"Barnwood Builders" The Historic Civil War Cabin

1 00:00:01,167 --> 00:00:01,867 This barn any good? 2 00:00:01,867 --> 00:00:03,500 Yeah! 3 00:00:03,500 --> 00:00:05,367 NARRATOR: The Barnwood Builders are moving a piece of history. 4 00:00:05,367 --> 00:00:08,067 I feel like we just stepped out of the early 1880s. 5 00:00:08,067 --> 00:00:11,367 But this Civil War cabin won't come down without a fight. 6 00:00:11,367 --> 00:00:12,667 Whoa, whoa. 7 00:00:12,667 --> 00:00:14,667 It's going to be a battle all the way. 8 00:00:14,667 --> 00:00:16,300 Ain't no good. 9 00:00:16,300 --> 00:00:18,300 But these guys are always up for hard work... 10 00:00:18,300 --> 00:00:19,233 good fun... 11 00:00:19,233 --> 00:00:21,000 I didn't mean to do that. 12 00:00:22,033 --> 00:00:23,300 ...and a few surprises. 13 00:00:23,300 --> 00:00:24,633 MARK: Whoa, what is that? 14 00:00:26,533 --> 00:00:28,700 200 years ago, 15 00:00:28,700 --> 00:00:32,400 the American pioneers built their homes by hand. 16 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:36,400 Mark Bowe gives these old barns new lives. 17 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:40,333 He and his longtime crew 18 00:00:40,333 --> 00:00:42,800 find them, take them down, and fix them up 19 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:45,133 so they can be turned into modern homes 20 00:00:45,133 --> 00:00:48,133 that will last another 200 years. 21 00:00:48,133 --> 00:00:51,133 -- Captions by VITAC -- 22 00:00:51,133 --> 00:00:54,200 Closed Captions provided by Scripps Networks, LLC. 23 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:02,074 Do you want subtitles for any video? -=[ ai.OpenSubtitles.com ]=- 24 00:01:09,133 --> 00:01:11,100 Things are hopping on the Boneyard. 25 00:01:13,533 --> 00:01:15,433 Push it back a little bit. 26 00:01:15,433 --> 00:01:18,033 It's the busy season for the Barnwood Builders. 27 00:01:18,033 --> 00:01:20,267 All ashore that's going ashore. 28 00:01:20,267 --> 00:01:22,533 And it's about to get busier. 29 00:01:22,533 --> 00:01:23,567 All right. 30 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:28,633 MARK: I got a call from a doctor in Tennessee. 31 00:01:28,633 --> 00:01:30,533 Sounds like he's got a beautiful piece of land. 32 00:01:30,533 --> 00:01:33,333 So I'm really excited about this project 33 00:01:33,333 --> 00:01:35,933 because the client is a history buff. 34 00:01:35,933 --> 00:01:39,767 And I think he's gonna get it. He's gonna get what we do. 35 00:01:39,767 --> 00:01:44,400 Mark's prospective client lives in Elizabethton, Tennessee. 36 00:01:45,733 --> 00:01:47,967 This small Appalachian town played an important part 37 00:01:47,967 --> 00:01:52,267 in both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. 38 00:01:52,267 --> 00:01:53,433 Hey, Dan. Nice to meet ya. 39 00:01:53,433 --> 00:01:54,933 Nice to meet you. Welcome to my home. 40 00:01:54,933 --> 00:01:56,200 Thank you. This is your home? 41 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:57,533 Mm-hmm. Yeah, this is my home. 42 00:01:59,067 --> 00:02:02,033 I'm Dan Schumaier, and I've been a history buff all my life. 43 00:02:02,033 --> 00:02:04,200 As a matter of fact, I love to live with history. 44 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:06,833 I live in a home that was built in 1820. 45 00:02:06,833 --> 00:02:09,333 The house is solid brick. 46 00:02:09,333 --> 00:02:12,700 There's 360,000 bricks in the house. 47 00:02:12,700 --> 00:02:14,633 Most bricks are handmade. 48 00:02:14,633 --> 00:02:15,867 These over here are sun-dried brick. 49 00:02:15,867 --> 00:02:16,967 Uh-huh. 50 00:02:16,967 --> 00:02:19,300 The people that were actually making the brick, 51 00:02:19,300 --> 00:02:21,133 when they'd pick it up, it was soft clay. 52 00:02:21,133 --> 00:02:22,200 Yeah. 53 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:24,767 And the fingerprints are still in the brick. 54 00:02:24,767 --> 00:02:25,967 Whoa, what is that? 55 00:02:25,967 --> 00:02:30,267 We also have a home that was built in 1797. 56 00:02:30,267 --> 00:02:32,733 Well, that's the house that Andrew Johnson died in. 57 00:02:32,733 --> 00:02:34,367 As in President Andrew Johnson? 58 00:02:34,367 --> 00:02:36,400 Yeah, he was the president after Lincoln. 59 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:37,733 Yeah. 60 00:02:37,733 --> 00:02:39,267 He became president after Lincoln was assassinated. 61 00:02:39,267 --> 00:02:40,467 Uh-huh. 62 00:02:40,467 --> 00:02:43,267 And we took it apart and moved it board by board. 63 00:02:43,267 --> 00:02:44,967 I'm really a fan 64 00:02:44,967 --> 00:02:46,967 of the early architecture of our country, 65 00:02:46,967 --> 00:02:48,467 particularly the Federal style. 66 00:02:48,467 --> 00:02:51,433 What I'm looking for now is a pre-Civil War log cabin. 67 00:02:51,433 --> 00:02:53,633 I don't know if you even have anything like that. 68 00:02:53,633 --> 00:02:55,500 I've got a cabin back in Braxton County, 69 00:02:55,500 --> 00:02:56,667 West Virginia. 70 00:02:56,667 --> 00:02:58,267 It's got huge logs, really narrow chink gaps. 71 00:02:58,267 --> 00:02:59,833 That what I'm lookin' for. Okay. 72 00:02:59,833 --> 00:03:03,100 NARRATOR: The log cabin Mark has in mind 73 00:03:03,100 --> 00:03:06,333 is sitting in a holler 300 miles away. 74 00:03:06,333 --> 00:03:10,567 It's 24-feet-wide by 17-feet-deep and 20-feet-high. 75 00:03:10,567 --> 00:03:12,267 The logs are so big 76 00:03:12,267 --> 00:03:16,700 that this two-story cabin is only eight logs high. 77 00:03:16,700 --> 00:03:17,633 Thank you, man. 78 00:03:17,633 --> 00:03:18,900 Looking forward to it. Thank you. 79 00:03:18,900 --> 00:03:22,233 It's a deal, but Dan wants the cabin right away. 80 00:03:22,233 --> 00:03:25,233 We're gonna do a little divide and conquering this week. 81 00:03:25,233 --> 00:03:27,933 I left Sherman and Tim on the yard 82 00:03:27,933 --> 00:03:29,933 so that they can keep orders flowin' out the door. 83 00:03:29,933 --> 00:03:32,600 Graham and Johnny's gonna come with me 84 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:35,133 and hopefully take this one down with just three of us. 85 00:03:35,133 --> 00:03:37,667 So Mark, Johnny and Graham 86 00:03:37,667 --> 00:03:40,033 head to Braxton County, West Virginia, 87 00:03:40,033 --> 00:03:43,567 where this log cabin was built 88 00:03:43,567 --> 00:03:45,867 just before the Civil War broke out. 89 00:03:47,433 --> 00:03:50,367 GRAHAM: Ain't she a beaut? 90 00:03:50,367 --> 00:03:52,033 MARK: There it is. 91 00:03:52,033 --> 00:03:55,000 Graham, you seen one with logs that big before? 92 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,333 No, not that many of 'em. 93 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,867 20s. That's crazy. 94 00:04:04,633 --> 00:04:06,500 22 inches. 95 00:04:06,500 --> 00:04:07,733 Some of them's huge on four sides. 96 00:04:07,733 --> 00:04:09,067 Yeah. I mean, this is ideal, man. 97 00:04:09,067 --> 00:04:11,433 Yeah. This is the perfect little cabin. 98 00:04:11,433 --> 00:04:13,900 And around the side of the cabin... 99 00:04:13,900 --> 00:04:15,067 You see this hand-cut sandstone? 100 00:04:15,067 --> 00:04:16,733 Yeah. Probably come from right up here on the bank. 101 00:04:16,733 --> 00:04:17,933 Right over here on the bank. 102 00:04:17,933 --> 00:04:19,100 Yeah. That's what I think. 103 00:04:19,100 --> 00:04:23,467 There's the hammer marks, rock hammer. 104 00:04:23,467 --> 00:04:24,767 Be some nice history here. 105 00:04:24,767 --> 00:04:26,733 GRAHAM: You think you would have liked 106 00:04:26,733 --> 00:04:29,867 to have lived back then, Johnny, in pioneer days? 107 00:04:29,867 --> 00:04:31,800 You know, that sounds neat, 108 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:37,300 but they had a hard life, worked from daylight till dark. 109 00:04:37,300 --> 00:04:40,133 They probably always had a gun with 'em. 110 00:04:40,133 --> 00:04:41,500 If they was farmin' 111 00:04:41,500 --> 00:04:44,467 and used a horse or whatever to plow with, 112 00:04:44,467 --> 00:04:46,433 they still had a gun close by 113 00:04:46,433 --> 00:04:48,900 because of the threat of whatever. 