Maine Cabin Masters (2017–…): Season 7, Episode 7 - The $25 Manchester Post Office - full transcript

So how did you end up
with a post office?

Submitted a $25 bid,

lo and behold, we ended up...

No way, wow!
...in the old Manchester post office.

Jedi is going
to lasso the tree,

and tie the rope to my truck.

As he is cutting it, I'm going
to slowly back up,

pull the tree away
from the house,

and everything's going
to be perfectly safe.

Foolproof.

I've seen that
a million times,



and it doesn't work
like it's supposed to.

It looks wonky.

We had the tape
measure, we were measuring,

It slipped of my belt
and it rolled off the roof.

Oh, boy, that sounds deadly.

Hi!

Welcome to your old
post office.

I love it.

I wasn't expecting
this, this morning when
you called us.

I know. Sorry, we had only two electrics.
Look at you.

Good thing you brought
your helmet.

Chase showed up this morning
with a couple of scooters

and he said let's go.

And we're like, "All right."



Poor Ryan. He got himself
a workout.

For some reason, you didn't
get three motorized scooters.

Where are we headed?

We're headed to meet
David and Diana Worthing.

And they live right
in Manchester.

And they actually own
the original post office

for Manchester, Maine.

And then moved up here?
Yeah.

And why the scooters?
Might I ask?

Mail used
to be delivered in the 1900s
by scooter...

What?
...so, it just seemed fitting.

We had a lot of fun riding
those scooters.

I had a great time trying
to keep up with them,

watching them zip around
on electric scooters.
It was a blast.

There they are.
Hi.

Hey, how are you doing, guys?
Hi.

Oh!

Phew! We made it.

Hello.
Hi, guys.

Nice to meet ya.

I'm Diana Worthing.

And I'm David, her husband.

David and I, became involved

with the Manchester
historical society

which concentrates
on the preservation
of the history of Manchester.

This post office building
was an active post office

from 1945 to 1962.

What happened
then was that,

the town of Manchester
moved the old post office
down to...

right down beside
the Manchester town office.

Chase tells me,
you have a post office.

We do. It's way down
in the backfield.

So, how did you end up
with the post office?

The town said, "Well,
we got two options.

We either gonna tear
this building down
and have it hauled off,

or we'll put it out to bid."

So, once I heard that,
I went down,

I submitted a $25 bid,

lo and behold, we ended up...
No way.

...with the old Manchester
post office.

Actually, the deed
goes back to 1834.

And now, you want
to change it into a cabin?

We have two sons.

One is married and has
two children.

And it would be so nice
for everyone

to be able to get together
and go down there.

Really hope to have
a screened-in porch,

And you want to keep it off the grid.
Yes.

So, no kitchen, no bathroom, just make it nice.
Outhouse.

We would like to...
we would like to have
an outhouse.

Are there any colors
that you are leaning towards?

I would love to see it, maybe,
a colonial red,

or something like that.
Okay.

We would like to have,
maybe, one room.

for a bedroom or cots,
or whatever.

Maybe a loft upstairs
if it's... if it's high
up enough.

And how much are you looking
to put into the cabin?

25,000.
Okay.

And when do you need
the cabin back?

How does eight weeks sound?
Sounds great!

Bathroom, some sort
of outhouse system,
keep it off the grid,

place for your family to hang out.
Right.

25,000 in eight weeks.

We just need a set of keys.

I think David has your choice
of transportation out there.

Right. You can either
go by a wheelbarrow

or a golf cart there.

Oh, man. All right.
Taken a lot of...

a lot of different modes
of transportation
to get to the job today.

All right.
I'll see you, guys.

Whoa!
Oh, yeah, baby. Hold on.

We met David and Diana
right at their house,

they kind of, showed us
where to head

and they were kind enough
to lend us a golf cart,

to get down to the far end
of their field.

About 10-15 years ago,
they had this old post office
hauled into their property.

They had plans to do something
with it and never got
around to it,

so that's why they're
calling us, to come in,
just make it more livable,

and make a space
for them to hang out
in the summer time.

And have their family down
and really just enjoy
their property.

