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The Barnwood Builders are taking down a 170-year-old corn crib.

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Oh boy. Oh boy is right.

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Before it falls down around them.

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This whole leg could just snap.

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This thing is dangerous.

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It's gonna be a bear to get down.

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Oh y'all feel that?

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Each one of those are at least 800 pounds.

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Boy this makes me nervous. Hip, yeah.

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And even harder to get back up the old fashioned way.

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We on this, come on!

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Hip hip, come on!

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We're so happy that you guys are here

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and that somebody else is gonna restore them

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and give them a new life.

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It's gonna mean hard work,

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good fun, and a few surprises.

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Yeah!

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Two hundred years ago,

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the American pioneers built their homes by hand.

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Mark Bowe gives these old barns new lives.

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He and his longtime crew find them,

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take them down and fix them up

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so they can be turned into modern homes

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that will last another 200 years.

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What do you have against rock and roll anyway?

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I don't have anything against rock and roll.

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That's a crazy idea.

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I like it when you do it country.

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Okay, that's--I can't-- you can't repeat that again,

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you're gonna kill me.

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Where are we going?

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New Milton, West Virginia.

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This thing's up the holler? It's way up the holler.

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I mean, it's not the middle of nowhere,

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but you can see it from there.

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The first thing in the morning,

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Mark will meet the rest of his crew

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in New Milton, West Virginia.

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The pioneers settled here

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in the valleys they called hollers.

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They set up homesteads like this one,

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where the Shields family still lives the pioneer lifestyle

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with three dogs, five cows, and nine kids.

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But the barn the pioneers built here to store their corn,

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called a corn crib,

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is on the verge of collapse.

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Beautiful place.

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Oh boy.

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Oh boy is right.

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Oh boy.

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We've seen safer buildings. Yeah.

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Man, that thing's barely sitting on that rock.

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This thing is dangerous.

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Man, this looks pretty sketchy right here.

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It looks like this whole leg could just snap.

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It's cracked and rotted all through there,

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and wouldn't take much for the whole building

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to buckle right here on top of us.

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The legs are about to fail,

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but the corn crib itself is worth saving.

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This structure is put together real good.

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If you tried to pull it down,

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it would roll over before it would ever come apart.

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It could come down today if we shake it very much.

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Mark wants to sell this corn crib

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as an addition to a high end home.

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This can be saved as it is.

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If it falls, all we've got is a bunch of spare parts

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that we paid way too much money for, so.

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To get the best return on his investment,

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he needs to protect every beam.

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The four timber frame walls are joined by wooden pegs.

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The steep pitched roof is made of timber posts.

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The floor joists are hand-hewn logs.

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To get to the beams,

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the guys will first have to strip off the tin roof

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and the slat wood siding.

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It's gonna take some bracin'. Yeah.

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I wanna brace it up like it's gonna

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stand there for another 150 years

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just to make sure that it's gonna be stable.

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And then we'll start cleaning it out.

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The two by four bracing will shore up the structure,

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so they can climb in and clean it out.

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No one has been inside this corn crib in over 50 years.

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This is a neat place.

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For Johnny, it's an antique treasure chest.

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An ox yoke loop,

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and this hole here would be for a yoke key.

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They would put that in there and keep it from slipping out.

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Was this snow tires for a horse?

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My God.

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Hey, did you ever hear the saying,

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"Don't let 'em run over you roughshod."

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Now that's an old saying.

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But right there, it is a roughshod horseshoe.

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We're gonna hafta definitely get a disassembly line going here.

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Sweet.

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That's got a rubber baby buggy bumper on it.

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That's an antique sink.

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Everything including the kitchen sink.

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Hey, Johnny, just found a box of horseshoes.

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Well, don't just stand there holding 'em,

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put 'em down somewhere.

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The biggest treasure on this homestead

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is right next to the corn crib.

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The Shields' family home

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is an original pioneer log structure.

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Hey.

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Hi. Hey.

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Hey, sweetheart.

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Hi, welcome.

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All right.

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Hey. Hi; Lisa.

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Hey, I'm Mark, nice to meet you.

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Looks like you got your hands full.

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Just a little bit.

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You've got a beautiful house.

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This is all original, right?

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That's all original.

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When we bought it, it was all covered up in the clapboard.

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This is, you know, original rocks.

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All this is original daubing.

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You can come in. Thank you.

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Look at that fireplace.

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That is an amazing piece of stone.

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This is one piece of stone, right?

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Hand cut sandstone.

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So somebody has quarried this off the mountain,

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brought it back and then hand cut

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every single piece that goes in here.

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There are people that put a lot of money

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in trying to get this look.

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And you have it.

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If we had the money, we would restore all the buildings

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back to the original, and use them all,

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but we can't afford to do everything.

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So we're so happy that you guys are here

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and that somebody else is gonna restore them

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and give them a new life.

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Yeah, we're looking forward to it.

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All right, well, we better get to work,

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because the rain's coming and we've got a long day.

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All right, good luck, stay safe.

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Thanks again.

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As the guys get back to work--

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Tim, I want you to check that saw out, make sure it's sharp.

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Mark checks on the forklift he rented.

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We're supposed to have a piece of equipment here at 9:00.

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Um, where is it?

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It's 9:45.

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You haven't left yet?

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If it doesn't show up, we're gonna hafta do it by hand.

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I mean, we can do it by hand.

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It's just gonna take a lot longer than we anticipated.

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While he waits for the forklift,

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Mark knocks out some of the slat wood siding

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to get a look at the timber frame beams.

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So, this is solid oak.

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I mean, this is really, really nice.

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The thing about one of these frames

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is you never know what it looks like

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until you get the siding off.

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This is

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mid 1800s.

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It's all hand-hewn.

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They've got these little braces in, these little wedges.

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And then the boards were nailed

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to the wedges.

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And I guess it was to let the corn breathe.

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Corn cribs were an important part

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of a 19th century homestead.

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The space between the slats provided airflow

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to dry the corn.

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Each one of these slats that has been utilized

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to keep the corn in here has been hand riven

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with what's called a wood froe

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and actually the froe that did this is still in the barn.

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They used a wooden mallet, not a hammer.

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Of course this would've been in a fork, where you had pressure.

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They made each and every slat, each and every board

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that we're pulling off here,

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and it was done so well that it looks

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like it's been run through a sawmill.

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An incredible amount of work.

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Even without the forklift, the takedown has to continue.

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And that means taking a few risks.

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Without a forklift, I've gotta get up there

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and rip the roof off with a crowbar.

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And I don't like heights.

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I tell you what, this'll be a lot easier

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if that equipment'll get here.

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It'd be nice if it ever show up.

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Don't knock any more of that sheeting off there.

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Not till you get down.

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All right.

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Oh boy.

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Be careful.

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Whoa, y'all feel that?

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The Barnwood Builders are taking down

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a 170-year-old corn crib.

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But right now they're working without a forklift.

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And without a net.

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Whoa, y'all feel that? Yeah.

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The whole thing shake? Yes.

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Don't knock no more of that sheeting off there.

