Log Cabin Fever

A ramshackle barn in TN holds a two-story log cabin the owner would like to reclaim. Charlie gets to keep the barn boards if he and the crew can claw through the weeds and take down the beast while keeping its treasure intact.

Charlie Norman faces a challenge in Church Hill, TN, where a 100-year-old barn is rotting from the ground up thanks to a wood foundation. He and the crew must raise the barn and install a new foundation for long-term protection.

Charlie Norman gets a lesson in hewing logs the old-fashioned way, using simple hand tools and a lot of elbow grease. Then the team gears up to finish a home remodel in VA by trimming the kitchen with worn wooden beams.

Charlie Norman and the crew travel deep into the hills of Sandy Mush, North Carolina, to disassemble a 100-year-old cabin on a compound time forgot, but trouble seems to follow them at every turn.

Charlie Norman replenishes his stock thanks to a call from a man offering a barn full of disassembled barnwood. Then he helps a childhood friend remedy a bad case of wood rot at her cabin, and he takes his wife, Beth, on the job.

Charlie and the team travel to Jonesborough, TN, to carefully dismantle an old barn so the new land owner can reuse the beautiful and battered boards in her new dream house. Then Charlie visits a historic cabin on Main Street.

The Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy, a repeat client of Charlie Norman's, needs a reliable shelter constructed for weary hikers and campers trekking the Appalachian Trail.

Charlie heads to North Carolina to renovate a cabin-turned vacation home. From the foundation to the ceiling, everything needs TLC, especially since the previous owner's repair attempts created more work for Charlie and his crew.

Charlie Norman and his crew take a trip into the mountains of Banner Elk, North Carolina, to retrofit a modern home with a rustic timber frame interior. With the house already built though, it takes some finessing to get the 1,500-pound beams into place. Two new faces join the team to help tear down a barn, and Charlie gets a few antiquated boards out of the deal.

An historic cabin set into a hillside presents a challenge for the team.

The crew converts two century-old barns into a single craftsman's quarters.

After building many homes for his clients, Charlie Norman finally finds the time to renovate his own home. He plans to double its size and use all the best beams and boards he's acquired over the years. As a bonus, Charlie and his dad salvage a 150-year-old chimney to install in the house.