114 00:04:48,900 --> 00:04:52,733 Nowadays, I don't think we're tough enough to be a pioneer. 115 00:04:52,733 --> 00:04:55,800 I know I ain't. 116 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,333 This is why we got in the business, you know, 117 00:04:58,333 --> 00:05:00,200 to see how the pioneers lived 118 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:02,800 and restore, you know, part of history. 119 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:05,500 Yeah, we're gonna make a client really happy with this, too. 120 00:05:05,500 --> 00:05:07,833 NARRATOR: Before they take this cabin down, 121 00:05:07,833 --> 00:05:11,900 they tag each log with a letter and a number. 122 00:05:11,900 --> 00:05:15,533 You know, the thing about poplar is that it checks really deep. 123 00:05:15,533 --> 00:05:17,633 And this is what we call a check. 124 00:05:17,633 --> 00:05:20,567 A check is a pioneer word for a great, big crack. 125 00:05:20,567 --> 00:05:22,367 The problem with these checks 126 00:05:22,367 --> 00:05:25,200 is a lot of times people will chink in between it. 127 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:28,733 And then, it makes a 20-inch log look like it's two 10-inch logs. 128 00:05:28,733 --> 00:05:30,867 I don't know. To me, it kinda loses its appeal. 129 00:05:30,867 --> 00:05:32,467 Yeah. I wouldn't change that log. 130 00:05:32,467 --> 00:05:33,967 I'd just put it back together. 131 00:05:33,967 --> 00:05:35,567 Yeah. I'd hate to change any log. 132 00:05:35,567 --> 00:05:38,367 Unless it's rotten, we don't want to change it. 133 00:05:38,367 --> 00:05:40,133 But on the back of the cabin, 134 00:05:40,133 --> 00:05:42,867 there is one log that just can't be saved -- 135 00:05:42,867 --> 00:05:44,567 B7. 136 00:05:44,567 --> 00:05:46,233 Look at that. 137 00:05:46,233 --> 00:05:48,800 What is that right there? Oak. 138 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:50,100 JOHNNY: That's oak, yeah. 139 00:05:50,100 --> 00:05:52,233 It's amazing how all the poplar logs are good, 140 00:05:52,233 --> 00:05:53,867 and all the oak logs are bad. 141 00:05:53,867 --> 00:05:54,867 Yeah. 142 00:05:54,867 --> 00:05:57,267 Why does the poplar last so much longer? 143 00:05:57,267 --> 00:05:59,367 I thought oak was the harder wood. 144 00:05:59,367 --> 00:06:01,467 You know, I think because oak has 145 00:06:01,467 --> 00:06:03,267 maybe a little more sapwood content 146 00:06:03,267 --> 00:06:05,133 than some of these big poplar logs. 147 00:06:05,133 --> 00:06:08,033 But old growth poplar, you can't beat it. 148 00:06:08,033 --> 00:06:11,333 NARRATOR: They've only got a day to get these logs down, 149 00:06:11,333 --> 00:06:14,567 and doing it with just three guys is going to be tough. 150 00:06:14,567 --> 00:06:17,533 MARK: There's a lot of heavy stone, 20-inch face logs. 151 00:06:17,533 --> 00:06:19,900 This thing is gonna be dangerous and heavy. 152 00:06:19,900 --> 00:06:21,633 I sure could use a Sherman. 153 00:06:21,633 --> 00:06:25,733 NARRATOR: Getting the 2-ton roof off is going to be their first test. 154 00:06:25,733 --> 00:06:28,467 I'm gonna come over, one, two, three rafters... 155 00:06:28,467 --> 00:06:29,500 Yeah. 156 00:06:29,500 --> 00:06:31,900 And maybe run the saw down through this... 157 00:06:31,900 --> 00:06:32,833 Yeah. 158 00:06:32,833 --> 00:06:34,033 And get you to pull it that way. 159 00:06:34,033 --> 00:06:35,300 Okay. 160 00:06:35,300 --> 00:06:38,233 The plan is to cut the roof into three sections 161 00:06:38,233 --> 00:06:40,700 and pull each section off with a rope. 162 00:06:40,700 --> 00:06:43,333 GRAHAM: Want to hook the rope up before you made a cut? 163 00:06:43,333 --> 00:06:44,000 Yeah. 164 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:45,200 NARRATOR: But that means 165 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:47,133 Mark has to get up on the 160-year-old roof. 166 00:06:47,133 --> 00:06:49,333 I'm gonna tie these rafters to the skid steer. 167 00:06:53,267 --> 00:06:56,433 Once the first section is cut and the rope is attached, 168 00:06:56,433 --> 00:06:58,133 Johnny needs to pull it off 169 00:06:58,133 --> 00:07:00,800 without damaging any of the valuable logs. 170 00:07:08,233 --> 00:07:09,833 MARK: Want me to tighten the rope? 171 00:07:29,500 --> 00:07:30,800 JOHNNY: Don't get under that drip log. 172 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:32,433 GRAHAM: Yeah, don't get underneath that drip log. 173 00:07:32,433 --> 00:07:37,500 The drip log, or top log, is dangling off the building. 174 00:07:37,500 --> 00:07:41,900 As the roof fell, it pulled the top log out of place. 175 00:07:43,267 --> 00:07:45,533 If they put any weight on the roof now, 176 00:07:45,533 --> 00:07:47,767 the whole structure could collapse, 177 00:07:47,767 --> 00:07:50,167 endangering the logs and the guys. 178 00:07:50,167 --> 00:07:51,433 I don't think we want to get back up 179 00:07:51,433 --> 00:07:52,533 on the roof now, do we, Mark? 180 00:07:52,533 --> 00:07:54,100 What're you afraid will happen? 181 00:07:54,100 --> 00:07:56,700 I'm afraid that back log will fall or something like that, 182 00:07:56,700 --> 00:07:58,467 and you'll end up in a mess. 183 00:07:58,467 --> 00:07:59,800 I'm not gettin' up there. 184 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:00,867 Not like that. 185 00:08:00,867 --> 00:08:03,267 Johnny, we got to go to another plan. 186 00:08:15,133 --> 00:08:16,900 BRIAN: Go to that end and raise it up. 187 00:08:16,900 --> 00:08:19,300 NARRATOR: Sherman and Tim are working on a tight deadline 188 00:08:19,300 --> 00:08:20,833 back at the Boneyard. 189 00:08:20,833 --> 00:08:23,600 This order's got to ship tomorrow, right? Or when? 190 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:24,867 If we can possibly get it done. 191 00:08:24,867 --> 00:08:26,167 All right. 192 00:08:26,167 --> 00:08:29,933 So Johnny, Mark and Graham are working shorthanded 193 00:08:29,933 --> 00:08:33,000 in Braxton County. 194 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:35,733 And they need a new plan to get the roof off this cabin. 195 00:08:35,733 --> 00:08:37,967 MARK: So the top beam is just hanging there, 196 00:08:37,967 --> 00:08:39,300 and that changes everything 197 00:08:39,300 --> 00:08:41,033 in terms of how we get this roof off. 198 00:08:41,033 --> 00:08:43,067 I was gonna get up there, cut it into thirds, 199 00:08:43,067 --> 00:08:44,300 and pull it off. 200 00:08:44,300 --> 00:08:45,867 Now, we're just gonna have to fight the roof. 201 00:08:45,867 --> 00:08:47,000 So we're going to plan B. 202 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:49,567 NARRATOR: Instead of pulling the roof off, 203 00:08:49,567 --> 00:08:52,733 Johnny will try to take the logs out from under it, 204 00:08:52,733 --> 00:08:55,200 dropping the roof one level at a time. 205 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:57,900 And that is gonna take some serious skill. 206 00:08:57,900 --> 00:08:59,900 Careful for that cord. 207 00:08:59,900 --> 00:09:03,300 We got wires goin' across here. This is a bad situation. 208 00:09:03,300 --> 00:09:05,900 We're gonna see if he can work it loose 209 00:09:05,900 --> 00:09:07,300 and see what happens. 210 00:09:07,300 --> 00:09:09,533 NARRATOR: Johnny threads the needle between the roof, 211 00:09:09,533 --> 00:09:12,533 the cabin, and an overhead power line. 212 00:09:12,533 --> 00:09:14,600 There it comes. There it comes. 213 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:15,633 There it comes. 214 00:09:15,633 --> 00:09:19,567 There we go. 215 00:09:19,567 --> 00:09:21,233 Nice and easy, Johnny Jett. 216 00:09:21,233 --> 00:09:22,267 Yeah, Johnny. 217 00:09:22,267 --> 00:09:23,200 Don't move. 218 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:24,733 Oh, let it down. 219 00:09:24,733 --> 00:09:27,033 Power line, power line. 220 00:09:27,033 --> 00:09:28,833 All right. 221 00:09:28,833 --> 00:09:31,000 Yeah, Johnny. 