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Not till you get down. Not till you get down.

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I'm a work what I can up top

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and then we're gonna beat it in from the bottom.

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Be careful.

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Let's try not to shake this,

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don't even jerk on that while he's up there.

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All right.

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As the roof has come off,

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these rafters have become unstable.

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So we're holding off and gonna let him finish

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getting the metal at the top

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so we can get the rest of it knocked down safely.

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All right, I'm comin' down.

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Where you at? Come right behind me.

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Come right down, straight down.

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This is gonna be a big step, come on down.

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I got--I'm on it, am I on it?

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Yeah, come on down. I'm on it.

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Now you can step down the side of the building.

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I'm good now. All right.

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I just didn't want you to take a big step.

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That next one be a lulu.

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It was a lulu.

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Hey, you guys ready to eat?

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Hey, Johnny?

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Sherman, y'all ready to eat?

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Yeah, I'm ready, I don't know about Johnny.

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We got pepperoni rolls.

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That's a West Virginia staple of life.

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And she said we could even have a beer.

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Let's wait until after the building's down.

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Damn it.

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Heavenly Father, we thank You, Lord, for the day.

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Thank You for the work.

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Thank You for Your Grace, Lord.

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Thank You for the food.

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Thank You for everything You do.

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In Jesus' name, amen.

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Amen.

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Pepperoni roll.

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Sorry, dog.

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Day two on the homestead.

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Good morning, Lisa.

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Good morning, Mark.

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Before they take the corn crib apart--

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All right, Tim, you got this back gable.

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Okay.

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--They have to tag each beam

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so they can put it back together later.

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Where's the tags at?

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Uh, over there by the basement door.

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Johnny, hurry him up every chance you get.

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What--what're you all doing?

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And Sherman is in a hurry.

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I'll make this back so Sherman'll get off my back.

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How's that?

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It's just a little bit slow making the tags.

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There are a lot of tags to be made.

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All right, Tim, before you make anymore,

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come over and put these other three on,

269
00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:54,800
so they're done.

270
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God.

271
00:11:56,567 --> 00:11:58,100
All right.

272
00:11:58,100 --> 00:11:59,400
Time to be a track star.

273
00:12:02,667 --> 00:12:04,500
All right, come right back over here and start then.

274
00:12:04,500 --> 00:12:05,500
You got your tags?

275
00:12:13,100 --> 00:12:15,600
The brace is G.

276
00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:18,100
As long as they-- these numbers right here

277
00:12:18,100 --> 00:12:19,433
match what's on that sheet,

278
00:12:19,433 --> 00:12:20,900
it doesn't matter what's on there.

279
00:12:20,900 --> 00:12:22,233
You can use symbols if you want.

280
00:12:22,233 --> 00:12:25,133
Smilie faces with frowns, it don't matter.

281
00:12:25,133 --> 00:12:28,400
You might even have one that has a mean look, like Sherman.

282
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"Get back to work!"

283
00:12:30,300 --> 00:12:32,233
With the tin roofing off, the only thing

284
00:12:32,233 --> 00:12:34,500
keeping the timber rafters from separating

285
00:12:34,500 --> 00:12:36,033
are the collar ties.

286
00:12:36,033 --> 00:12:37,533
This is what we call a collar tie.

287
00:12:37,533 --> 00:12:38,867
Basically it just keeps the structure

288
00:12:38,867 --> 00:12:41,867
from spreading apart as far as the rafters.

289
00:12:41,867 --> 00:12:44,000
These were split by hand.

290
00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:45,500
Probably using a froe.

291
00:12:45,500 --> 00:12:47,900
When your hand down it, you can feel how, you know,

292
00:12:47,900 --> 00:12:49,467
it's wavy where the...

293
00:12:49,467 --> 00:12:52,300
hand tools were shaving it down.

294
00:12:52,300 --> 00:12:54,000
I love this craftsmanship of this.

295
00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:57,233
This is just awesome.

296
00:12:57,233 --> 00:12:59,733
All right, Johnny, where do you wanna start?

297
00:12:59,733 --> 00:13:01,700
It's time for the rafters to come down,

298
00:13:01,700 --> 00:13:05,267
and the forklift is still MIA.

299
00:13:05,267 --> 00:13:06,600
This side's out.

300
00:13:10,167 --> 00:13:13,133
You guys are doing just a wonderful job.

301
00:13:13,133 --> 00:13:15,233
I'm gonna recommend you for a raise.

302
00:13:17,867 --> 00:13:20,567
There you go.

303
00:13:20,567 --> 00:13:21,567
Pull it up just a little bit.

304
00:13:21,567 --> 00:13:22,700
There you go.

305
00:13:24,700 --> 00:13:27,433
Wonderful.

306
00:13:31,367 --> 00:13:32,767
There's some, well, evidence

307
00:13:32,767 --> 00:13:35,867
that there may have been a raccoon up here at one point.

308
00:13:35,867 --> 00:13:37,467
And over the past hundred and some years,

309
00:13:37,467 --> 00:13:38,933
I'd say there's been several raccoons,

310
00:13:38,933 --> 00:13:40,167
from what we can tell.

311
00:13:44,533 --> 00:13:46,300
Beneath the second level floorboards

312
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are the hand-hewn and very heavy floor joists.

313
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These are the original floor joists.

314
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They're pretty spectacular.

315
00:13:55,833 --> 00:13:58,100
Some of these are oak, some of them are poplar.

316
00:13:58,100 --> 00:13:59,633
Some of them are hemlock.

317
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Whatever was on the farm.

318
00:14:02,767 --> 00:14:04,433
This is 16-foot oak log.

319
00:14:04,433 --> 00:14:06,100
This one's gonna be hairy.

320
00:14:06,100 --> 00:14:07,400
Lay it down right there with that.

321
00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:11,067
Leave it unless it's in your way.

322
00:14:11,067 --> 00:14:13,033
Each one of those are at least 800 pounds.

323
00:14:15,533 --> 00:14:17,367
Nah. What do ya think?

324
00:14:17,367 --> 00:14:19,800
790, something like that. Huh, 790?

325
00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:21,433
I was counting it with the nails in it, Johnny.

326
00:14:21,433 --> 00:14:23,000
Oh right, yeah.

327
00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:25,800
I didn't consider that.

328
00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:27,033
Let me get down there too.

329
00:14:27,033 --> 00:14:29,000
Let's all dance if we're gonna dance.

330
00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:30,567
Go straight out.

331
00:14:34,767 --> 00:14:36,333
Watch them nails.

332
00:14:36,333 --> 00:14:39,267
Hold your nose, watch your eyes, and cover your parts.

333
00:14:49,167 --> 00:14:52,867
All right. Wasn't hard enough.

334
00:14:52,867 --> 00:14:55,733
Sweet. All right.

335
00:14:55,733 --> 00:14:58,267
Only the timber frame wall structure is left,

336
00:14:58,267 --> 00:15:02,033
but they'll have to wait for the forklift to take that down.

337
00:15:02,033 --> 00:15:03,967
All right, is that gonna catch?

