Barnwood Builders

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 to give 200-year-old structures new life, providing entertainment, inspiration and awe along the way.

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First Aired on

Nov 01, 2013

19 seaons till Aug 29, 2024

Popularity: 7.7701
3 votes
Networks
(US)
Production

Silent Crow Arts (US)

Status: Returning Series

In Production

Last episode: Gratitude

Seasons & episodes

Total 19 seasons, 200 episodes

Season 1

Aired

9 Episodes
  • Episode 1Taking Down the Lincoln Cabin and Building a Dog Trot60 min

    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.

  • Episode 2Rescuing a Massive Barn, Finishing the Lincoln Cabin60 min

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  • Episode 3Repurposing Every Beam from a Pennsylvania Bank Barn60 min

    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.

  • Episode 4Salvaging a Homestead Corn Crib with a Hometown Barn Raising60 min

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

  • Episode 5Wading with Alligators to Build a Two-Story Hunting Lodge in Florida60 min

    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.