222 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:31,933 NARRATOR: He got that log down, 223 00:09:31,933 --> 00:09:33,000 but now he's got to pull off 224 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:35,533 the same maneuver on the other side. 225 00:09:37,167 --> 00:09:39,333 In complicated takedowns like this, 226 00:09:39,333 --> 00:09:42,233 Johnny usually relies on Sherman to guide him... 227 00:09:42,233 --> 00:09:45,133 Hey, Johnny. Come on with it. 228 00:09:45,133 --> 00:09:46,567 But not today. 229 00:09:46,567 --> 00:09:49,200 Johnny's working without his usual wingman. 230 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,267 Go ahead, Johnny. We're ready when you are. 231 00:09:54,567 --> 00:09:57,467 NARRATOR: And this next log has the weight 232 00:09:57,467 --> 00:09:59,767 of the entire roof pushing down on it. 233 00:10:20,300 --> 00:10:21,900 GRAHAM: You all right, Johnny? 234 00:10:21,900 --> 00:10:22,900 MARK: You all right? 235 00:10:22,900 --> 00:10:24,300 JOHNNY: That wasn't no good. 236 00:10:24,300 --> 00:10:25,000 You okay? 237 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:28,067 Let me let this down. 238 00:10:28,067 --> 00:10:30,633 MARK: The log hit so hard it just shattered the windshield 239 00:10:30,633 --> 00:10:31,700 into a million pieces. 240 00:10:31,700 --> 00:10:32,500 Nobody got hurt. 241 00:10:32,500 --> 00:10:34,467 Johnny's tough as nails. 242 00:10:34,467 --> 00:10:35,900 We saved the log. 243 00:10:35,900 --> 00:10:39,433 I didn't realize that log was gonna cost me about 1,500 bucks. 244 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:43,500 We got to clean out all the glass that's in it 245 00:10:43,500 --> 00:10:45,033 so it doesn't cut anybody. 246 00:10:45,033 --> 00:10:47,700 You don't want a cut on the hind end, do ya? 247 00:10:47,700 --> 00:10:48,667 No, not really. 248 00:10:48,667 --> 00:10:50,233 I figured. Me neither. 249 00:10:50,233 --> 00:10:52,300 Ain't got much back there nohow. 250 00:10:53,867 --> 00:10:55,500 You know what I mean? 251 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:01,300 Tight day to begin with, limited manpower. 252 00:11:01,300 --> 00:11:04,600 So we're gonna have to bust some tail after lunch. 253 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:06,167 NARRATOR: Half a day is gone, 254 00:11:06,167 --> 00:11:08,367 and there are only two logs off the building. 255 00:11:08,367 --> 00:11:10,900 To get the next log off, 256 00:11:10,900 --> 00:11:14,300 they have to remove the vertical braces that support it. 257 00:11:14,300 --> 00:11:15,433 I'll pull those boards off. 258 00:11:15,433 --> 00:11:16,800 I just ain't gonna do it unless you're on it. 259 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:17,567 You know what I mean? 260 00:11:17,567 --> 00:11:19,000 One those braces are gone, 261 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:20,900 another 200-pound log could fall. 262 00:11:20,900 --> 00:11:23,933 So Mark has Johnny set his forks overheard, just in case. 263 00:11:23,933 --> 00:11:27,033 That's good right there. 264 00:11:30,167 --> 00:11:32,400 Graham, be careful. 265 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:34,867 MARK: The challenge is to get this thing down 266 00:11:34,867 --> 00:11:36,400 without anybody getting hurt. 267 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:41,267 It turns out that this really isn't a three-person job. 268 00:11:41,267 --> 00:11:42,467 Whoa, whoa! 269 00:11:42,467 --> 00:11:43,933 JOHNNY: There you go. 270 00:11:43,933 --> 00:11:45,967 That's why I wanted Johnny there. 271 00:11:45,967 --> 00:11:46,900 Yep. Phew. 272 00:11:46,900 --> 00:11:48,700 That's why I ran. 273 00:11:48,700 --> 00:11:50,700 Graham would've been flat, then. 274 00:11:50,700 --> 00:11:54,067 Graham, you would've died right there if it wasn't for that. 275 00:11:54,067 --> 00:11:55,433 I don't mind a man dying, 276 00:11:55,433 --> 00:11:57,233 I'd just hate to train somebody else. 277 00:11:57,233 --> 00:11:58,000 You know what I mean? 278 00:11:58,000 --> 00:11:59,367 Yeah. 279 00:11:59,367 --> 00:12:03,000 NARRATOR: This cabin isn't coming down without a fight. 280 00:12:12,833 --> 00:12:15,067 MARK: You have to go all the way around the building, 281 00:12:15,067 --> 00:12:17,033 take one log off at a time all the way around. 282 00:12:17,033 --> 00:12:19,167 The roof will just keep working its way down. 283 00:12:19,167 --> 00:12:20,500 And what's happenin' 284 00:12:20,500 --> 00:12:22,867 is it keeps gettin' flatter and flatter and flatter 285 00:12:22,867 --> 00:12:24,633 until it'll be resting in there on the floor joists. 286 00:12:24,633 --> 00:12:26,533 And we'll be able to go in and just remove it all by hand 287 00:12:26,533 --> 00:12:27,400 at that point. 288 00:12:31,033 --> 00:12:33,533 NARRATOR: The B7 log is beyond repair, 289 00:12:33,533 --> 00:12:36,133 but they're still going to take it with them. 290 00:12:36,133 --> 00:12:38,000 MARK: I'm gonna take that log, 291 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,100 just so we can find the perfect match for it. 292 00:12:40,100 --> 00:12:41,667 Otherwise, we're just guessin'. 293 00:12:41,667 --> 00:12:44,133 And I don't normally like to haul trash, 294 00:12:44,133 --> 00:12:46,000 but the log that I put in there needs to look like the log 295 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:46,833 that come out of there. 296 00:12:50,967 --> 00:12:53,133 There goes the roof. 297 00:12:53,133 --> 00:12:55,100 Well, we'll rockin' and rollin' now. 298 00:12:55,100 --> 00:12:56,667 It's going great. 299 00:13:07,733 --> 00:13:11,733 NARRATOR: The last section of the roof is on the ground. 300 00:13:11,733 --> 00:13:14,700 Here it goes. I didn't mean to do that. 301 00:13:14,700 --> 00:13:17,033 While they load up the truck... 302 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:20,233 I like this one. It's nice and square. 303 00:13:20,233 --> 00:13:22,733 NARRATOR: ...Mark picks out a few chimney stones 304 00:13:22,733 --> 00:13:24,133 to take to his client. 305 00:13:24,133 --> 00:13:26,700 I'm just gonna take this one in my truck. 306 00:13:26,700 --> 00:13:29,467 Well, tell you what, weighs about 200 pounds. 307 00:13:29,467 --> 00:13:31,200 Hey, Johnny! 308 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:33,967 And Graham finds a few treasures in the debris. 309 00:13:33,967 --> 00:13:34,967 You want that? 310 00:13:34,967 --> 00:13:37,233 I want it. Hang on a minute, Johnny. 311 00:13:40,300 --> 00:13:45,367 Hold up. Hold up. 312 00:13:45,367 --> 00:13:47,267 What the hell? 313 00:13:47,267 --> 00:13:48,700 This is old, dude. 314 00:13:48,700 --> 00:13:51,767 NARRATOR: This antique draw knife was tucked under 315 00:13:51,767 --> 00:13:53,067 the old floorboards. 316 00:13:53,067 --> 00:13:57,100 The pioneers used this tool to debark and strip wood. 317 00:13:57,100 --> 00:13:58,300 That's yours. 318 00:13:58,300 --> 00:13:59,333 All right. 319 00:14:01,567 --> 00:14:02,867 That thing's nice, man. 320 00:14:02,867 --> 00:14:04,867 Sharp as a razor. You need a shave? 321 00:14:07,167 --> 00:14:08,733 Here's what sucks. 322 00:14:08,733 --> 00:14:12,533 I got this, and you got that. 323 00:14:12,533 --> 00:14:14,200 I'm makin' out like a bandit. 324 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:18,600 MARK: I needed Tim and Sherman today. 325 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:21,167 But, hey, we got it done. It's still daylight. 326 00:14:21,167 --> 00:14:23,533 We're going to the hotel, get a great big steak, 327 00:14:23,533 --> 00:14:24,733 and go to bed. 328 00:14:24,733 --> 00:14:26,900 I tell you what. We oughta go to someplace for dinner 329 00:14:26,900 --> 00:14:27,967 that's got cloth napkins. 330 00:14:27,967 --> 00:14:29,133 Real-- really? 331 00:14:29,133 --> 00:14:30,267 I don't think... 332 00:14:30,267 --> 00:14:31,733 Let's go somewhere that's got cloth napkins. 333 00:14:31,733 --> 00:14:33,267 What do you think? 