338
00:15:03,967 --> 00:15:06,167
I think so.

339
00:15:06,167 --> 00:15:08,867
While they wait, Tim burns the wood scraps,

340
00:15:08,867 --> 00:15:11,700
and Brian finally arrives to do what Brian does best.

341
00:15:11,700 --> 00:15:13,900
Hey, Tim Tim.

342
00:15:13,900 --> 00:15:15,867
Get that fire higher.

343
00:15:15,867 --> 00:15:18,000
It's getting ready to go that way, baby.

344
00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:19,267
Will you hold my stick for me?

345
00:15:19,267 --> 00:15:20,633
I'll do it.

346
00:15:20,633 --> 00:15:24,533
All right, this is called the triple threat.

347
00:15:24,533 --> 00:15:26,433
You're not gonna eat those, right?

348
00:15:26,433 --> 00:15:29,000
Yeah, I'm gonna eat 'em.

349
00:15:37,967 --> 00:15:39,833
That's actually good, dude.

350
00:15:39,833 --> 00:15:42,433
Sometimes you just want something soft and sweet.

351
00:15:44,967 --> 00:15:46,467
You ain't right.

352
00:15:46,467 --> 00:15:48,333
Ain't right? No.

353
00:15:48,333 --> 00:15:51,933
But the break doesn't last long.

354
00:15:51,933 --> 00:15:53,567
Truck's here.

355
00:15:53,567 --> 00:15:55,067
Flag him down, flag him down.

356
00:15:55,067 --> 00:15:56,733
He'll go two miles away.

357
00:16:04,233 --> 00:16:05,833
The Barnwood Builders have been taking down

358
00:16:05,833 --> 00:16:08,533
this 19th century corn crib by hand.

359
00:16:08,533 --> 00:16:10,100
All right, let her down.

360
00:16:10,100 --> 00:16:12,200
But the cavalry is finally here.

361
00:16:14,900 --> 00:16:16,933
Hey, guys, this oughta make things easier.

362
00:16:16,933 --> 00:16:18,833
Amen.

363
00:16:18,833 --> 00:16:21,433
Johnny's the best I've ever seen on one of these.

364
00:16:21,433 --> 00:16:25,200
He might knit me a sweater if I put a needle on the end of it.

365
00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:26,767
Johnny's gonna need all his skills

366
00:16:26,767 --> 00:16:28,633
because even with a forklift,

367
00:16:28,633 --> 00:16:31,767
taking down a timber frame is delicate business.

368
00:16:31,767 --> 00:16:34,067
A timber frame is a system

369
00:16:34,067 --> 00:16:37,000
of mortise and tenon joinery.

370
00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:38,833
The tenon tongue of one wall

371
00:16:38,833 --> 00:16:40,233
fits into the mortise pocket

372
00:16:40,233 --> 00:16:41,500
of the other.

373
00:16:41,500 --> 00:16:43,967
These joints are secured by wooden pins.

374
00:16:47,967 --> 00:16:49,767
The bad part about a timber frame

375
00:16:49,767 --> 00:16:51,767
is if you drop it,

376
00:16:51,767 --> 00:16:53,467
it is highly likely

377
00:16:53,467 --> 00:16:55,333
that all of the mortises and tenons

378
00:16:55,333 --> 00:16:57,167
will crack, the beams will crack.

379
00:16:57,167 --> 00:17:00,500
And the aesthetic as well as the structural integrity

380
00:17:00,500 --> 00:17:02,267
will then be compromised.

381
00:17:02,267 --> 00:17:04,233
And the barn becomes parts.

382
00:17:04,233 --> 00:17:06,733
And this is way too nice to have for parts.

383
00:17:06,733 --> 00:17:08,733
This is a real structure.

384
00:17:08,733 --> 00:17:10,867
To preserve the mortise and tenon joinery,

385
00:17:10,867 --> 00:17:13,600
the wooden pins will have to come out.

386
00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:14,600
It's coming.

387
00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:20,133
Those are really driven in there.

388
00:17:22,433 --> 00:17:23,867
Hey, how about a little bit of lean?

389
00:17:23,867 --> 00:17:25,967
Yeah, yeah, yeah I can lean on it.

390
00:17:35,333 --> 00:17:36,833
Stop it, dude.

391
00:17:36,833 --> 00:17:38,000
Stop it.

392
00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:39,867
And just work.

393
00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:47,500
Done.

394
00:17:47,500 --> 00:17:49,567
Once the two by four braces are off,

395
00:17:49,567 --> 00:17:51,633
the first wall is freestanding.

396
00:17:51,633 --> 00:17:54,900
Gotta pull these cross braces.

397
00:17:54,900 --> 00:17:56,700
And when you do that, she's loose.

398
00:17:56,700 --> 00:17:58,467
Man, there's pressure on that, you can feel it.

399
00:17:58,467 --> 00:17:59,967
It's up to Johnny to lift it out

400
00:17:59,967 --> 00:18:02,700
without taking the rest of the building with it.

401
00:18:02,700 --> 00:18:04,533
Just a little pressure to it, Johnny.

402
00:18:04,533 --> 00:18:06,400
Little bit.

403
00:18:12,467 --> 00:18:13,867
Okay.

404
00:18:13,867 --> 00:18:16,267
Boy this makes me nervous.

405
00:18:16,267 --> 00:18:18,167
Real nervous.

406
00:18:18,167 --> 00:18:20,067
The wall isn't budging for Johnny.

407
00:18:20,067 --> 00:18:21,867
So Mark gives it a nudge.

408
00:18:25,700 --> 00:18:27,900
We're loose here.

409
00:18:27,900 --> 00:18:30,167
Man, I don't like this.

410
00:18:30,167 --> 00:18:32,200
Hang on, hang on.

411
00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:33,400
Graham, I need to get that rope

412
00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:37,033
and tie a tagline to the bottom of it.

413
00:18:37,033 --> 00:18:39,900
Like this? Yeah.

414
00:18:39,900 --> 00:18:41,867
This'll always be important on the timber frame

415
00:18:41,867 --> 00:18:45,167
because we wanna be able to control the wall.

416
00:18:45,167 --> 00:18:46,233
Sledgehammer.

417
00:18:50,500 --> 00:18:53,200
Looks like Sherman's pin, over there, is stuck,

418
00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:56,200
so he's gonna put a little Sherman into it.

419
00:18:58,133 --> 00:18:59,933
Be ready to run.

420
00:18:59,933 --> 00:19:02,067
Sherman frees his side.

421
00:19:02,067 --> 00:19:05,700
The forklift is the only thing holding this wall up.

422
00:19:05,700 --> 00:19:07,100
Little bit.

423
00:19:10,167 --> 00:19:11,567
Oh!

424
00:19:14,167 --> 00:19:17,500
Back up with it.

425
00:19:17,500 --> 00:19:18,667
It's all yours.

426
00:19:18,667 --> 00:19:20,033
It's all yours now.

427
00:19:20,033 --> 00:19:21,100
Kick it, hey, little bit.

428
00:19:21,100 --> 00:19:22,133
It's all yours.