Camp's kind of, hidden,
at the end it feels
kind of, nice.

And then, it has a little
open area around it

but it's kind of nestled
in the woods,

it's the perfect spot.

They didn't plan on any
expansion when they placed
it around all those trees.

That is cute.

Oh, my gosh.
Look at those flower pots.

Oh, boy.
We got a little rot.

Oh, boy.

First thing you
notice is,
it's old cedar shakes

and there some rot along
the bottom sill in the front.

But we got down
and the ground looked...

It's up off the ground,
it's six by sixes, so,

get it jacked up,
get it on it, re-post it,

get some rotten sills
replaced, but it's...

it's already high and dry,
you know...

That... that's one of the good
things that David
and his brother did

when they moved it here,

is they kept it up
off the ground so it didn't
rot any further.

Wow!
Oh!

There's not much
to it. Is there?

The floors
look original.

She got a funky smell, doesn't she?
Funky smell for sure.

How are we guys gonna work
in here at the same time?

You know,
really like, you're buddies.

David and Diana have $25,000
to renovate their
old post office.

They are looking
on the interior to clean
it up, have sleeping space,

a loft area
and a screened-in porch.

That's where the porch
is going to go.

Perfect. There's a door there.
Why don't we put the porch
right there?

Why wouldn't you?
Why wouldn't you?

What do you think
they want their view to be?

Honey, we just saved
a thousand bucks by just
seeing that door.

Oh, whatever. You could just
take and rip it--

Where would you
like to see the porch?

Well, let me go outside
and find out.

Um, let's see.

Well, if we could clean up
all this mess

then I think the porch
would be okay on this side.

This does need some
clean up out here.

'Cause we definitely
can't have them looking
at this junk.

Really, it's just getting
it stripped back,

and cut a couple trees.
Yeah.

New porch. We'll definitely
get some heavy equipment
in here

to clean it up a little better.

We're going to build
an outhouse building as well.

I like that idea.

On the outside
it definitely needs
to be jacked and leveled.

screened-in porch, new roof,
new siding.

This should be good.

All right, it sounds
like we have a plan,

let's get back to our
golf cart and then back
to our scooters,

and then we'll be home.
Who's gonna call
the guys today?

Chase, I vote you.
Okay.

This is it.

Perfect camp for a small crew.

It's true.

We've got Ashley
and the dogs,
that can be enough people.

I know we don't have
very many beards, so...

I'll make sure to bring
an extra one,

so I could really
fit in today.

Perfect.
Grab a hammer.

I know it's spread out
pretty thin.
Is this all we got?

Day off from school?
Yeah.

Perfect. We got one
more secret weapon coming.

I see.
Here he comes.

Oh, oh, yeah.

Back at the Worthing
camp, for demo,

and you know, we normally
call the guys

and we called the guys
and it wasn't exactly
what I was thinking.

We've got one more guy coming.

I see.
Here he comes.

Oh, here we go.

He took his own
ride today.

I think he'll
recognize his auntie, uncle.

Fletcher!
Hey, Ashley!

Hi!
Hi!

Today, we have Chase,
Ryan and then Corbin
and Fletcher and I.

So we got an "A" team.

Let's go.
Let's do it.

Let do this.
Its family day.

Family day.
Just us guys.

The cabin was the original
post office,

I think it had a few different
uses in between then.

And when the Worthings
got it, they brought it,
set it up here.

The base it's six by six,
sills worn, edges rotted.

Shouldn't be that much
to replace because
it's sitting high and dry.

So, replace the rotted sill,
get it jacked and leveled

and you know, overall
it's a pretty solid camp.

We can do a little exploring,

do a little clean up--
How do you guys work with these beards on?

All right.
So we'll start by getting

all the wood and stuff out and then...
Go from there.

Ugh!
Ugh!

Oh, she's beautiful.
This shouldn't take long.

Look here, we've pink
blankets too. You want one?

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

You know, a project
like this is cool.
There's no rules, really.

You know,
there no plumbing,
there's no water.

So we can pretty much do
what we want.

Pretty nasty place.

That's a nice
mailbox. What's it doing here?

This is a post office.
Yeah, I know.

