Barnwood Builders — Season 1, Episode 5: Wading with Alligators to Build a Two-Story Hunting Lodge in Florida

Episode synopsis

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.

About 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.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Taking Down the Lincoln Cabin and Building a Dog Trot
• E2Rescuing a Massive Barn, Finishing the Lincoln Cabin
• E3Repurposing Every Beam from a Pennsylvania Bank Barn
• E4Salvaging a Homestead Corn Crib with a Hometown Barn Raising
• E6Transforming a Shipping Container into a Portable Barnwood Cabin
• E7Turning a West Virginia Smokehouse into a Modern Bunkhouse in the Florida Swamp
• E8Fighting the Elements to Build a Well House, and Repairing a Damaged Log Home
• E9Moving a Pre-Civil War Log Cabin from West Virginia to Tennessee