429
00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:26,767
Don't get under it, nobody.

430
00:19:26,767 --> 00:19:28,600
I gotta come that way a little bit.

431
00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:29,900
You do what you gotta do.

432
00:19:35,033 --> 00:19:36,667
That's good right there.

433
00:19:36,667 --> 00:19:39,933
All right, now down.

434
00:19:39,933 --> 00:19:41,600
And make sure it's on that block, Tim.

435
00:19:45,467 --> 00:19:46,400
Good enough.

436
00:19:50,067 --> 00:19:52,900
It's always best to dismantle a timber frame on the ground.

437
00:19:52,900 --> 00:19:54,167
Just like we build 'em.

438
00:19:54,167 --> 00:19:56,333
We put it together on the ground and then we raise it up.

439
00:19:56,333 --> 00:19:57,867
That's what they call a barn raising.

440
00:19:57,867 --> 00:20:01,100
This is a barn lowering.

441
00:20:04,433 --> 00:20:06,633
The only thing holding this right now

442
00:20:06,633 --> 00:20:08,833
is the temporary braces that we put in there

443
00:20:08,833 --> 00:20:10,900
and that's why it's imperative that

444
00:20:10,900 --> 00:20:14,033
that part gets taken apart as quickly as we can.

445
00:20:14,033 --> 00:20:16,033
It's not gonna stand very long like this.

446
00:20:16,033 --> 00:20:19,300
Johnny, can you get it off that stud?

447
00:20:19,300 --> 00:20:21,867
The ghost of that guy that made this is hanging around here.

448
00:20:21,867 --> 00:20:23,867
I bet he's laughing himself silly.

449
00:20:25,833 --> 00:20:27,367
I was going to say laughing himself to death,

450
00:20:27,367 --> 00:20:29,367
but that wouldn't have been right.

451
00:20:29,367 --> 00:20:30,900
That bottom one coming?

452
00:20:30,900 --> 00:20:32,300
Got it.

453
00:20:32,300 --> 00:20:34,400
The first wall is dismantled.

454
00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:36,567
Time to take down the rest of them.

455
00:20:36,567 --> 00:20:37,733
Kick it, little bit.

456
00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:45,233
See that little skink right there?

457
00:20:45,233 --> 00:20:46,833
Yeah, what is that?

458
00:20:46,833 --> 00:20:48,500
Little skink lizard.

459
00:20:48,500 --> 00:20:51,533
He's going for a ride.

460
00:20:51,533 --> 00:20:53,233
Skinks are really fast guys.

461
00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:56,600
Say hi.

462
00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:57,667
Get to work!

463
00:21:08,167 --> 00:21:11,933
Let's go take that apart, Graham.

464
00:21:11,933 --> 00:21:15,533
Now for the last and most dangerous wall.

465
00:21:15,533 --> 00:21:17,533
The only thing holding this building up right now

466
00:21:17,533 --> 00:21:20,567
is these two boards and these stakes that're already loose.

467
00:21:20,567 --> 00:21:23,267
I mean, it could fall any minute.

468
00:21:23,267 --> 00:21:24,433
It's dangerous.

469
00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:35,467
Johnny, put that right here?

470
00:21:35,467 --> 00:21:37,633
Take it down there and lay her back.

471
00:21:37,633 --> 00:21:38,567
Hey! Watch out, Mark!

472
00:21:46,133 --> 00:21:50,133
Barnwood Builders take down antique barns piece by piece.

473
00:21:50,133 --> 00:21:51,400
And the last piece

474
00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:54,767
of this 170-year-old timber frame corn crib

475
00:21:54,767 --> 00:21:56,400
is about to come down.

476
00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:59,533
Take 'er down there and lay her back.

477
00:21:59,533 --> 00:22:01,200
Hey! Watch out, Mark!

478
00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:08,967
You got it, take it.

479
00:22:11,633 --> 00:22:13,600
It looked like the wall was coming down,

480
00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:16,567
but Johnny had a hold of it from above.

481
00:22:16,567 --> 00:22:20,533
I left my crowbar dangling and everything.

482
00:22:20,533 --> 00:22:23,167
We had it braced up.

483
00:22:23,167 --> 00:22:24,900
It wasn't gonna fall, but when you can sense

484
00:22:24,900 --> 00:22:26,600
outta the corner of your eye and somebody says,

485
00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:29,167
"Look out, look out," you run.

486
00:22:29,167 --> 00:22:32,400
And nonetheless, my heart's beating quite a bit.

487
00:22:41,367 --> 00:22:44,067
All right, now just let her sit down.

488
00:22:44,067 --> 00:22:46,400
So this is it, this is the last lift,

489
00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:47,833
and all this in two days.

490
00:22:47,833 --> 00:22:49,067
I'm really happy.

491
00:22:49,067 --> 00:22:51,033
I think the guys, everybody's really worked hard.

492
00:22:51,033 --> 00:22:53,533
This has just been an awesome couple of days.

493
00:22:53,533 --> 00:22:56,433
Even with the delays, we've made good time.

494
00:22:56,433 --> 00:22:58,567
Good job, everybody.

495
00:22:58,567 --> 00:23:00,300
Everything that was over our head

496
00:23:00,300 --> 00:23:03,033
is now at our feet.

497
00:23:03,033 --> 00:23:05,600
So we just gotta get loaded and get outta here tonight.

498
00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:08,833
It's time to take the last wall apart.

499
00:23:08,833 --> 00:23:11,267
And load it on the truck for its new home.

500
00:23:14,967 --> 00:23:16,733
Well, the corn crib is down.

501
00:23:16,733 --> 00:23:18,800
I still don't have a buyer for it,

502
00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:21,600
but I know it's not gonna sell sitting in a pile on the yard,

503
00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:24,133
so we're gonna have to reassemble it.

504
00:23:24,133 --> 00:23:26,100
But I've got an idea

505
00:23:26,100 --> 00:23:28,433
of an old fashioned barn raising.

506
00:23:28,433 --> 00:23:31,567
And I wanna do it with this corn crib.

507
00:23:31,567 --> 00:23:33,300
The pioneers relied on help

508
00:23:33,300 --> 00:23:36,000
from their neighbors to raise their barns.

509
00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:38,633
Assembling the barns and lifting the heavy walls

510
00:23:38,633 --> 00:23:42,300
was a community event.

511
00:23:42,300 --> 00:23:43,700
The Barnwood Builders are back home

512
00:23:43,700 --> 00:23:46,133
in Lewisburg, West Virginia,

513
00:23:46,133 --> 00:23:49,133
where Mark has organized an old fashioned barn raising.

514
00:23:53,033 --> 00:23:55,700
He's invited his friends and neighbors.

515
00:23:55,700 --> 00:23:58,667
They've brought their tools and their kids,

516
00:23:58,667 --> 00:24:00,933
and they're here to reassemble the corn crib,

517
00:24:00,933 --> 00:24:04,633
and stand it back up.

518
00:24:04,633 --> 00:24:06,267
Hey, welcome, everybody.

519
00:24:06,267 --> 00:24:08,833
This project is really about...