Post office,
you put the mail--

Post office brings the mail
to the mailbox.

So, maybe they have
a mailbox to put their
own mail in it.

This post office is like,
100 years old
and this mailbox is quite new.

Manchester must have not been
that very popular back
in the day, it's very small.

Hard to believe
this was a post office.

It is hard to believe
this was a post office.

This place gives
you a little vertigo
after a while, it's so...

it's so tilted.

It does.

All right. Maybe we can
do something with this, Fletcher...

I feel like the camp,
I'll flip-flop
the colors a little bit,

not necessarily the blue trim

but I feel like I'll take
the color of the red
trim here,

and make that the body,

'cause she really said
she likes that antique red.

You can just see
the mice have eaten
tunnels through all this.

Ugh.

Oh!

There wasn't a ton
to do but we wanted to pull
out all the insulation,

get the wiring stripped back,

get the walls, you know,
get everything out of there,
get it cleaned out,

let it air out.

You gotta get mad.

Huh, I don't know how.
You gotta.

Oh, it's coming
back at ya.

There we go.
Now we got a doorway.

See I'm glad
you did that

'cause I probably would
have kept going through
the door.

We're gonna get down
to all the original framing

so we can pop, like,
there's a stud here
just for sheet rock,

so we can get these
boards out,

get it right down the original
framing, sweep it out,

leave the windows cracked
and let some air in here.

So, a good week of that or so,
will really help
this place out.

Don't take that.
Are you throwing it at me?

No, I'm not.
I'm just putting
it to the side.

You guys find anything good?
Yeah!

A lot of times
when people own
a big huge property,

in the old days
they would take
and use it as a dump site.

So, that's what they did.
It's a normal thing.

I think
I found an old red box.

Nice.
Nice.

You know what,
let's look at it.

What does it say? Oh, I think
we found a mailbox.

Yeah, that's what I thought too.
You thought it was a mailbox?

Yes, that's what
I just said.

I guess that would make
a postmaster. Postmaster!

Hey! This is cool.

Oh, look, what does that say?

I can't see anything.
Worthing.

Oh, yeah.
Oh, that's the name of the camp owners.

Oh, yeah. That's cool.

Well, why they did they
get rid of this mailbox?

Put it over in the trash?

You are your father's son.

Well, I think that this stuff
is at least worth saving.

Yeah.

I got my treasure.
Yup.

Let me know
if you guys find
anything else cool.

Okay.

I mean, I found
an old mailbox

and this is an old
post office,

so, I mean, I feel like
that's at least worth saving.

Maybe I can make something
out of it, who knows.

Let's see what they did outside.

We'll leave the doors open.

Let the place air out.

I thought you guys
are supposed to pick it up.

Yeah, there's more
trash piled around here
than there was before.

We got the place
cleaned out.

Now we're going to leave
the windows and doors
open for a while.

Yeah, I don't blame you.

All right.
Well, this was a good day.

Cool, let's get out of here.
All right.

Nice job, guys.

We're here
at the Worthing camp,

ripping and tearing
this place.

We're going to get this place
torn apart,

get it opened up and try
to figure out what
we need to do.

The main goal right now
is get everything opened up

so we can find out
what our sills look like,

see if there's any rot
going on down at the base
of the camp.

Once we've got that determined
we can get it straight,
locked in,

and go from there.

Things went really well here.

Getting everything cleaned up,
straightened up.

Shingles came off really easy.

Luckily, there was not
a lot of rot in the sills,

and we're ready to start
jacking and leveling
the place.

One thing you have to be
careful for, when you're
jacking and leveling place,

is to jack it evenly, uh,
throughout as you go up.

If you go too much
one way or another,

the building will shift
and twist,

uh, which in a lot of cases
it will cause windows
to pop and break.

If you're doing it all equal,
all even, all the way
up through,

you won't have any
broken panes.

Now we've got it jacked,
almost leveled,

just going to put our pucks
and our posts in,

and then, the camp's
going to be set and solid.

This Worthing spot is, uh,
very cool.

Right out in the middle
of nowhere,

surrounded by huge fields,

forest right behind it,
forest right in front of it,

it's just a cool little cabin.

