homeowners through the rebuilding process on HGTV Renovation 911, and outside work loves downhill skiing and time at the lake with family and friends.

Kirsten Meehan

Owner and Vice President

Kirsten began at Ungerman in 1998, painting and doing demolition work as a summer job. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2004, she became a full-time project manager and now helps homeowners make selections they have always wanted to change in their homes. She co-hosts HGTV Renovation 911, and outside work loves golf, cooking, reading, and traveling with family and friends.

Meet the whole team

Had the kind of day these episodes open with?

We answer live, around the clock. Tell us what happened and we will walk you through what comes next — including how the insurance side works.

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