520
00:24:08,833 --> 00:24:10,600
these guys.

521
00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:11,800
Coming together as a community

522
00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:14,500
and seeing what our ancestors did.

523
00:24:14,500 --> 00:24:17,133
Reassemble a timber frame, just like they would've done

524
00:24:17,133 --> 00:24:20,633
and just they would've came together 150 years ago.

525
00:24:20,633 --> 00:24:22,233
Each wall of the timber frame

526
00:24:22,233 --> 00:24:24,533
will be assembled on the ground first,

527
00:24:24,533 --> 00:24:26,667
then hoisted into place.

528
00:24:26,667 --> 00:24:28,000
Everything's gonna be done by hand

529
00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,333
with ropes and boards and muscle power.

530
00:24:30,333 --> 00:24:32,567
If anybody forgot their muscles, I've got extra.

531
00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:38,633
We had a little bit of trouble getting a building permit,

532
00:24:38,633 --> 00:24:42,100
so I invited the mayor.

533
00:24:42,100 --> 00:24:43,467
Hey, being's you're the mayor,

534
00:24:43,467 --> 00:24:45,167
I got this here speeding ticket the other day.

535
00:24:47,567 --> 00:24:49,500
You and every one of this crew.

536
00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,300
The main thing about this is gonna be safety.

537
00:24:54,300 --> 00:24:56,300
These timber frames are gonna weigh

538
00:24:56,300 --> 00:24:57,800
about 5,000 or 6,000 pounds

539
00:24:57,800 --> 00:24:59,867
when they get lifted in the air.

540
00:24:59,867 --> 00:25:01,300
So if you're in a place

541
00:25:01,300 --> 00:25:03,333
where it can hit you when it falls,

542
00:25:03,333 --> 00:25:04,533
I would move to a place

543
00:25:04,533 --> 00:25:06,933
where it cannot hit you when it falls.

544
00:25:06,933 --> 00:25:08,267
Are there any questions, no, great,

545
00:25:08,267 --> 00:25:10,067
so let's get started.

546
00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:14,367
Using pioneer era log carriers,

547
00:25:14,367 --> 00:25:17,833
they move the logs into place to assemble the first wall.

548
00:25:17,833 --> 00:25:21,400
All right, you're in, Tim, and Sarah goes here.

549
00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:23,033
Here we go.

550
00:25:23,033 --> 00:25:24,700
It feels really good to do it this way.

551
00:25:24,700 --> 00:25:26,367
Not let the machines do it,

552
00:25:26,367 --> 00:25:27,933
but actually do it with people

553
00:25:27,933 --> 00:25:31,700
that I love to be around and joke around

554
00:25:31,700 --> 00:25:34,433
and move heavy stuff all day.

555
00:25:34,433 --> 00:25:38,133
We're looking for LC and LA.

556
00:25:38,133 --> 00:25:40,800
This is gonna be the heaviest beam we pick up all day,

557
00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:44,000
is this particular beam.

558
00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,800
All right.

559
00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:48,733
Just set it on the sticker.

560
00:25:48,733 --> 00:25:51,467
Lay it on the sticker for now, lay her down.

561
00:25:51,467 --> 00:25:53,200
Okay.

562
00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:54,667
That's heavy.

563
00:25:54,667 --> 00:25:58,367
The picker upper makes it kinda easy, so.

564
00:25:58,367 --> 00:26:00,567
Doing good, that's a lot of fun.

565
00:26:02,933 --> 00:26:05,167
While the older volunteers do the heavy lifting,

566
00:26:05,167 --> 00:26:06,633
the younger ones pull

567
00:26:06,633 --> 00:26:08,700
the antique nails out of the logs.

568
00:26:08,700 --> 00:26:10,167
Some of them come right out, and then others

569
00:26:10,167 --> 00:26:12,733
you have to work on for a couple minutes.

570
00:26:12,733 --> 00:26:14,267
You want stickers?

571
00:26:14,267 --> 00:26:16,000
But once the logs are nail free--

572
00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:17,867
You wanna get a measurement of this?

573
00:26:17,867 --> 00:26:21,233
Sarah uncovers some bad news.

574
00:26:21,233 --> 00:26:22,833
Mark, I think there's a problem.

575
00:26:25,333 --> 00:26:28,133
Houston, that is a problem.

576
00:26:35,333 --> 00:26:37,400
You wanna get a measurement of this?

577
00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:40,467
The corn crib is about to come together again.

578
00:26:40,467 --> 00:26:42,400
Mark, I think there's a problem.

579
00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:44,667
But this key log needs repair.

580
00:26:44,667 --> 00:26:47,967
Houston, that is a problem.

581
00:26:47,967 --> 00:26:50,467
That's a--that's a big problem.

582
00:26:50,467 --> 00:26:53,867
What'd you do to it?

583
00:26:53,867 --> 00:26:57,133
I'm known around here as the female Mark Bowe

584
00:26:57,133 --> 00:26:59,867
because I'm awesome.

585
00:26:59,867 --> 00:27:02,600
When Sarah and Eddie flipped this log over,

586
00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:04,300
it looks like it's actually come apart.

587
00:27:04,300 --> 00:27:07,900
It's broken here, and we needed it to be solid here.

588
00:27:07,900 --> 00:27:09,933
And unfortunately we're gonna have to put a piece in here

589
00:27:09,933 --> 00:27:11,333
to make that structurally sound

590
00:27:11,333 --> 00:27:13,333
or else this frame can't go together.

591
00:27:13,333 --> 00:27:15,633
Adamo.

592
00:27:15,633 --> 00:27:17,367
I'm Joshua Adamo.

593
00:27:17,367 --> 00:27:19,367
Beautiful. Yeah.

594
00:27:19,367 --> 00:27:22,433
And I specialize in historic preservation.

595
00:27:22,433 --> 00:27:25,233
I guess it would be a Dutchman repair.

596
00:27:25,233 --> 00:27:26,833
So the Dutchman would come in--

597
00:27:26,833 --> 00:27:27,933
'cause we're only removing

598
00:27:27,933 --> 00:27:30,967
a section of the actual timber,

599
00:27:30,967 --> 00:27:34,367
but try to keep as much of the original material intact.

600
00:27:34,367 --> 00:27:37,567
Priority-wise, this beam's gotta get repaired first.

601
00:27:37,567 --> 00:27:40,067
We can't make one lift until this is done.

602
00:27:43,467 --> 00:27:45,400
So I'm cutting

603
00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:48,367
the butt end of the Dutchman repair now

604
00:27:48,367 --> 00:27:51,400
using a Japanese pull saw,

605
00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:52,833
timber saw.

606
00:27:52,833 --> 00:27:54,267
So the Japanese saw,

607
00:27:54,267 --> 00:27:56,333
the teeth are pointed in a different direction

608
00:27:56,333 --> 00:27:59,333
to be aggressive on the pull stroke.

609
00:27:59,333 --> 00:28:02,333
The English saws are concentrated

610
00:28:02,333 --> 00:28:04,167
on the push stroke.

