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Mark Bowe and his crew of West Virginia master craftsmen salvage antique barns and cabins, reusing the wood to create stunning, modern homes. The Barnwood Builders are devoted to salvaging and will stop at nothing

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    Barnwood Builders Season 3 Episode 1 - Rebuilding Grandma's Cabin in Montana
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    #1 - Rebuilding Grandma's Cabin in Montana

    S3:E1

    In the Season 3 premiere, the team return to Montana to rebuild Grandma's cabin.

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  2. Barnwood Builders Season 1 Episode 1 - Taking Down the Lincoln Cabin and Building a Dog Trot
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    #2 - Taking Down the Lincoln Cabin and Building a Dog Trot

    S1:E1

    Mark and the crew work to dismantle a barn built by Abe Lincoln's uncle; old tobacco timbers are used to build a new barn in the Appalachian dogtrot style.

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  3. Barnwood Builders Season 1 Episode 2 - Rescuing a Massive Barn, Finishing the Lincoln Cabin
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    #3 - Rescuing a Massive Barn, Finishing the Lincoln Cabin

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  4. Barnwood Builders Season 1 Episode 3 - Repurposing Every Beam from a Pennsylvania Bank Barn
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    #4 - Repurposing Every Beam from a Pennsylvania Bank Barn

    S1:E3

    The guys take down a Pennsylvania Bank Barn in hopes of recovering the Long Beams and Huge Sleeper Logs that lay below. They are up against the weather, the machines malfunctioning and the weight of the logs. Mark pays a visit to the finished King Cabin and gives the owners a bench made with some of the repurposed wood from the Bank Barn.

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  5. Barnwood Builders Season 1 Episode 4 - Salvaging a Homestead Corn Crib with a Hometown Barn Raising
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    #5 - Salvaging a Homestead Corn Crib with a Hometown Barn Raising

    S1:E4

    The guys salvage a homestead corn crib with a good old fashioned barn raising.

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  6. Barnwood Builders Season 1 Episode 5 - Wading with Alligators to Build a Two-Story Hunting Lodge in Florida
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    #6 - Wading with Alligators to Build a Two-Story Hunting Lodge in Florida

    S1:E5

    Mark Bowe and the guys take the bones of an old Virginia log home down to Florida, where they turn it into a two-story hunting lodge. Mark makes mouth-blown wavy glass for the windows and dives in an alligator pond to get some long leaf pine for the floors.

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  7. Barnwood Builders Season 1 Episode 6 - Transforming a Shipping Container into a Portable Barnwood Cabin
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    #7 - Transforming a Shipping Container into a Portable Barnwood Cabin

    S1:E6

    Mark and the guys turn a used shipping container into a portable barnwood cabin. They use welding torches and old logs to transform the steel container into a home. Mark searches for the perfect red barnwood to cover it. Then they try to lift the container cabin onto a trailer to prove its really portable.

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  8. Barnwood Builders Season 1 Episode 7 - Turning a West Virginia Smokehouse into a Modern Bunkhouse in the Florida Swamp
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    #8 - Turning a West Virginia Smokehouse into a Modern Bunkhouse in the Florida Swamp

    S1:E7

    Mark Bowe and the guys take down a West Virginia smokehouse and a half-barn nearby. They weave the logs together in Florida to create a bunkhouse for their client's kids. They cut down two trees to use as wood for the porch, and go on a catch and release wild hog hunt.

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  9. Barnwood Builders Season 1 Episode 8 - Fighting the Elements to Build a Well House, and Repairing a Damaged Log Home
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    #9 - Fighting the Elements to Build a Well House, and Repairing a Damaged Log Home

    S1:E8

    Mark Bowe and the guys return to their roots in Asheville, North Carolina. They have one day to build a log well house in the driving rain. Once it's up, they have to repair a severely damaged log home nearby. Along the way, Mark visits two of his favorite log cabins.

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  10. Barnwood Builders Season 1 Episode 9 - Moving a Pre-Civil War Log Cabin from West Virginia to Tennessee
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    #10 - Moving a Pre-Civil War Log Cabin from West Virginia to Tennessee

    S1:E9

    Mark Bowe and the guys take down a pre-Civil War log cabin in Braxton County, West Virginia. They take it back to Lewisburg to refurbish the logs, then rebuild it for a client who collects historic homes in Elizabethton, Tennessee.

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  11. Barnwood Builders Season 2 Episode 1 - Peeling Layers Off a Covered Log Home in Virginia
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    #11 - Peeling Layers Off a Covered Log Home in Virginia

    S2:E1

    Mark Bowe and the guys travel to Abingdon, Virginia, to take down a farmhouse that Mark bought sight unseen. The house is really a 200 year-old log cabin covered by layers of siding and overgrowth. As they strip away each layer, the news gets better. They salvage the incredible hand-hewn timbers underneath.

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  12. Barnwood Builders Season 2 Episode 2 - Turning a Ramshackle Cabin into a Guest House in Missouri
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    #12 - Turning a Ramshackle Cabin into a Guest House in Missouri

    S2:E2

    The crew travels to the Show Me State -- Missouri -- to take down and rebuild a historic 170-year-old cabin. Sherman leads the guys in converting this cabin into a guesthouse for kindred spirit client, Mark Perry. Meanwhile, Mark Bowe drums up business west of the Mississippi. The guys work in weather extremes to turn the cabin's frown upside down.