Spring is here.

We're on day six
or seven maybe.

Got almost everything done,
prepped, got the camp
jacked and leveled up.

We had a few problem trees

that were right close
to the camp,

so, we wanted to spend the day
today and clean up
all the trees.

Heads up.

We've got just one
problem tree that we're
about to tackle next,

we can see here this guy,
really close to the cabin.

Um, as it grows up
it kicks over a little more

and majority of the weight
is up there leaning over
the cabin.

So, what we're gonna do,
we're gonna get a rope
around it,

we're gonna get a truck
out here in the field,

we're gonna give it a little
pull as we cut it.

Hopefully, it'll take off
right for the field.

We gotta get a rope up,
as high as we can.

Yeah.

I'm not gonna lie. It was
a little nerve-wracking
climbing that wobbly tree.

There's about 20 more feet,
we have a hundred foot rope,

so if I go, I have to go
all the way out.

Yeah.
But we'll be fine.

This is
a foolproof plan.

Jedi is gonna lasso the tree
and tie the rope to my truck.

As he's cutting it,
I'm gonna slowly back up,

pull the tree away
from the house

and everything's gonna be
perfectly safe.

Foolproof.

All right. Here we go.

Lumberjack Jedi.

All right. Here we go.

All heads up!

Week two at the old
Manchester post office.

Jedi is cutting down
a huge tree,

and I'm pulling away
with my truck.

Pretty standard stuff.

All right, here we go.

Here it goes.

All heads up!

Just like that.

You can't teach that.

If we would have pulled
any other way,
that tree would have swung.

You know, but he had
it perfect and he had me
lined up perfect

and it literally went
right up over.

So, it was awesome.

That was perfect, bud,
nice cut.

Getting here today,
we're gonna set those guys
up for success next week.

Jed and I also had a little
bit of extra time,

we got the area ground
where the carrying beam
is going to go

for the screened-in porch.

So when they get here Monday,
it's go time.

What you doing?
Cleaning.

What are you doing?
Delivering mail?

Yeah, I got a new job.

Great.

Got a new job,
delivering the mail, man.

I need you to help me, please.

You know, how the Worthing
camp had these old like,

broken down flower boxes?
Yes.

So, I thought that we could
just turn this into
a flower box,

that'd be cute.
Okay.

A nice red flag,
they could be like that,
if they need water.

So, I was at
the Worthing camp,

I was looking around,
and found an old mailbox.

I came up with this idea,
why don't I make some planters
out of this old mailbox.

We did find some old mailboxes
around the property,

but I thought the new one
is a little bit nicer.

So there we go.

And then thinking about it,
I kind of wanted to have
all the planters the same.

So, I ended up getting
new mailboxes

and it's going to be great
because the black actually
is going to look really nice

'cause it's going
to complement the roof.

Which way your spark's
going to be flying?

Um, we'll find out!

So, in order to transform
these from regular
mailboxes into a planter,

it's not that hard
of a project...

...Chase got
the angle grinder out,

folded them down, so no one
would cut themselves
on the sharp edges...

put in two flowers and boom.

We have beautiful awesome
window planters.

Here we go.

Put the flowers in the pot.

There you go, time to water.
Put up your flag.

This is gonna be so cute.

We got... I have three
of them. One for each window.

Now that I know that,
what they're gonna look like,

the next step is to take them
over to the camp

and then I will plant
them properly,

and it'll be just nice little
pops of color
for the Worthing camp.

They're gonna look really cute
on the camp.

It's a nice touch post office.
Thanks for your help today.

Sure thing.
Time for watering.

All right.
We're outta here.

Spring is here,
it's almost summer,

got the camp totally
stripped back,

and the screened-in porch
floor deck is all framed up

and now it's a matter
of setting the upright posts,

the headers in order
to support the rafters.

Each camp is built differently,
each camp is unique.

And we try and take the idea
that the camp owner has

and translate it into
the actual camp
and make it work.

Try and get everything to fit
together as best as possible.

It's definitely
a fluid process,

things change, heights change,

but once we get
an overall idea,

and get everything framed in,

then it's pretty
straightforward to rebuild it.