334 00:14:33,267 --> 00:14:35,133 I don't think I've ever been in a place like that. 335 00:14:35,133 --> 00:14:37,167 Looks like we'll all be back together again in the morning. 336 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:49,500 NARRATOR: Lewisburg, West Virginia. 337 00:14:49,500 --> 00:14:50,733 The Barnwood Builders 338 00:14:50,733 --> 00:14:53,933 are back together again here on the Boneyard. 339 00:14:53,933 --> 00:14:56,100 There they are. 340 00:14:56,100 --> 00:14:56,867 How was your trip? 341 00:14:56,867 --> 00:14:57,833 Oh, it was a good trip. 342 00:14:57,833 --> 00:14:58,700 GRAHAM: Hard day. 343 00:14:58,700 --> 00:15:00,133 MARK: No longer in the car. 344 00:15:00,133 --> 00:15:00,867 What'd it look like? 345 00:15:00,867 --> 00:15:02,000 Well, it looks great. 346 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:05,367 We could've used two more sets of hands. 347 00:15:05,367 --> 00:15:07,000 How's the Montana order comin'? 348 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:08,167 It went good. 349 00:15:08,167 --> 00:15:10,667 We loaded it and sent it out the gate this mornin'. 350 00:15:10,667 --> 00:15:13,567 Man, that's a huge... God, that's a huge relief, man. 351 00:15:13,567 --> 00:15:15,033 Guess what we did last night? 352 00:15:16,067 --> 00:15:18,167 We ate a place with cloth napkins. 353 00:15:18,167 --> 00:15:20,300 Well, they would eat that when we wasn't around. 354 00:15:20,300 --> 00:15:21,733 Cut your britches off, Johnny? 355 00:15:21,733 --> 00:15:22,800 Unh-unh. 356 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:26,000 GRAHAM: I didn't use mine. It was too nice. 357 00:15:27,733 --> 00:15:29,633 MARK: Well, let's unload this truck and get started. 358 00:15:29,633 --> 00:15:31,533 We got a busy day, busy, busy day. 359 00:15:31,533 --> 00:15:33,433 NARRATOR: They've only got one day 360 00:15:33,433 --> 00:15:36,500 to prep the Braxton County logs for their trip to Tennessee. 361 00:15:36,500 --> 00:15:39,000 After 160 years, 362 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:42,067 some of these logs are in need of a little repair. 363 00:15:42,067 --> 00:15:44,067 This is the first time I've seen this cabin. 364 00:15:44,067 --> 00:15:46,200 We've got it all scattered out here on the yard. 365 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:47,467 Don't look too bad. 366 00:15:47,467 --> 00:15:49,567 There's a few in there that's gonna need to be replaced. 367 00:15:49,567 --> 00:15:53,533 As poplar logs age, they develop checks, or cracks. 368 00:15:53,533 --> 00:15:56,067 If a check gets too big, the log will split. 369 00:15:56,067 --> 00:15:58,633 That's the section that come off of this log. 370 00:15:58,633 --> 00:16:01,333 The log had a check in it. We took it apart. 371 00:16:01,333 --> 00:16:03,333 It just came all the way apart. 372 00:16:03,333 --> 00:16:06,733 Take some landscapin' screws, and put it all back together. 373 00:16:06,733 --> 00:16:08,667 Better than replacin' the log. 374 00:16:08,667 --> 00:16:10,467 You can't replace the look. 375 00:16:10,467 --> 00:16:13,233 This screw's just gonna keep this from comin' apart. 376 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:22,867 There's no shortage of work right now, 377 00:16:22,867 --> 00:16:24,433 but Mark is always on the lookout 378 00:16:24,433 --> 00:16:26,233 for the next big project. 379 00:16:27,500 --> 00:16:29,533 MARK: Looks like I'm gonna meet some sheep today. 380 00:16:29,533 --> 00:16:31,700 I've known about this farm for years, 381 00:16:31,700 --> 00:16:33,367 and I've seen it from the road. 382 00:16:33,367 --> 00:16:35,233 And when I first got the call, 383 00:16:35,233 --> 00:16:38,067 I thought I was comin' to look at that barn. 384 00:16:38,067 --> 00:16:40,700 But instead, I get to look at this barn. 385 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:44,767 This barn any good? 386 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:48,233 This is just a mishmash 387 00:16:48,233 --> 00:16:50,767 of a bunch of different parts and pieces. 388 00:16:50,767 --> 00:16:52,967 It's got some really nice, wide planks in it. 389 00:16:52,967 --> 00:16:54,300 But, by the time, I figure, 390 00:16:54,300 --> 00:16:56,533 me and the guys out here for a couple of days, 391 00:16:56,533 --> 00:16:59,200 cleaning up the mess, there's just not enough to salvage. 392 00:17:00,367 --> 00:17:02,367 What do you sheep think about this place? 393 00:17:06,167 --> 00:17:07,733 Yeah, I agree. 394 00:17:10,067 --> 00:17:11,767 NARRATOR: Back on the Boneyard, 395 00:17:11,767 --> 00:17:14,433 the Braxton County logs still need to be cleaned. 396 00:17:14,433 --> 00:17:16,700 TIM: There's some wallpaper on this log. 397 00:17:16,700 --> 00:17:18,700 You think this was in the kitchen or a bedroom? 398 00:17:18,700 --> 00:17:20,367 It's just such a small cabin. 399 00:17:20,367 --> 00:17:22,933 I say it was kitchen, bedroom, living room, 400 00:17:22,933 --> 00:17:24,200 bathroom, everything. 401 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:27,100 They'd take newspapers, cardboard, wallpaper, 402 00:17:27,100 --> 00:17:29,633 anything you'd do to seal that wall up 403 00:17:29,633 --> 00:17:31,933 to keep air from comin' through it 404 00:17:31,933 --> 00:17:34,567 because log cabins, back then, was cold. 405 00:17:34,567 --> 00:17:38,500 But the wallpaper isn't the only thing the pioneers left behind. 406 00:17:38,500 --> 00:17:40,267 We found this in the cabin. 407 00:17:40,267 --> 00:17:41,433 That's pretty neat. 408 00:17:41,433 --> 00:17:43,367 Oh, that's 100 years old, easy, 409 00:17:43,367 --> 00:17:45,067 maybe even older than that. 410 00:17:45,067 --> 00:17:46,333 Really? Oh, yeah. 411 00:17:46,333 --> 00:17:47,000 Oh, yeah. 412 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:48,033 Is this yours? 413 00:17:48,033 --> 00:17:49,200 I found this underneath the cabin. 414 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:50,267 Did you really? Yeah. 415 00:17:50,267 --> 00:17:51,167 It's a good one. 416 00:17:51,167 --> 00:17:52,533 It was underneath the floorboards. 417 00:17:52,533 --> 00:17:53,967 It's a good one. 418 00:17:56,833 --> 00:17:58,300 How's it work, Sherman? 419 00:17:58,300 --> 00:18:00,067 Works good. It's sharp. 420 00:18:00,067 --> 00:18:03,667 Pretty incredible they used to build tools this well. 421 00:18:03,667 --> 00:18:05,100 And they still last. 422 00:18:05,100 --> 00:18:07,267 Back in the day, when they built the cabins, 423 00:18:07,267 --> 00:18:09,433 sometimes, by leaving the bark on, 424 00:18:09,433 --> 00:18:11,667 it gave 'em a little bit of texture 425 00:18:11,667 --> 00:18:15,000 to bond their old mud and stuff they used for chinking -- 426 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:16,733 corncobs and horsehairs, mud. 427 00:18:16,733 --> 00:18:19,100 It would stick to the bark on the log. 428 00:18:19,100 --> 00:18:22,367 But the new chinking we use needs a solid wood surface, 429 00:18:22,367 --> 00:18:24,733 so we just got to get rid of the bark. 430 00:18:24,733 --> 00:18:27,200 NARRATOR: And once the logs have been debarked, 431 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:30,233 Graham is in charge of power washing. 432 00:18:35,633 --> 00:18:37,233 Out of water. 433 00:18:37,233 --> 00:18:39,033 But there's no water source on the Boneyard. 434 00:18:39,033 --> 00:18:40,667 BRIAN: Good. Awesome. 435 00:18:40,667 --> 00:18:43,500 So he and Brian head out to fill up the tank. 436 00:18:48,433 --> 00:18:51,100 That's good. 437 00:18:51,100 --> 00:18:54,933 We're down here at Anthony Creek. 438 00:18:54,933 --> 00:18:57,700 This is the closest water source for the yard. 439 00:18:57,700 --> 00:18:59,300 All I got to do is sit 440 00:18:59,300 --> 00:19:02,167 and hold this thing in here like this. 441 00:19:04,900 --> 00:19:05,867 Just like that. 442 00:19:05,867 --> 00:19:07,300 GRAHAM: I was gonna catch ya. 443 00:19:07,300 --> 00:19:09,933 No, you never catch a fat boy. 444 00:19:09,933 --> 00:19:10,900 Is it cold? 445 00:19:10,900 --> 00:19:12,700 GRAHAM: It's not bad. 446 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:17,333 It's runnin', dude. 447 00:19:17,333 --> 00:19:19,733 Lookit there. 