611
00:28:04,167 --> 00:28:06,200
A little cleaner than a chainsaw.

612
00:28:08,733 --> 00:28:12,133
Finishing up this Dutchman repair here.

613
00:28:12,133 --> 00:28:13,567
Hopefully it'll work.

614
00:28:15,100 --> 00:28:17,100
If it works, this is gonna be even down through here

615
00:28:17,100 --> 00:28:20,533
when we put this on.

616
00:28:20,533 --> 00:28:22,233
Looks real good, thanks.

617
00:28:22,233 --> 00:28:23,933
Appreciate it.

618
00:28:25,567 --> 00:28:27,367
Now that the log is repaired.

619
00:28:27,367 --> 00:28:28,633
Hip, yeah.

620
00:28:28,633 --> 00:28:29,800
All right, we're good.

621
00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:31,300
The first wall gets reassembled

622
00:28:31,300 --> 00:28:34,033
exactly as the pioneers built it.

623
00:28:34,033 --> 00:28:35,367
The mortise and tenon joints

624
00:28:35,367 --> 00:28:37,633
are carefully slipped back into place

625
00:28:37,633 --> 00:28:40,300
and then secured with wooden pegs.

626
00:28:40,300 --> 00:28:42,333
It's a little bit overbuilt.

627
00:28:42,333 --> 00:28:44,767
I think this structure could handle

628
00:28:44,767 --> 00:28:47,467
quite a few hurricanes and tornados.

629
00:28:47,467 --> 00:28:49,100
Okay, the big man's here.

630
00:28:49,100 --> 00:28:50,467
It's time to put this thing in the air.

631
00:28:50,467 --> 00:28:51,800
What?

632
00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:53,333
The two big men are here.

633
00:28:53,333 --> 00:28:55,167
And just in time for the heavy lifting,

634
00:28:55,167 --> 00:28:57,133
some new recruits arrive.

635
00:28:57,133 --> 00:28:59,767
Mark's son Atticus,

636
00:28:59,767 --> 00:29:01,533
cousin Chloe,

637
00:29:01,533 --> 00:29:04,067
and Joshua's son Gus.

638
00:29:04,067 --> 00:29:06,133
I'll get it started and I'll feed it to ya.

639
00:29:06,133 --> 00:29:08,667
They're about to lift the first wall into place.

640
00:29:08,667 --> 00:29:10,200
For leverage, Graham sets

641
00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:12,400
a pair of pulleys in a nearby tree,

642
00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:15,267
just like the pioneers did.

643
00:29:15,267 --> 00:29:16,733
Graham, that one's dead now.

644
00:29:16,733 --> 00:29:17,900
That one's dead.

645
00:29:17,900 --> 00:29:18,967
Don't get on that.

646
00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:27,133
Graham's our natural tree man now.

647
00:29:27,133 --> 00:29:28,933
He's a man of the wilderness.

648
00:29:28,933 --> 00:29:30,500
I call him a New Age hillbilly.

649
00:29:34,067 --> 00:29:36,833
We need the big dogs back there.

650
00:29:36,833 --> 00:29:38,867
Mark splits the crew into three teams:

651
00:29:38,867 --> 00:29:40,233
one pulling from the left...

652
00:29:43,500 --> 00:29:45,033
one pulling from the right;

653
00:29:45,033 --> 00:29:48,167
Oh it's tug of war; I got this.

654
00:29:48,167 --> 00:29:50,167
And the big guys pushing from the top.

655
00:29:53,533 --> 00:29:55,867
Who's the strongest here, besides me?

656
00:29:55,867 --> 00:29:56,900
I am.

657
00:29:59,100 --> 00:30:00,433
All right.

658
00:30:00,433 --> 00:30:02,933
We got Johnny here just in case this thing falls.

659
00:30:02,933 --> 00:30:05,633
So he's gonna be here just as a safety precaution.

660
00:30:05,633 --> 00:30:07,300
So here's the way this is gonna go.

661
00:30:07,300 --> 00:30:10,000
If they got it, then the four of us'll back up.

662
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:11,233
We'll grab a hold of these,

663
00:30:11,233 --> 00:30:12,700
and keep on pushing it up.

664
00:30:12,700 --> 00:30:13,833
Let's do it.

665
00:30:13,833 --> 00:30:16,133
One, two, three.

666
00:30:19,967 --> 00:30:23,933
Is it slidin'?

667
00:30:23,933 --> 00:30:25,100
Come on!

668
00:30:25,100 --> 00:30:26,500
All right, easy, easy!

669
00:30:26,500 --> 00:30:28,033
Easy, easy!

670
00:30:28,033 --> 00:30:29,167
Easy on the rope! Get on the safety rope.

671
00:30:36,767 --> 00:30:39,133
The Barnwood Builders and their friends

672
00:30:39,133 --> 00:30:42,667
are trying to lift this 170-year-old corn crib

673
00:30:42,667 --> 00:30:44,400
the old fashioned way.

674
00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:46,833
But it's heavier than they expected.

675
00:30:46,833 --> 00:30:49,033
Let's let it down.

676
00:30:49,033 --> 00:30:51,333
You'll never do it this way.

677
00:30:51,333 --> 00:30:54,933
You've gotta have a lot more horsepower than this, buddy.

678
00:30:54,933 --> 00:30:56,900
Well, that didn't go very well.

679
00:30:56,900 --> 00:30:59,333
Because it's just really heavy.

680
00:31:01,233 --> 00:31:03,567
I don't know, we need more people or something.

681
00:31:03,567 --> 00:31:04,900
This is the exact reason

682
00:31:04,900 --> 00:31:07,667
they invented hydraulics and heavy equipment.

683
00:31:07,667 --> 00:31:09,567
I mean, what if one guy was sick that day?

684
00:31:09,567 --> 00:31:12,100
The rope holder, you know?

685
00:31:12,100 --> 00:31:14,333
They had to, like, go fishing or something.

686
00:31:14,333 --> 00:31:16,167
We need it on the other side of that branch.

687
00:31:16,167 --> 00:31:18,667
Before the second attempt, Sarah adjusts

688
00:31:18,667 --> 00:31:20,900
the angle of the pulley to get more leverage.

689
00:31:20,900 --> 00:31:22,733
I want two people with bars at the end of them posts

690
00:31:22,733 --> 00:31:24,267
to keep it from sliding.

691
00:31:24,267 --> 00:31:26,267
And Sherman positions two footers

692
00:31:26,267 --> 00:31:27,933
to keep the wall from sliding.

693
00:31:27,933 --> 00:31:30,533
And now the group is ready to try one more pull.

694
00:31:30,533 --> 00:31:31,533
Let's do it!

695
00:31:31,533 --> 00:31:33,000
Let's go!

696
00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:34,767
All right, are ya ready?

697
00:31:34,767 --> 00:31:37,967
On the count of three, everybody put their big boy pants on.

698
00:31:37,967 --> 00:31:41,633
All right, one, two, three, go.

699
00:31:45,167 --> 00:31:46,667
We on this, come on!

700
00:31:46,667 --> 00:31:47,933
Hip hip!