Today's focus is work
on our rafters,
and get that roof sheath over.

Things are looking
good at the Worthing camp.

It's week four and the camp
has more than doubled in size.

Camp was lifted up,
rotted sills replaced,

new posts, jacked, leveled...

screened-in porch,
wraps around the front,

we'll have screening
go around here,

everything is going
to be stained a historic red

to go along with
the post office theme.

Um, new windows, new doors.

We're gonna work on
a new roof today
but it is looking good.

We got this beautiful new
screened-in porch.

It's gonna be wrapped
around screening,

this wall is gonna
be closed in.

So new entry door onto
the screened-in porch here
on the windows,

New entry door there,

this half will get
a loft space,

and we'll get some wiring
in the walls,

close everything in with pine
and we'll be ready to go.

One of my biggest
concerns about being
on the roof

is someone down below
getting hit with either
a tape measure,

a piece of wood or a tool
or anything.

Hey, hey! That's greasy.

When Jared and I were
up on the roof,

and we had the tape measure,
we were measuring,

it slipped off my pocket,
off my belt,

and it's rolled off the roof.

Usually I got a long wingspan.

Obviously, if I'm on a ladder,
I'm not gonna make a dive
for it or something.

Let's put screws on it.

Luckily, the tape measure
hit the ground and didn't
hurt anyone.

We're going with
a screw-down metal roof,

and we decided
to go with black

because it's going
to complement that historic
red stain very nicely.

It is week four
at the Worthing Camp,

summer's on its way
and we're making
great progress.

Well, it seems to be
the season for roofing.

All construction companies
are pretty busy right now,

roofers have a pretty long
lead time.

So, unfortunately we are...
we're in the roofing
business right now.

They're longer than they look.

Now, I gotta move that.

Stupid ladder.

Ryan loves screw-down roofing.

This is as timeless
as the U.S. postal service,

you know, over the years,
it's just stood
the test of time,

It can take the rain, snow,
sleet winds...

except me not getting
a screw in.

Oop!

That's called character.

When installing a metal roof,
one of the biggest
concerns is,

uh, the very sharp edges.

Handling it appropriately,
many hands makes easy work.

Sooner you can get the panel
down and in place

and have hands on it,
the better.

The Worthings have
asked me to stop by.

They have some really
cool pieces that they would
like me to check out.

Oh, hi!
Hi!

Hey, how are you doing, Ashley?
Good.

So beautiful
out today, huh?

I like what
you have here.

These were all
in the old building?

Yes.
Yes.

It's crazy to me that David
bought this camp for $25.

These signs would be worth
hundreds of dollars
in the antique stores.

The more that I could put
in that you have, the better.

Really, to be honest with you.

This thing, what is this?

That is a surge
milking machine right there,

that goes underneath the cow.
Cool!

1964, when we were operating
the dairy farm,

my mother, she passed away
that year.

She was 36 years old.
Oh, wow.

And so, we journeyed
on for four more years
running the farm

and it's pretty tough
to operate a dairy farm

without a wife and a mother, so...
Yeah.

...four years later, uh,
my father called it quits.

We sold the cattle,
the machinery and we tore down
the back half of the old barn.

This is what
remains of it.

Well, then, I'll take extra
special care of it.

Really glad I stopped by.

I think David really wanted
to tell that story
about his mom.

He was born and raised
and used to farm
on this property right here.

Sometimes we learn little
bits as we start getting
into the build.

I think I know the perfect
place for this sign.

I'm going to grab this today

and then I'll come back
and get a couple
of the other stuff,

uh, when I have a truck.

Wonderful.
I'll see you in a few weeks.

That you will.
Awesome. Bye, guys.

Bye.
You have a good day.

I mean it looks...
it looks good.

The screw-down metal roof
is a main staple for cabins,

You know, we love it.
We put up that roof in,

you know, four or five hours.

Loft space?
Yeah.

I think it'd just be a
matter of putting a ledger...

on this edge, right?
Yeah.

And running loft here.

I think it's a pretty
wide span

but I've got some six inch,
you know,

two by tongue and groove.
Yup, yup, yup.