448 00:19:19,733 --> 00:19:23,567 Might have you get up in here in a minute and hold this thing 449 00:19:23,567 --> 00:19:25,800 while I see if I can catch a fish. 450 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:26,467 Yeah. 451 00:19:32,133 --> 00:19:36,033 This is it. 452 00:19:38,167 --> 00:19:40,967 Oh, hell's bells. 453 00:19:40,967 --> 00:19:45,367 I have caught, I believe, maybe a walnut tree. 454 00:19:45,367 --> 00:19:48,433 I can't be sure. 455 00:19:48,433 --> 00:19:51,433 Is it full? Hey, that's as much as we need. 456 00:19:51,433 --> 00:19:52,100 Yeah. 457 00:19:52,100 --> 00:19:53,400 Let's turn it off. 458 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:54,967 Let's get out of here. 459 00:19:54,967 --> 00:19:55,833 All right. 460 00:19:55,833 --> 00:19:57,400 NARRATOR: In just two hours, 461 00:19:57,400 --> 00:19:59,567 the truck will be here to pick up the logs. 462 00:19:59,567 --> 00:20:02,767 But it looks like nothing is going to be easy today. 463 00:20:02,767 --> 00:20:04,167 Gonna rain, people. 464 00:20:05,533 --> 00:20:07,067 I hear it thunderin'. 465 00:20:28,667 --> 00:20:30,767 SHERMAN: The truck! The truck, boss! 466 00:20:40,700 --> 00:20:42,300 NARRATOR: The Barnwood Builders 467 00:20:42,300 --> 00:20:44,033 are moving this pre-Civil War cabin 468 00:20:44,033 --> 00:20:45,767 from a West Virginia holler... 469 00:20:45,767 --> 00:20:47,100 I have 4D. 470 00:20:47,100 --> 00:20:50,533 To their client's historic homestead in Tennessee. 471 00:20:50,533 --> 00:20:53,667 B3A replacement. 472 00:20:53,667 --> 00:20:55,667 NARRATOR: And the logs are just about ready 473 00:20:55,667 --> 00:20:57,433 to make the final leg of the journey. 474 00:20:57,433 --> 00:21:00,333 All the logs are present and accounted for. 475 00:21:00,333 --> 00:21:02,200 We're ready to load. 476 00:21:07,833 --> 00:21:10,800 Now, I need some of them shorts dropped in here. 477 00:21:19,100 --> 00:21:20,633 Hey, Johnny. 478 00:21:20,633 --> 00:21:22,100 JOHNNY: Yo. 479 00:21:23,133 --> 00:21:24,133 That's it, man. 480 00:21:24,133 --> 00:21:25,567 Yeah. 481 00:21:25,567 --> 00:21:29,433 While the guys and the logs make the trip to Tennessee... 482 00:21:31,767 --> 00:21:34,900 ...Mark takes a trip down memory lane. 483 00:21:34,900 --> 00:21:36,367 Ten years ago, 484 00:21:36,367 --> 00:21:39,500 Mark built this beautiful home from the logs of an old cabin 485 00:21:39,500 --> 00:21:42,400 he took down in Braxton County, West Virginia. 486 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:44,733 Jim Purden was one of Mark's first clients. 487 00:21:44,733 --> 00:21:45,500 Hey, Jim. 488 00:21:45,500 --> 00:21:46,800 Well, hello, Mark Bowe. 489 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:47,700 How's it going? 490 00:21:47,700 --> 00:21:49,433 Going great, sir. How are you? 491 00:21:49,433 --> 00:21:50,467 Good to see you. 492 00:21:50,467 --> 00:21:52,467 Doin' great. Good to see you, as well. 493 00:21:52,467 --> 00:21:54,133 What do you think? 494 00:21:54,133 --> 00:21:55,200 I love it. 495 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:56,733 We love it, too. 496 00:21:56,733 --> 00:21:59,133 You know, I was just in Braxton County, West Virginia, 497 00:21:59,133 --> 00:22:00,967 and it's where I took this cabin down. 498 00:22:00,967 --> 00:22:05,367 And the logs that we just took down were exactly the same size. 499 00:22:05,367 --> 00:22:07,000 But it just reminded me so much. 500 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:08,733 It's got the same species of logs. 501 00:22:08,733 --> 00:22:10,500 It's got the same dovetail corners, 502 00:22:10,500 --> 00:22:12,900 same size, chink gaps, everything. 503 00:22:12,900 --> 00:22:16,300 This was the first cabin Mark built from stack to finish. 504 00:22:16,300 --> 00:22:19,600 Johnny and myself and Brian and Sherman, we all chinked. 505 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:21,767 There was a woodpecker hole here. 506 00:22:21,767 --> 00:22:22,733 Yes. 507 00:22:22,733 --> 00:22:24,333 There was a woodpecker hole here. 508 00:22:24,333 --> 00:22:25,667 Yes. Am I right? 509 00:22:25,667 --> 00:22:30,467 I remember every board and every nail driven into this cabin. 510 00:22:30,467 --> 00:22:31,833 Thank you for allowing me to come 511 00:22:31,833 --> 00:22:33,800 and take a trip down memory lane. 512 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:36,033 Well, thank you for building it for me 513 00:22:36,033 --> 00:22:37,933 because I really enjoy it here. 514 00:22:41,867 --> 00:22:43,567 The next morning, 515 00:22:43,567 --> 00:22:47,567 the guys arrive in Elizabethton, Tennessee. 516 00:22:47,567 --> 00:22:50,300 MARK: This place is amazing. 517 00:22:50,300 --> 00:22:52,933 This is one of the most exciting places we've ever worked, 518 00:22:52,933 --> 00:22:54,567 just because of the history here. 519 00:22:54,567 --> 00:22:57,567 Right there is a house that Andrew Johnson died in. 520 00:22:57,567 --> 00:23:00,567 There's a pre-Civil War brick house. 521 00:23:00,567 --> 00:23:04,467 This cabin is gonna be the focal point of this entire homestead. 522 00:23:04,467 --> 00:23:07,200 I feel like we just stepped out of the early 1800s. 523 00:23:09,633 --> 00:23:10,933 Stop right there, Rick. 524 00:23:13,967 --> 00:23:16,833 NARRATOR: While the guys unload the logs... 525 00:23:18,067 --> 00:23:20,533 Mark checks out the foundation. 526 00:23:20,533 --> 00:23:24,200 The cabin will sit on sturdy concrete piers. 527 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:26,233 But to get an authentic look, 528 00:23:26,233 --> 00:23:29,967 Mark's client hired a stonemason to cover those piers 529 00:23:29,967 --> 00:23:32,133 with local Tennessee limestone. 530 00:23:32,133 --> 00:23:33,800 They've what's a native limestone. 531 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:36,567 It's the same thing that's under his 1800s house. 532 00:23:36,567 --> 00:23:38,267 I think it looks great. 533 00:23:38,267 --> 00:23:40,633 They look good, but they need to be in the right place. 534 00:23:40,633 --> 00:23:42,167 If the measurements aren't right, 535 00:23:42,167 --> 00:23:43,300 the logs aren't gonna fit. 536 00:23:43,300 --> 00:23:45,000 And that means there's gonna be gaps 537 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,300 in each one of the dovetail notches, all the way up. 538 00:23:47,300 --> 00:23:49,367 That's gonna cause water damage in the future. 539 00:23:49,367 --> 00:23:51,267 And all of our efforts will be for nothing 540 00:23:51,267 --> 00:23:52,933 because it'll just rot in 10 years. 541 00:23:52,933 --> 00:23:54,467 So everything has to be perfect. 542 00:23:54,467 --> 00:23:57,567 I know this cabin is about 4 inches longer on one side 543 00:23:57,567 --> 00:23:58,900 than it is the other. 544 00:23:58,900 --> 00:24:02,267 So I really hope the stonemasons did what I asked 'em to do. 545 00:24:02,267 --> 00:24:04,500 This one's 23 feet and 10 inches. 546 00:24:04,500 --> 00:24:07,500 It's right on the money. They got it perfect. 547 00:24:07,500 --> 00:24:09,633 Four inches out of square. 548 00:24:09,633 --> 00:24:11,667 Once they get the truck unloaded... 549 00:24:11,667 --> 00:24:14,867 This is it. It's over with. 550 00:24:14,867 --> 00:24:16,000 It's done. 551 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,200 NARRATOR: ...Mark gathers the crew. 552 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:20,300 I'm really, really psyched about this cabin 553 00:24:20,300 --> 00:24:22,100 because the client knows good work. 554 00:24:22,100 --> 00:24:24,833 He knows what good-lookin' restoration needs to look like. 555 00:24:24,833 --> 00:24:26,500 Here's the way we got to think about this one. 556 00:24:26,500 --> 00:24:28,000 They got a small window to finish this up, 557 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:29,533 so if we're late, 558 00:24:29,533 --> 00:24:31,700 we're holdin' up the whole project. 