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  13. Barnwood Builders Season 2 Episode 3 - Raising a Massive Timber Frame Barn in Downtown Lewisburg
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    #13 - Raising a Massive Timber Frame Barn in Downtown Lewisburg

    S2:E3

    Mark Bowe and the guys work in downtown Lewisburg, West Virginia, to raise a massive timber frame as the new shelter for the Lewisburg farmers market. The 200-year-old logs prove to be a challenge when the builders begin to raise the bents.

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  14. Barnwood Builders Season 2 Episode 4 - Building a Log Chapel with a Stained Glass Window
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    #14 - Building a Log Chapel with a Stained Glass Window

    S2:E4

    Mark Bowe and the guys head to Johnny Jett's hometown in Kentucky to build a log chapel. First they reclaim a stained-glass window from a deteriorating 100-year-old church. Then they build the chapel and install the window.

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  15. Barnwood Builders Season 2 Episode 5 - Saving Every Board from a Kincheloe Cattle Barn
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    #15 - Saving Every Board from a Kincheloe Cattle Barn

    S2:E5

    Mark Bowe and the guys travel to Jane Lew, West Virginia, to salvage the wood from a 120-year-old cattle barn that is slated for demolition. The site is so wet they have to build their own road just to get to the barn. The rare, wide plank boards end up in living rooms, man-caves and outdoor projects all over Jane Lew.

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  16. Barnwood Builders Season 2 Episode 6 - Salvaging Pristine Hand-Hewn Logs From a West Virginia Cabin
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    #16 - Salvaging Pristine Hand-Hewn Logs From a West Virginia Cabin

    S2:E6

    Mark Bowe and the guys travel to the heart of West Virginia to salvage incredibly rare 170-year-old logs from a perfectly preserved log home. The pressure is on to keep these logs pristine as they take them down.

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  17. Barnwood Builders Season 2 Episode 7 - Building a New Log Home for the Boy Scouts
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    #17 - Building a New Log Home for the Boy Scouts

    S2:E7

    Mark Bowe and his crew volunteer to help a Boy Scout troop build a new lodge out of their old lodge. Mark and the guys have a lot to teach the boys about pioneer life, and the boys' determination gives the crew hope for the future.

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  18. Barnwood Builders Season 2 Episode 8 - Taking Down a Huge, New England-Style Barn
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    #18 - Taking Down a Huge, New England-Style Barn

    S2:E8

    Mark Bowe and the guys make a rare trip north to dismantle an enormous, 200-year-old barn. This New England-style barn is unlike any one they have ever taken down. The barn is so big it takes extra hands to get the barnwood down and a crane to lift out the valuable beams.

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  19. Barnwood Builders Season 2 Episode 9 - The Brown Family Heirloom
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    #19 - The Brown Family Heirloom

    S2:E9

    Mark Bowe and the guys are in Pipestem, West Virginia, to rebuild a log cabin that has been in the Brown family since 1856. They use original logs from the cabin, old logs from a nearby barn and new logs from a local saw mill. They team up with a local crew called The Good Ole Boys to turn all these logs into a home that will last for generations to come.

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  20. Barnwood Builders Season 2 Episode 10 - Turning a Tobacco Farm Cabin into a Tasting Room
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    #20 - Turning a Tobacco Farm Cabin into a Tasting Room

    S2:E10

    Mark Bowe and the guys save a log cabin from an old Virginia tobacco farm and to turn it into a tasting room for a local distillery. Their client takes the opportunity to go to "Barnwood School." He works alongside Mark and the guys so he can pass these skills on to others.

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  21. Barnwood Builders Season 2 Episode 11 - Moving the Last Cabin in Roanoke to a Local Resort
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    #21 - Moving the Last Cabin in Roanoke to a Local Resort

    S2:E11

    Mark Bowe and the guys go beyond the call of duty to save the last cabin from the old town of Roanoke, West Virginia. The Fox Sisters show up to watch their father's boyhood home get moved to a local four-diamond resort, and when the job is complete, the community comes out in full force to celebrate the new cabin.

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  22. Barnwood Builders Season 2 Episode 12 - Grandma's Cabin
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    #22 - Grandma's Cabin

    S2:E12

    Mark Bowe and the guys save the logs from a fire-damaged home in West Virginia. Mark promises the family who sold him the cabin that he will honor their history, and he calls it "Grandma's Cabin." Once the logs are salvaged, the crew rebuilds Grandma's Cabin in the boneyard for a client in Montana.

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  23. Barnwood Builders Season 2 Episode 13 - Blue Ridge Mountain Home
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    #23 - Blue Ridge Mountain Home

    S2:E13

    Mark Bowe and the guys get to work on a huge log home in the Blue Ridge Mountains. To make the unique design work, they even create a new kind of notch and work with a team of local craftsmen. See Tune-In Times

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  24. Barnwood Builders Season 3 Episode 2 - Building the New England Barn in South Carolina
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    #24 - Building the New England Barn in South Carolina

    S3:E2

    The guys face a huge build in a family retreat previously featured during Season 2.

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  25. Barnwood Builders Season 3 Episode 3 - Saving a Rare Log Springhouse
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    #25 - Saving a Rare Log Springhouse

    S3:E3

    Mark and the guys wade in water to save a dilapidated springhouse, then they rebuild it back at the bone yard.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Rebuilding Grandma's Cabin in Montana" is the best rated episode of "Barnwood Builders". It scored 0.5/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/24/2016. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "Taking Down the Lincoln Cabin and Building a Dog Trot".