And it's not like,
you're gonna get a ton
of people up there.

Trash.

Chase?

What?

Look what I found.
Look at that one.

What is that?

It's an old buggy seat.

Further in you go, the older the stuff gets.
Oh...

Oh, old carriage seat, right?

I wonder if they
delivered the mail in this.

It looks nice from here.

It's looks really nice.

Yeah. Well, cool.
We shouldn't throw this away.

No, no, no. Let's clean that up.
That's kinda neat.

Make that into
a nice bench for them.

Ryan found a cool,
old buggy bench.

And I think, we can definitely
find a way to turn it into
a nice bench.

Definitely do something
cool with it.

That's old. Isn't it?
That's real old.

That's a keeper.
Keeper, keeper.

Ryan found this
old bench at
the Worthing camp,

I had these old rockers
in my barn

So, I decided to turn them
all into a swinging
bench seat.

This is that old buggy seat
that came out
of the Worthing camp,

ended up putting the board
across them the same
width and length

as the buggy seat.

I must have something.

The goal is to tie this
top seat to these bottom
glider boards,

glider rockers,
whatever you call them.

You know, those little
ottoman rockers are meant
to be low to the ground.

And that would go like that.

There you go.

We're putting a new
screened-in porch
on the Worthing camp

and it'll be nice to set
that rocker right out there,

place for them to just
kick back, relax and, uh,
enjoy the view.

This old buggy seat
was just sitting out
in the field rotting away,

it probably wouldn't have
lasted much longer

but now it, uh, has a little
bit more life to it.

This is one that we were able
to save and bring
back to life.

All right. All done.
Ready to rock.

So, the last two weeks
the weather's been working
in our favor,

and we were able to get
the place entirely painted.

You know, it's all stained red.

Once that was done,
we're able to trim
out the windows...

put on the side stairs,
trim out the screened
porch windows,

screen it over, trim those out
and finish off the interior.

I mean for once,
we've got more time
than we have money,

we've got an outhouse
to build,

we're using as much scrap
as we can.

You know, it's just Ryan,
Jedi, Dixie and I, here.

And building a small structure
like this should take no time
at all for us.

Looks beautiful, Jared.
It looks awesome.

Yeah, I love the
colors. Came together solid.

When I pulled in today,
I hadn't seen it all painted
and trimmed out,

It looks fabulous.
I love the black and red.

It's just very bold
and it all ties together.

All right.
It's outhouse time.

The build on the main
camp is complete.

Today, we are focusing
on building the outhouse.

Anywhere in the four by six,
big enough--

Five by seven, yeah.

Big enough to open the door and sit down.

We're building that house
in the shade
close to our tool trailers,

but we will move it close
to the camp before we hand
it back to Diana and David.

We've already gone
over the budgets,

so we are trying to find a way
to give them, you know,
what they need.

That was a good budget
to start with,

now we gotta find
an inexpensive way to get them
that bathroom close to camp.

We got more time than money.

We took a $25,000 budget
on this old post office.

Normally that would be great
but not this year.

The prices have doubled,
almost tripled.

We're trying to salvage
whatever we can, you know,

just scraps that are around,

so, this thing will come
together but it's not going
to cost us a dime.

Just our time.

Right now, we're just
gathering all the materials
that we need.

Um, figuring everything out
what we've got.

The size of our building
is going to be determined

from what we have
for materials, so,

it's just a matter
of gathering everything
right now,

taking a look at it.

Where you are,
is where the poop hole
side will be.

Poop hole?
That will go there.

You want it here. Doesn't matter.
No that's... that's perfect.

I was just thinking in here,
where it's closed in.

This is a very serious
discussion on where
the hole is going to go.

No hole.
No hole.

We're building an outhouse today.
Yes.

Whoo! Whoo!

This cabin is great.
Um, it's almost a hundred
percent done.

There are some stairs that
do need to be worked on

but other than that
my team's ready to come in.

Oh, cool.

Looks great.

You know, when I walked into
this camp, I was blown away.

The camp
is completely different.

One of the big things
that Diana asked for

was extra sleeping space
for her grandchildren.