559 00:24:31,700 --> 00:24:33,767 We got to get this done quickly. 560 00:24:33,767 --> 00:24:37,100 NARRATOR: The first logs to go down are the sill logs. 561 00:24:40,633 --> 00:24:43,367 They sit directly on the foundation. 562 00:24:43,367 --> 00:24:44,833 TIM: Gettin' these sill logs right in the beginning 563 00:24:44,833 --> 00:24:47,033 is crucial to the setting of the cabin. 564 00:24:47,033 --> 00:24:49,600 If they're not right, then the whole cabin's not right. 565 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:52,000 Yeah, we need the front log to come out and be flush 566 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:53,033 with the stone. 567 00:24:53,033 --> 00:24:55,000 You know, as close as we can get it 568 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,333 without showin' any of this lip right here. 569 00:24:57,333 --> 00:24:58,700 And try to get it. 570 00:24:58,700 --> 00:25:01,633 Scoot it over a little bit to there. 571 00:25:01,633 --> 00:25:03,100 See, that's flush. 572 00:25:03,100 --> 00:25:05,000 I feel good with that. 573 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:08,333 That's where the building's gonna sit for another 150 years. 574 00:25:09,433 --> 00:25:13,267 MARK: This is the left side, first course. 575 00:25:13,267 --> 00:25:15,067 Then, we'll start stacking, baby. 576 00:25:29,433 --> 00:25:31,500 While the guys stack, 577 00:25:31,500 --> 00:25:34,000 Mark takes a chain saw to the original B7. 578 00:25:35,933 --> 00:25:40,100 When they took this cabin down, B7 was in rough shape. 579 00:25:40,100 --> 00:25:42,967 But Mark knew it was worth saving. 580 00:25:42,967 --> 00:25:44,667 See, this is where it helps to think ahead 581 00:25:44,667 --> 00:25:45,667 when you're in the field. 582 00:25:45,667 --> 00:25:47,867 When we tagged this log B7, 583 00:25:47,867 --> 00:25:50,933 I also made a note to move it to B1. 584 00:25:50,933 --> 00:25:54,267 Mark will move the good part of B7 down to B1 585 00:25:54,267 --> 00:25:56,867 to replace a shorter damaged log. 586 00:25:56,867 --> 00:25:58,667 You got to be thinkin' about buildin' it 587 00:25:58,667 --> 00:25:59,833 when you're taking it down. 588 00:25:59,833 --> 00:26:02,100 Otherwise, it's just a regular demolition project. 589 00:26:02,100 --> 00:26:03,300 You can just knock it over. 590 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:06,967 The new piece fits. 591 00:26:06,967 --> 00:26:08,333 Looks good. 592 00:26:08,333 --> 00:26:12,067 But the real test comes when they put an original log 593 00:26:12,067 --> 00:26:13,133 on top of it. 594 00:26:13,133 --> 00:26:14,767 You got 2B? 595 00:26:14,767 --> 00:26:18,467 This is the one that's gonna tell the story. 596 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:24,267 BRIAN: We hope it works, and it don't. 597 00:26:24,267 --> 00:26:26,700 Don't work. Ain't no good. 598 00:26:33,733 --> 00:26:38,200 NARRATOR: Mark and the guys had to cut a replacement log in the field. 599 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:39,733 The bottom part of the notch fit. 600 00:26:39,733 --> 00:26:41,033 Looks good. 601 00:26:41,033 --> 00:26:42,800 But they've run into trouble. 602 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:45,000 Don't work. Ain't no good. 603 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:49,033 The log that sits on top of the new B1 doesn't fit. 604 00:26:49,033 --> 00:26:51,900 What has to happen is we need to take a little bit 605 00:26:51,900 --> 00:26:53,867 off the top of this right here. 606 00:26:53,867 --> 00:26:55,367 Take it off here, Johnny. 607 00:26:59,500 --> 00:27:02,733 What do you do? You break that grain like that. 608 00:27:03,767 --> 00:27:05,500 Well, once you break it, 609 00:27:05,500 --> 00:27:08,700 it keeps it from divin' down when you cut it. 610 00:27:08,700 --> 00:27:12,367 Back in pioneer days, Sherman would've fit in just fine. 611 00:27:12,367 --> 00:27:14,633 It would've been Fort Sherman. 612 00:27:14,633 --> 00:27:16,433 Fort Sherman. 613 00:27:19,633 --> 00:27:22,033 Shermanburg. 614 00:27:22,033 --> 00:27:25,233 Graham's learnin'. Watch him swing that ax. 615 00:27:27,067 --> 00:27:31,400 Graham, that's the way they'd have done it 200 years ago. 616 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:35,667 Only, they wouldn't have stopped like you are right now. 617 00:27:36,767 --> 00:27:38,700 Hey, Johnny. Fire that thing up. 618 00:27:38,700 --> 00:27:40,033 We need to set this log. 619 00:27:40,033 --> 00:27:40,733 Uh, yep. 620 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:45,300 The moment of truth here. 621 00:27:45,300 --> 00:27:46,433 I like it. 622 00:27:46,433 --> 00:27:48,167 GRAHAM: All right! 623 00:27:48,167 --> 00:27:50,267 Done with it! Yeah! 624 00:27:50,267 --> 00:27:53,133 Yeah. Hell of a job, Sherman. 625 00:27:53,133 --> 00:27:54,367 Stack logs. 626 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:00,700 Fourth course, left side. 627 00:28:00,700 --> 00:28:03,867 NARRATOR: Usually, these guys stack the entire project 628 00:28:03,867 --> 00:28:06,000 on the Boneyard and make adjustments, 629 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:07,600 but not this time. 630 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:09,567 SHERMAN: We didn't have time to stack this on the yard. 631 00:28:09,567 --> 00:28:11,433 So, now, we're just having to do everything out here 632 00:28:11,433 --> 00:28:12,767 in the field as we're stackin' it. 633 00:28:12,767 --> 00:28:16,100 And that means a lot of chain saw work. 634 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:28,100 Hey! Hey! 635 00:28:28,100 --> 00:28:29,000 Hey, hey! 636 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:30,033 Hey! 637 00:28:30,033 --> 00:28:32,567 This don't look like no damn forklift. 638 00:28:32,567 --> 00:28:34,800 Make forklift noises, Tim. 639 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:37,333 Buuuuuurh! Beep, beep, beep. 640 00:28:37,333 --> 00:28:39,500 JOHNNY: That's all I have to do, act like I'm gonna do somethin'. 641 00:28:39,500 --> 00:28:42,867 And some of these young guys, they jump in there and do it. 642 00:28:42,867 --> 00:28:44,700 That just works out so good. 643 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:03,633 NARRATOR: The cabin is finally taking shape. 644 00:29:07,767 --> 00:29:09,167 It's fittin' real good. 645 00:29:10,700 --> 00:29:11,933 MARK: This is really cool. 646 00:29:11,933 --> 00:29:14,267 This is the heart of the tree, right here. 647 00:29:14,267 --> 00:29:16,167 This is the heart of that poplar. 648 00:29:16,167 --> 00:29:18,500 If you had a saw and could cut down in it, 649 00:29:18,500 --> 00:29:20,333 you'd see just how green it is. 650 00:29:20,333 --> 00:29:22,800 This one, you know, is 17 inches. 651 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:25,100 You know, 17 inches, you know, 652 00:29:25,100 --> 00:29:28,433 you're four logs up, and you're still 17 inches. 653 00:29:28,433 --> 00:29:30,967 This is a pretty amazing building. 654 00:29:30,967 --> 00:29:34,133 Look at the color of it. It's just beautiful. 655 00:29:34,133 --> 00:29:35,200 It's perfect. 656 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:37,767 A hundred years of wind, rain, sun, 657 00:29:37,767 --> 00:29:40,833 elements beatin' on it, and a lot of hands. 658 00:29:40,833 --> 00:29:43,667 So this is the quintessential American icon for me. 659 00:29:43,667 --> 00:29:44,533 It really is. 660 00:29:47,833 --> 00:29:49,533 Hi, Mark. How are you? Doin' great. How are you? 661 00:29:49,533 --> 00:29:50,867 NARRATOR: Mark's client, Dr. Dan Schumaier, 662 00:29:50,867 --> 00:29:51,533 couldn't agree more. 663 00:29:51,533 --> 00:29:53,233 It looks wonderful. 664 00:29:53,233 --> 00:29:57,233 I have a passion for history and historical architecture. 665 00:29:57,233 --> 00:29:59,400 This is actually a replacement log 666 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:00,767 that we're working on. 667 00:30:00,767 --> 00:30:03,600 Sherman's cuttin' a dovetail with a chain saw today. 