There were dramatic scenes on Wednesday’s episode of The Block as contestant Alicia Aplin suffered a series of setbacks.

The 42-year-old Gold Coast mum first shed a tear in frustration when she couldn’t complete her first-choice buys.

And to make matters worse for the popular Blockhead, she found that her bathroom reno was spoiled over a wrongly placed towel rail – sending her into meltdown.

Alicia’s trouble began when she was informed via phone call that she couldn’t get the chair she wanted.

‘I just keep getting pipped at the post. This happens to every single time I try to buy something. I lost my vanity this weekend, I lost my mirror,’ she said in an emotional outburst.

‘I’m sick of being last in line,’ she said before reflecting, ‘I’m just frustrated. I’ll be right. I need to let it out. I just move on.’

There were dramatic scenes on Wednesday’s episode of The Block as contestant Alicia Aplin (pictured) suffered a series of setbacks

The 42-year-old Gold Coast mum first shed a tear in frustration when she couldn’t complete her first-choice buys

However, Alicia pointed out that the setbacks contribute to the competitive atmosphere of The Block, adding to the pressure.

‘But right now this is our whole world, you know, and so these small things make a difference,’ she said.

‘If I were at home and I couldn’t get a couch or couldn’t get a chair, it’d be like “oh well, no biggie.”

‘But when you’re in a competition and you want to do well, these are the things that count, so it just adds up.’

Things got worse for Alicia when she checked out the work that Sonny and the tradies had been doing on their en suite.

Alicia unleashed when she discovered that the towel rail had been fitted so high on a wall that she had to go into a full arm extension to reach it.

‘That is ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous,’ she told her husband, dismissing his attempts to demonstrate it would work if he draped a towel over it.

‘It doesn’t matter where the towels f***ing hang!’ she said.

Meanwhile, the tradies got to work on adjusting the rail.

To make matters worse for the popular Blockhead, she found that her bathroom reno was spoiled over a wrongly placed towel rail – sending her into meltdown

Alicia admitted her marriage with Sonny is ‘f***ed’ because of the show

But Alicia had the last word.

‘You know someone asked us today, “How you going, you’re married, how’s your relationship,”‘ she said.

‘F***ed, that’s how it’s going today.’

The pair have previously admitted the show has put strain on their marriage – but they have fought through it.

Despite the drama and pressure, they say their relationship is now even stronger.

‘We’ve been together 14 years. We made a pact to always have each other’s backs,’ Alicia said.

‘We bicker, sure. But that’s how we roll. We don’t let it linger.’

Dental practice manager Alicia, 42, and plumber Sonny, who hail from the Gold Coast, have three kids – a daughter Aria, 12, and sons Boston, 11, and Koa, 8.