All right.

Looks like we have
this extra sleeping space
up here which is really nice.

That loft is huge,
there's gonna be plenty
of places to sleep.

Hi, buddy.

Platforms built, walls,
roof and door.

Can we level this thing?

It is definitely
advisable to build
on level ground,

but that being said, as long
as you cut everything
to the same measurements,

when you level the platform,
it should in theory level
everything up.

I mean, it looks wonky.

Everything's all
of the same length.

I've seen that a million times
and it doesn't work like
it's supposed to.

When we first started
building, you know,

we didn't... we picked a spot.
It's not necessarily
the flattest.

Um, it's on a slope,

To me, it looks
a little wonky.

You guys sure
you don't want to level
this thing?

It... it looks wonky.

You know,
it's such a small structure,

Ryan was worried about
being a little askew
or anything like that

but when it all comes down
to it, everything's cut
to the same length,

so get it into position,
level and stuff.
It will look fine

I just jumped in wherever
I could help today.

Look at this fancy
little stick.

Oh, I gotta go back to work.
I gotta finish this roof.

Gotta go finish the roof.

Let's do this, boys.

That outhouse is built
with pretty much every scrap
that we had left,

Time for the roof.

I knew once we got
the roof on, we were done.

Is it roof time?

Get them.
Guys, it's roof time.

Time for the roof.

You know, these guys
are just twiddling
their thumbs,

but, you know,
let's get this roof on
and we can go home, guys.

Roof's done. Looks great.

Looks really good.
Really good.

Chase? Ryan?

Passes
final inspection.

Because we were building
on uneven ground, the outhouse
looked out of whack.

I was really worried
it wasn't going to come
out level and plumb.

But all our measurements
are the same,

so, in theory, when we put
it back it's going
to be perfect.

So it's our eighth
and final week, um,
at the Worthing camp today.

So, me and my design team
were able to come in
over the past couple of days.

Um, so the inside's
looking great.

It's a beautiful sunny day.

I've got a couple last
minute things to do.

And then this place
is looking great.

Suzie! Your dad is here?

Where's Jedi?

Pull up today to the cabin

with my mailbox planters,
getting ready to plant them.

And Jedi was already here
doing landscaping,

so, I asked him if he could
just help me install them.

All right. Time for flowering.

Pretty easy to install.

Just fasten some brackets
to the planters

and then fasten the planters
to the cabin.

Time to water.

It's a hot, humid
and muggy day,

and there's a few projects
left to finish.

Now that we have
the excavator,

we're gonna move the outhouse
closer to the camp,

to make it more accessible
and put it on solid ground.

Ah, keep coming,
that way, yeah.

There's a little bit of fill
that needs to be filled
in on the back landing

to bring that level up,

to set the set of stairs.

And it has some
balance issues,

and we ended up lifting
the camp a good foot

to foot and a half
off the ground,

and with that screened-in
porch off the front,

I mean, you've got five
or six steps down
from the screen inside,

and probably three or four
steps on the original entrance.

We want to try and bring up
the ground level
on the back side,

so that, at most,
it's one or two steps,
so it's easy access.

Come here, pretty girl.

Nice.

I think that this place looks
so great.

Smells pretty.
I love fresh flowers.

Oh, look who it is!

Here you go. Last piece.
I just finished up.

Right over here,
please. That's cool.

Let's try it out.

Place looks awesome. Doesn't it?
Looks real good.

All right. Well, I am
sweaty and disgusting.

I'm gonna go home and change.

And then we'll meet
back here tonight.

All right.
Okay.

You should probably change too.
Yeah.

Yeah!

The camp is complete.

Tonight's the tonight
we return to sender.

Looks great.
Done.

I just need to water
the plants real quick.

With $25,000,
eight weeks to get
this old post office

renovated into a cabin
for Diana and Dave.

Camp looks fantastic.

I know. They're never
gonna even believe it.

They were looking
for a screened-in porch...

a small loft area, outhouse,

and just all around refreshing
of the old post office

that's been sitting out
in the field for plenty
of years.

Did you guys just
catch a glimpse of that?