668 00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:04,333 Oh, super. 669 00:30:05,367 --> 00:30:08,500 NARRATOR: The dovetail is a classic pioneer notch. 670 00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:14,200 And no one cuts a better dovetail than Sherman Thompson. 671 00:30:19,367 --> 00:30:20,767 So how would the pioneers do it, 672 00:30:20,767 --> 00:30:22,700 if they didn't have a chain saw? 673 00:30:22,700 --> 00:30:24,900 Axes, hatchets. 674 00:30:24,900 --> 00:30:27,333 You got an ax here you could do one with? 675 00:30:27,333 --> 00:30:28,100 Yeah, yeah. 676 00:30:28,100 --> 00:30:29,400 That'd be pretty neat. 677 00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:35,167 Oh, it actually goes pretty fast. 678 00:30:36,667 --> 00:30:37,900 You want to try it? 679 00:30:37,900 --> 00:30:38,767 Yeah, sure. 680 00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:44,567 There, it's completed. 681 00:30:46,100 --> 00:30:49,967 NARRATOR: Not quite. But Sherman's on the job. 682 00:30:54,100 --> 00:30:55,867 DAN: Going pretty fast, really. 683 00:30:55,867 --> 00:30:58,033 Sherman's not your average pioneer. 684 00:31:00,967 --> 00:31:02,233 Yeah, you know, 685 00:31:02,233 --> 00:31:05,833 the pioneers worked that down where those pretty smooth. 686 00:31:05,833 --> 00:31:09,000 It ain't just about knocking it off in chunks. 687 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:10,633 Well, you're doin' a pretty good job there. 688 00:31:10,633 --> 00:31:11,533 It looks pretty smooth. 689 00:31:11,533 --> 00:31:12,667 Well, thank you. Thank you. 690 00:31:12,667 --> 00:31:13,667 I'm gonna stop right there. 691 00:31:13,667 --> 00:31:14,833 That looks great. 692 00:31:14,833 --> 00:31:17,100 It looks every bit as good as he could've done 693 00:31:17,100 --> 00:31:18,733 with a chain saw. 694 00:31:18,733 --> 00:31:20,400 NARRATOR: Back to the stack. 695 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:22,433 These beams will hold the floor joists 696 00:31:22,433 --> 00:31:24,267 for the second story of the cabin. 697 00:31:24,267 --> 00:31:26,600 JOHNNY: About to put in the first joist beam. 698 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:29,933 That ties it all together, makes it all solid that way. 699 00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:46,400 Okay. 700 00:31:47,933 --> 00:31:50,833 Before they drop in the floor joists, 701 00:31:50,833 --> 00:31:52,767 the cabin has to be level. 702 00:31:52,767 --> 00:31:55,633 89h. 703 00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:59,567 This one's 92 inches. 704 00:31:59,567 --> 00:32:01,000 NARRATOR: But it's not. 705 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:02,400 So that one's got to be let down... Yep. 706 00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:04,000 ...before we do anything. 707 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:04,700 3. 708 00:32:04,700 --> 00:32:06,000 GRAHAM: 2h inches. 709 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:07,433 That is dangerous. 710 00:32:14,367 --> 00:32:16,333 89h. 711 00:32:16,333 --> 00:32:18,933 NARRATOR: They're ready to place the second floor joists, 712 00:32:18,933 --> 00:32:22,567 but one corner of the cabin is more than 2 inches too high. 713 00:32:22,567 --> 00:32:24,567 GRAHAM: 2h inches. 714 00:32:24,567 --> 00:32:27,167 These guys level the top of a cabin 715 00:32:27,167 --> 00:32:28,433 by working at the bottom. 716 00:32:28,433 --> 00:32:30,100 MARK: Sherman likes to make 'em 717 00:32:30,100 --> 00:32:32,400 so that if we need to take somethin' out, we can take it out. 718 00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:35,433 We done this just to get started and get the house set. 719 00:32:35,433 --> 00:32:37,433 Now, we can adjust it and fix it. 720 00:32:38,700 --> 00:32:39,933 Yeah, it's workin' now. 721 00:32:39,933 --> 00:32:42,400 But making adjustments under thousands of pounds 722 00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:44,233 of stacked logs is risky business. 723 00:32:44,233 --> 00:32:47,167 What's dangerous about it is it's not on the foundation yet. 724 00:32:47,167 --> 00:32:48,367 Nothin's anchored, 725 00:32:48,367 --> 00:32:50,400 nothin's really holding this thing together. 726 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:52,100 I mean, the building could shift 727 00:32:52,100 --> 00:32:54,467 and some logs could slip out and fall right on your head. 728 00:32:54,467 --> 00:32:58,133 MARK: These always make me a little nervous. 729 00:32:58,133 --> 00:33:00,467 Actually, they make me real nervous. 730 00:33:00,467 --> 00:33:04,000 Johnny places his forks under the cabin for support. 731 00:33:05,367 --> 00:33:06,733 Then, come this way. 732 00:33:06,733 --> 00:33:09,633 Now, raise it. Just let it up easy. 733 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:13,300 A little bit. 734 00:33:13,300 --> 00:33:14,333 Hold it! 735 00:33:24,167 --> 00:33:25,700 A little bit more. 736 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:33,100 SHERMAN: Hey! Ho! 737 00:33:37,733 --> 00:33:39,800 All right, set her down. 738 00:33:49,333 --> 00:33:50,500 Perfect. 739 00:33:50,500 --> 00:33:53,000 I'm gonna get these floor joists ready. 740 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:54,900 NARRATOR: Now that the cabin is level... 741 00:33:54,900 --> 00:33:56,733 Just gettin' ready. 742 00:33:56,733 --> 00:33:58,867 ...the guys can drop in the second floor joists. 743 00:33:58,867 --> 00:33:59,867 GRAHAM: Before long, 744 00:33:59,867 --> 00:34:01,933 we're gonna have floor joists in here 745 00:34:01,933 --> 00:34:03,267 and plywood on top of 'em. 746 00:34:03,267 --> 00:34:05,600 We'll be able to have a dance party up here. 747 00:34:10,767 --> 00:34:12,900 I'm flush over here. 748 00:34:24,100 --> 00:34:26,567 Last one. 749 00:34:30,767 --> 00:34:32,267 Meanwhile, Mark and Brian 750 00:34:32,267 --> 00:34:35,533 check out a local timber-frame barn for sale. 751 00:34:35,533 --> 00:34:37,267 See how close that thing is to the road? 752 00:34:37,267 --> 00:34:39,333 How would you ever take that down? 753 00:34:39,333 --> 00:34:41,800 Is it leanin'? It's gonna fall in the road. 754 00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:43,733 I love the color, don't you? 755 00:34:43,733 --> 00:34:45,033 Faded red. Yeah. 756 00:34:45,033 --> 00:34:47,567 Thing I like about it is it's not all heavily painted. 757 00:34:47,567 --> 00:34:48,233 Yeah. 758 00:34:48,233 --> 00:34:49,200 You know what I mean? 759 00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:50,867 This is, like, the real good stuff. 760 00:34:50,867 --> 00:34:52,567 This is all wormy chestnut. Look at that. 761 00:34:52,567 --> 00:34:55,000 This chestnut died out in the 1920s. 762 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,967 The only time you can get this wormy chestnut 763 00:34:57,967 --> 00:35:00,100 is from old barns and houses, 764 00:35:00,100 --> 00:35:02,700 maybe some sunken river logs somewhere. 765 00:35:02,700 --> 00:35:04,367 Let's see what's inside of it. 766 00:35:04,367 --> 00:35:06,367 You got on your steel-toed flip-flops? 767 00:35:06,367 --> 00:35:09,233 I got on my steel-toed water sandals. 768 00:35:11,033 --> 00:35:12,567 Here's a homemade ladder. 769 00:35:12,567 --> 00:35:15,467 BRIAN: I think maybe half of a homemade ladder. 770 00:35:15,467 --> 00:35:17,000 Hey, unh! 771 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:18,500 I'll be a son of a gun. 772 00:35:18,500 --> 00:35:19,667 What? 773 00:35:19,667 --> 00:35:23,700 It says 1845 on the bottom of this damn thing. 774 00:35:23,700 --> 00:35:25,667 Jiminy freakin' Christmas. 775 00:35:25,667 --> 00:35:26,900 That's wicked, dude. 776 00:35:26,900 --> 00:35:27,900 Let me see it. 777 00:35:27,900 --> 00:35:29,933 Look at the bottom of that thing. 778 00:35:29,933 --> 00:35:31,333 It's for medicinal use. 779 00:35:31,333 --> 00:35:33,200 Yeah. That's snake oil, baby. 780 00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:35,833 They put a little bit of everything in there 781 00:35:35,833 --> 00:35:38,967 so, whatever your ailment, you didn't feel it anymore. 