701
00:31:47,933 --> 00:31:49,767
Come on, hip hip!

702
00:31:49,767 --> 00:31:50,900
Back up!

703
00:31:50,900 --> 00:31:52,333
All right, easy, easy.

704
00:31:52,333 --> 00:31:53,833
Easy, easy!

705
00:31:53,833 --> 00:31:55,200
Get the other rope. Easy!

706
00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:57,300
Get the safety rope.

707
00:31:57,300 --> 00:31:58,700
Get a hold of that rope!

708
00:31:58,700 --> 00:31:59,733
You have it, Graham.

709
00:31:59,733 --> 00:32:00,967
Get your braces!

710
00:32:06,333 --> 00:32:07,333
So we're good then.

711
00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:15,300
How's everybody feel?

712
00:32:18,767 --> 00:32:20,700
Yay!

713
00:32:20,700 --> 00:32:24,100
That wasn't hard or nothing. You did good.

714
00:32:24,100 --> 00:32:25,533
There's a special place in my heart

715
00:32:25,533 --> 00:32:27,433
for watching it go up the old way.

716
00:32:27,433 --> 00:32:29,133
You know, I know how it was done,

717
00:32:29,133 --> 00:32:30,633
but I'd never seen it done.

718
00:32:30,633 --> 00:32:32,667
I'll just check it off my bucket list.

719
00:32:32,667 --> 00:32:35,500
The only way for that pioneer spirit to live on

720
00:32:35,500 --> 00:32:38,633
is to teach the next generation.

721
00:32:38,633 --> 00:32:41,367
Joshua and his son are taking out the old pegs

722
00:32:41,367 --> 00:32:42,900
to make room for new ones.

723
00:32:42,900 --> 00:32:44,533
All right, see if you can pull it out.

724
00:32:44,533 --> 00:32:46,333
There you go.

725
00:32:46,333 --> 00:32:47,267
Sweet.

726
00:32:49,933 --> 00:32:51,767
So I need this tobacco stick

727
00:32:51,767 --> 00:32:54,000
to end up looking like this.

728
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:56,400
Mark and his son are making new pegs

729
00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:58,267
for the mortise and tenon joints.

730
00:32:58,267 --> 00:33:01,067
What Atticus is doing here is actually making our pegs.

731
00:33:01,067 --> 00:33:03,733
And this is critical to holding the timber frame together.

732
00:33:03,733 --> 00:33:07,033
So basically he's making wooden nails.

733
00:33:07,033 --> 00:33:10,767
While Johnny teaches Chloe a more modern skill.

734
00:33:10,767 --> 00:33:12,500
How high can it get?

735
00:33:12,500 --> 00:33:16,100
Find out.

736
00:33:16,100 --> 00:33:17,333
You're equipment operator.

737
00:33:21,267 --> 00:33:22,800
Okay, it's in there.

738
00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:24,467
The kids help assemble the second wall

739
00:33:24,467 --> 00:33:26,433
before it goes into place.

740
00:33:26,433 --> 00:33:28,667
Atticus, pound these pegs in.

741
00:33:37,633 --> 00:33:39,533
Okay, go ahead, drive that in there.

742
00:33:43,067 --> 00:33:46,000
He's better with a hammer than I am.

743
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:49,833
Friends, family; it does not get any better than this.

744
00:33:49,833 --> 00:33:52,833
The pioneers would've raised this barn around a tree,

745
00:33:52,833 --> 00:33:56,333
using the leverage of the tree to lift all four walls

746
00:33:56,333 --> 00:33:58,200
then cut down the tree.

747
00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:00,800
But since this tree is off to one side,

748
00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:02,233
they take a modern shortcut

749
00:34:02,233 --> 00:34:04,067
and drop the south wall into place.

750
00:34:11,300 --> 00:34:13,133
Ho, all right, now hold it.

751
00:34:13,133 --> 00:34:15,067
We're--start your bottom first.

752
00:34:15,067 --> 00:34:18,067
But these old beams don't line up like they used to.

753
00:34:18,067 --> 00:34:19,900
And seating the mortise and tenon joints

754
00:34:19,900 --> 00:34:22,167
has to be done the old fashioned way.

755
00:34:22,167 --> 00:34:23,367
Give me--get a ladder.

756
00:34:23,367 --> 00:34:24,700
Let's get a ladder.

757
00:34:24,700 --> 00:34:27,433
I don't know what you'll do with it.

758
00:34:27,433 --> 00:34:31,033
Joshua uses a c-clamp and some serious elbow grease

759
00:34:31,033 --> 00:34:34,100
to torque the bottom beam into position.

760
00:34:34,100 --> 00:34:36,200
Tim pounds it home with a wooden mallet

761
00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:38,733
they call "The Persuader."

762
00:34:38,733 --> 00:34:42,700
You're going with every hit; you stopped.

763
00:34:42,700 --> 00:34:46,700
But now the top beam is way out of alignment.

764
00:34:46,700 --> 00:34:48,867
Right there, start it.

765
00:34:48,867 --> 00:34:49,933
Push it, push it.

766
00:34:49,933 --> 00:34:51,967
Oh sorry, that was me, I was pushing.

767
00:34:51,967 --> 00:34:54,267
Is it in there? Yes, both of 'em's in there.

768
00:34:54,267 --> 00:34:55,267
Good job, Josh.

769
00:34:55,267 --> 00:34:56,667
So you want me to push it on in?

770
00:34:56,667 --> 00:34:59,033
Now that the top and bottom are seated,

771
00:34:59,033 --> 00:35:01,200
they need to force the whole wall in,

772
00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:03,067
and hope the peg holes line up.

773
00:35:03,067 --> 00:35:04,600
Can you get a peg in it? Not yet.

774
00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:08,467
Get them pegs ready. Peg lady, thank you.

775
00:35:08,467 --> 00:35:10,067
Once the bottom joint lines up,

776
00:35:10,067 --> 00:35:11,933
Mark secures it with a wooden peg.

777
00:35:13,867 --> 00:35:14,933
That's good.

778
00:35:14,933 --> 00:35:16,600
But we still need to get the top in.

779
00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:18,833
But the top beam is a bigger problem.

780
00:35:18,833 --> 00:35:20,900
All right, we're gonna persuade that in.

781
00:35:20,900 --> 00:35:23,600
Ready. I like the word persuade.

782
00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:26,267
This beam just can't be persuaded.

783
00:35:26,267 --> 00:35:28,000
Hey, fellas, I tell you what I think

784
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:31,233
it needs to come up a little bit to go in there.

785
00:35:31,233 --> 00:35:33,000
It looks twisted to me.

786
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:34,800
The beam is twisted.

787
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:36,667
The beam's twisted itself.

788
00:35:36,667 --> 00:35:38,233
I don't think it's gonna do no good.

789
00:35:44,667 --> 00:35:47,300
The top beam of this timber frame wall won't budge.

790
00:35:47,300 --> 00:35:49,833
They need to push it in so the peg holes line up.

791
00:35:49,833 --> 00:35:51,200
It looks twisted to me.