I think, I'm going to cry.

When we drove down I could see
the back,

My first reaction was,
"Oh, my gosh!
I love the color."

Oh, my gosh!

And I couldn't believe
we were even
on the right road.

Oh, wow.
Here we are, guys.

Uh-oh.
Oh, wow!

Almost there.
Oh, my gosh.

Hi!

Hi, guys!
Hey, how're you doing?

Come on over here.

We brought the grandkids
with us, Kyra and Dylan.

And we're so excited for them
to get in

and take a good look around
and see it.

I can't believe it.
I just can't believe it.

Welcome to your
old post office.

It is beautiful.

This is Kyra
and Dylan, our grandchildren,

Ashley and Chase, guys.
Kyra and Dylan.

Nice to meet you, guys.

Wow.

This is sweet.
What do you think?

This is really nice.

Amazing. I love it!

I love everything about it.

We had some fun
making these planters
out of mailboxes.

Oh, my gosh.
Oh, is that fabulous.

We had to carry
the theme.

Mailbox window boxes,

I would never have even
given that a thought.

Those were fabulous.

Oh, wow!
What a transformation!

Unbelievable.

It was in pretty rough shape
when we first got here.

Really, really nice.
Oh, it is beautiful.

Don't sell
it for $25.

Not a chance, not a chance.
Serious cash we're talking now.

First thing was getting
it a little bit more
off the ground.

We probably brought
it up another foot,
foot and a half,

replaced some
of the rotted sills,

got it on new posts, new pads,

and put a screened-in porch
on the front of it.

Oh, do I love that?

New windows,
new doors, new siding,
new roof.

That'll last
for decades to come.

Absolutely. Absolutely.
No question there.

And...
I spotted that.

Oh, I didn't
even see it.

I spotted that. I love it.
Brand new outhouse.

Yeah. The essentials.
It took five of us to build it.

We got it done.

And that's just the outside,
why don't you head on in
and check out the inside?

I can't wait.

Oh, my gosh!

This can't be the same place.

Oh, my gosh!

Oh, wow! Unbelievable.

This is class
with a capital "C".

This is nice.

Oh! Oh! Oh!
This is nice...

We left the floors,
we liked them,

you know, they give it
character and it's a cabin,

so, a piece of the history,
leave it right here.

Just what... just what
I was hoping for.

The floor is exactly that's
what I was hoping
how these would turn out.

You needed some extra,
you know, space for the family
to hang out and here it is.

Oh, it's perfect.

There's a loft upstairs,
Oh, my goodness.

Extra sleeping space.

How does it look, Dylan?
It looks really good.

Oh, wow!

Unbelievable. Oh, look at...

Look at that.
Wow, beautiful.

Oh, this is perfect.
My gracious.

You know what that
seat is.

That's... that's what
I consider intriguing design,
distinctive character,

impeccable craftsmanship
with attention to detail.
What a great job on that.

What a great idea!

I was just overwhelmed.

I couldn't take it all in.

Oh, my goodness!

Oh, I know-Oh, this is perfect.

You've heard the phraseology,
"Take a little trip
and never leave the farm."

Well, that's just what
we wanted and that's just
what we ended up with. Great.

You guys do such
a fabulous job.

More than doubles the size of your living space.
Yes.

And it's, you know, such
a great space to have
in the summertime.

Spring, summer and fall.
Yeah.

You know,
we had eight weeks, $25,000,

your big request was,
you know, screened-in porch,
loft area, outhouse,

a nice red, metal roof.

Oh you... you've far
exceeded our expectations,
I've got to say.

We've exceeded expectations,
our job is done.

So, the keys are yours.

Oh, look at that!

Thank you very much.
Thank you.

Very welcome.

Wasn't that many years
ago that Maine Cabin Masters
were simply carpenters,

you could tell they were
all born with a hammer
in the hand,

they just simply, uh, evolved

into Maine Cabin Masters,
really great carpenters

and, uh, real good people.

Hi guys, come on in.
Hey, welcome, guys. Come on in.

Thank you,
Maine Cabin Masters.
We absolutely love it.

Gorgeous.
Now that is beautiful.