782 00:35:38,967 --> 00:35:41,333 This is a pretty common ailment for a barn. 783 00:35:41,333 --> 00:35:43,567 BRIAN: Somethin' getting underneath there? 784 00:35:43,567 --> 00:35:46,100 What causes barns to fall down, most of the time, 785 00:35:46,100 --> 00:35:47,467 is a groundhog hole. 786 00:35:47,467 --> 00:35:49,933 And especially if the groundhog digs under the corner, 787 00:35:49,933 --> 00:35:51,767 it starts to cause these rocks... 788 00:35:51,767 --> 00:35:53,500 And you can see the crack here. 789 00:35:53,500 --> 00:35:54,733 And it starts to shift. 790 00:35:54,733 --> 00:35:56,867 Pretty soon, this rock's gonna come out. 791 00:35:56,867 --> 00:35:58,267 This rock's gonna come out. 792 00:35:58,267 --> 00:36:01,033 And this whole corner's just gonna fall on the road. 793 00:36:02,767 --> 00:36:04,600 It's got some nice features into it. 794 00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:06,600 It's got some nice, wide planks. 795 00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:08,233 It's got really nice barn siding. 796 00:36:08,233 --> 00:36:09,833 It's got some hand-hewn timbers. Yeah. 797 00:36:09,833 --> 00:36:12,100 But I'm not gonna buy it because the... 798 00:36:12,100 --> 00:36:14,433 It's just leanin' too far toward the road. 799 00:36:14,433 --> 00:36:16,133 Let's go get some ice cream. 800 00:36:16,133 --> 00:36:16,867 Ice cream! 801 00:36:19,433 --> 00:36:21,233 Back at the job site, 802 00:36:21,233 --> 00:36:23,900 the second story logs are going into place. 803 00:36:26,933 --> 00:36:28,400 That looks great. 804 00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:31,867 Sherman makes some final adjustments... 805 00:36:41,267 --> 00:36:44,500 ...and finishes it off in classic pioneer style. 806 00:36:49,067 --> 00:36:52,500 MARK: This is the last log on the building. 807 00:36:52,500 --> 00:36:54,067 This is it. 808 00:36:55,567 --> 00:36:58,600 JOHNNY: Is that it? 809 00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:00,233 That's it! 810 00:37:00,233 --> 00:37:03,100 All right, last log. I'm done. 811 00:37:05,633 --> 00:37:07,700 NARRATOR: And just as they finish, 812 00:37:07,700 --> 00:37:09,933 the client shows up to inspect the work. 813 00:37:09,933 --> 00:37:11,200 Hey, Mark. 814 00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:12,567 DAN: You really don't know what you're gonna get 815 00:37:12,567 --> 00:37:14,067 until it arrives. 816 00:37:14,067 --> 00:37:16,767 MARK: I knew how much you were a stickler for, you know, 817 00:37:16,767 --> 00:37:17,900 historical buildings. 818 00:37:17,900 --> 00:37:19,033 I was a little nervous. 819 00:37:26,867 --> 00:37:29,533 NARRATOR: The guys have finished stacking this Civil-War-era cabin. 820 00:37:29,533 --> 00:37:30,700 DAN: Hey, Mark. 821 00:37:30,700 --> 00:37:33,500 And it's time to get the client's verdict. 822 00:37:33,500 --> 00:37:35,800 I knew how much you were a stickler for, you know, 823 00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:36,800 historical buildings. 824 00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:37,900 I was a little nervous. 825 00:37:37,900 --> 00:37:39,833 DAN: This absolutely looks wonderful. 826 00:37:41,900 --> 00:37:44,067 I was pleasantly surprised. 827 00:37:44,067 --> 00:37:46,133 It was exactly what I was looking for. 828 00:37:46,833 --> 00:37:49,367 It did exceed my expectations. 829 00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:52,867 MARK: Man, this building is awesome. 830 00:37:52,867 --> 00:37:55,933 We took it from Braxton County, West Virginia, 831 00:37:55,933 --> 00:37:57,400 to Elizabethton, Tennessee. 832 00:37:57,400 --> 00:38:00,333 And it looks just as good here as it did there. 833 00:38:00,333 --> 00:38:03,767 NARRATOR: And Mark has one last surprise for Dan, 834 00:38:03,767 --> 00:38:06,367 the hand-cut sandstones from the fireplace. 835 00:38:06,367 --> 00:38:08,000 DAN: Oh, that's awesome. 836 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:09,533 I just wanted you to have as a gift. 837 00:38:09,533 --> 00:38:10,967 I know you have a good stonemason. 838 00:38:10,967 --> 00:38:12,933 He's clearly done a great job. 839 00:38:12,933 --> 00:38:15,033 And maybe if you could use them for steps or somethin'... 840 00:38:15,033 --> 00:38:16,833 I think that's exactly where we'll put 'em in -- 841 00:38:16,833 --> 00:38:18,500 for the steps on the front porch. Good. 842 00:38:18,500 --> 00:38:20,900 Dan, it's been a real pleasure 843 00:38:20,900 --> 00:38:22,533 to come down here and work with you. 844 00:38:22,533 --> 00:38:25,100 You understand and appreciate the work that we put into this. 845 00:38:25,100 --> 00:38:27,267 Well, I certainly do, and you've done a great job. 846 00:38:27,267 --> 00:38:29,533 And I want to thank you so much for what you've done. 847 00:38:29,533 --> 00:38:31,100 Let's go take a closer look at the cabin. 848 00:38:31,100 --> 00:38:31,967 Okay, good. 849 00:38:31,967 --> 00:38:33,467 I love lookin' at cabins. 850 00:38:33,467 --> 00:38:35,700 Oh, this is neat. This is really awesome. 851 00:38:35,700 --> 00:38:38,500 A happy client means another job well done. 852 00:38:39,667 --> 00:38:41,600 Hey, boss. 853 00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:42,467 MARK: Look here. 854 00:38:42,467 --> 00:38:43,500 JOHNNY: Hey, it's Brian. 855 00:38:43,500 --> 00:38:44,433 End-of-the-Job Brian. 856 00:38:44,433 --> 00:38:45,700 Oh, he knows when to show up. 857 00:38:45,700 --> 00:38:46,967 You got a new nickname, man. 858 00:38:46,967 --> 00:38:48,400 I guess you got the bill with you. 859 00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:50,900 BRIAN: I tell ya. I leave for a few hours. 860 00:38:50,900 --> 00:38:53,100 And y'all go ahead and put up one of the nicest buildings 861 00:38:53,100 --> 00:38:54,067 I've ever seen, man. 862 00:38:54,067 --> 00:38:55,767 MARK: It's pretty sweet, ain't it? 863 00:38:55,767 --> 00:38:57,067 Y'all about ready to head to the house? 864 00:38:57,067 --> 00:38:57,867 It's a wrap. That's a wrap. 865 00:38:57,867 --> 00:38:58,667 That's it? That's it? 866 00:38:58,667 --> 00:38:59,800 Let's head to the house. 867 00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:02,667 MARK: Good job, Graham. Thanks for comin', man. 868 00:39:02,667 --> 00:39:04,667 Man, I'm tired. It's hot, ain't it? 869 00:39:04,667 --> 00:39:06,500 JOHNNY: Yeah. I'm tired of hot. 870 00:39:06,500 --> 00:39:07,867 Ever tell you I love you? 871 00:39:07,867 --> 00:39:09,100 Yeah, and I know it. 872 00:39:09,100 --> 00:39:11,500 And I feel the same way about you, my brother. 873 00:39:11,500 --> 00:39:13,533 We're brothers. 874 00:39:17,433 --> 00:39:19,600 DAN: Well, it's just exactly what I was looking for. 875 00:39:21,900 --> 00:39:23,067 It's a piece of history, 876 00:39:23,067 --> 00:39:24,833 and I'm gonna enjoy it the rest of my life. 877 00:39:25,867 --> 00:39:29,000 And I hope other people will also for generations to come. 878 00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:33,633 There we go. 879 00:39:33,633 --> 00:39:37,167 MARK: You know, it's never easy to move a pioneer cabin... 880 00:39:37,167 --> 00:39:38,333 Whoa, whoa! 881 00:39:38,333 --> 00:39:39,733 But it's always worth the extra effort... 882 00:39:41,033 --> 00:39:45,067 ...because every ax mark, every beam, has a story to tell. 883 00:39:45,067 --> 00:39:48,033 Be some nice history here. They had a hard life. 884 00:39:48,033 --> 00:39:50,233 You know, it's really all about self-reliance... 885 00:39:50,233 --> 00:39:52,500 Graham's learnin'. Watch him swing that ax. 886 00:39:52,500 --> 00:39:53,967 ...perseverance... 887 00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:56,133 ...and teamwork. 888 00:39:56,133 --> 00:39:57,033 Oh! 889 00:39:57,033 --> 00:39:58,467 Done with it! Yeah! 890 00:39:58,467 --> 00:40:01,633 And that's why we love what we do. 890 00:40:02,305 --> 00:41:02,806 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org