792
00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:52,933
The beam is twisted.

793
00:35:52,933 --> 00:35:54,933
The beam's twisted itself.

794
00:35:54,933 --> 00:35:56,767
I don't think it's gonna do no good.

795
00:35:56,767 --> 00:35:58,733
Pounding it doesn't work.

796
00:35:58,733 --> 00:36:00,600
Ain't no sense of fighting this thing.

797
00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:02,867
Sherman takes matters into his own hands

798
00:36:02,867 --> 00:36:06,733
using brute strength and a two by six as a lever.

799
00:36:06,733 --> 00:36:07,900
There you go!

800
00:36:07,900 --> 00:36:08,900
Get a peg ready.

801
00:36:08,900 --> 00:36:09,900
Get a peg!

802
00:36:13,233 --> 00:36:15,433
It ain't quite there yet.

803
00:36:15,433 --> 00:36:17,200
Come on; bouncing.

804
00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:20,233
Come on, let's do something.

805
00:36:20,233 --> 00:36:21,600
Try it again.

806
00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:23,700
Come here and help me, Johnny.

807
00:36:23,700 --> 00:36:25,000
It's just bouncing now.

808
00:36:27,733 --> 00:36:28,900
Is that it?

809
00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:38,200
The pegs go in and these mortise and tenon joints

810
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:39,500
are just as solid

811
00:36:39,500 --> 00:36:42,367
as they were 170 years ago.

812
00:36:42,367 --> 00:36:43,700
You're good. Damn.

813
00:36:48,667 --> 00:36:50,833
That thing just kept bouncin'.

814
00:36:50,833 --> 00:36:53,833
The hole was like this the whole time.

815
00:36:55,133 --> 00:36:57,467
It's in there.

816
00:36:57,467 --> 00:36:58,567
If you want this thing done,

817
00:36:58,567 --> 00:37:01,133
you just put Sherman on the end of it.

818
00:37:01,133 --> 00:37:03,800
Well, it just had to be done.

819
00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:07,233
Let's turn it and then let it down, that's right.

820
00:37:07,233 --> 00:37:10,467
Now that this team is a well-oiled machine,

821
00:37:10,467 --> 00:37:12,800
the north wall slides into place.

822
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:14,167
Now we just gotta pick that up.

823
00:37:14,167 --> 00:37:15,500
Somebody gotta pin it.

824
00:37:15,500 --> 00:37:16,867
Put a peg in it.

825
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:23,867
Sherman uses the small mallet to sink the pegs,

826
00:37:23,867 --> 00:37:27,233
and The Persuader to nudge the beams.

827
00:37:27,233 --> 00:37:30,233
Come on.

828
00:37:30,233 --> 00:37:32,933
Yeah these pegs too big for the holes.

829
00:37:32,933 --> 00:37:35,533
Yeah we go get this heavy piece of equipment like that

830
00:37:35,533 --> 00:37:37,233
and look at them holding up the entire building

831
00:37:37,233 --> 00:37:38,433
with one two by four.

832
00:37:38,433 --> 00:37:40,300
Thank you.

833
00:37:40,300 --> 00:37:43,733
And now there's one wall of this corn crib left to pull up

834
00:37:43,733 --> 00:37:46,200
to make this community barn raising a success.

835
00:37:48,433 --> 00:37:49,600
Keep her coming!

836
00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:50,867
Come on, we got her!

837
00:37:50,867 --> 00:37:53,733
Come on, come on, come on!

838
00:37:53,733 --> 00:37:55,033
Come on with it!

839
00:37:56,567 --> 00:37:59,567
Come on!

840
00:37:59,567 --> 00:38:01,267
Okay, hold it!

841
00:38:01,267 --> 00:38:03,333
Woo, hold on.

842
00:38:05,367 --> 00:38:06,633
All right, the gate's on.

843
00:38:06,633 --> 00:38:08,667
There you go, there you go.

844
00:38:08,667 --> 00:38:10,100
There it is, you're coming, man.

845
00:38:10,100 --> 00:38:11,167
Down here on the bottom.

846
00:38:11,167 --> 00:38:14,867
There you go; Fred Flintstone that thing.

847
00:38:14,867 --> 00:38:17,567
Uh, these boys are gonna know how to work,

848
00:38:17,567 --> 00:38:19,567
and to tell you the truth,

849
00:38:19,567 --> 00:38:21,767
the girls worked a little bit longer than the boys today.

850
00:38:24,233 --> 00:38:26,167
All right, it's in, it's in.

851
00:38:28,633 --> 00:38:29,800
Good job.

852
00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:31,500
Hey, man, I appreciate your help.

853
00:38:31,500 --> 00:38:33,300
Sweet, sweet.

854
00:38:33,300 --> 00:38:35,600
Now that the kids know how to use the old fashioned tools,

855
00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:37,100
there's one job left.

856
00:38:37,100 --> 00:38:39,133
I want the person-- the two people

857
00:38:39,133 --> 00:38:41,867
that worked the hardest today

858
00:38:41,867 --> 00:38:43,333
to start first.

859
00:38:43,333 --> 00:38:47,267
And that would actually be Chloe and Emily.

860
00:38:47,267 --> 00:38:50,667
Yeah, yup.

861
00:38:56,767 --> 00:39:01,633
Girls rock.

862
00:39:06,467 --> 00:39:09,700
Today is a microcosm of what community is all about.

863
00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:12,833
This is just awesome.

864
00:39:12,833 --> 00:39:14,467
The kids running around, I mean.

865
00:39:14,467 --> 00:39:16,833
This is--you can't get no better than this.

866
00:39:16,833 --> 00:39:18,400
A lot of fun.

867
00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:21,767
No one had been inside of that corn crib in 50 years.

868
00:39:21,767 --> 00:39:23,933
Hey, Johnny, just found a box of horseshoes.

869
00:39:23,933 --> 00:39:25,567
Well, don't just stand there holding 'em,

870
00:39:25,567 --> 00:39:27,300
put 'em down somewhere.

871
00:39:27,300 --> 00:39:29,667
And it was about to fall anytime.

872
00:39:29,667 --> 00:39:31,733
This whole leg could just snap.

873
00:39:31,733 --> 00:39:33,400
This thing is dangerous.

874
00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:36,100
And now look at it.

875
00:39:36,100 --> 00:39:39,167
I'm pretty sure that the people that built this 150 years ago

876
00:39:39,167 --> 00:39:41,400
would love to see what's going on today.

877
00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:42,867
I mean, we had the mayor here.

878
00:39:42,867 --> 00:39:44,033
We had the kids here.

879
00:39:44,033 --> 00:39:45,767
We had musicians here.

880
00:39:45,767 --> 00:39:47,300
We had a great time.

881
00:39:47,300 --> 00:39:50,433
This place was filled with joy.

882
00:39:52,100 --> 00:39:54,200
They say it takes a village to raise a child,

883
00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:55,433
but you know what?

884
00:39:55,433 --> 00:39:57,167
It takes a village to raise a barn too.

884
00:39:58,305 --> 00:40:58,313
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