Mike and his sister, Anita, want an antique log cabin built far from civilization, but the crew discovers that getting this job done means bringing in power where there is none and fighting massive lightning and hail storms.
The crew builds a rustic new home for a young married couple at the top of a mountain, but they discover that getting their equipment up the treacherous roads is as difficult as building the cabin itself.
The crew takes on its biggest job ever when they attempt to tear down a massive barn owned by an Army veteran and his family, who love the old barn but realize that its glory days have long since passed.
Charlie revisits a massive log cabin vacation home to replace rotting timber; Charlie and his wife, Beth, visit a wedding reception cabin retreat; the crew creates a cabin-like television screening room for Charlie's old college buddy and his wife.
Charlie Norman comes from three generations of professional masons, so when a client wants an antique wine cellar constructed, the Normans go digging for Revolutionary War-era bricks and explore their lineage along the way.
The Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy needs a shelter constructed for weary hikers and campers trekking the Appalachian Trail; Charlie and his crew erect a pavilion, then they visit the weathered cabin of a long-ago hiker.
In Banner Elk, N.C., Charlie and the crew must retrofit a modern home with a rustic timber-frame interior, and it's going to take some finessing to get the 1500-pound beams into place; two new faces join the team to help tear down a barn.
Expert craftsman Jack gives Charlie a lesson in hewing logs the old-fashioned way with simple hand tools and lots of elbow grease; the team gears up to finish a lengthy home remodel in Mendota, Va., by trimming the kitchen with worn wooden beams.
In Sandy Mush, N.C., Charlie and his crew disassemble a 100-year-old cabin on a compound time forgot, but trouble seems to follow them at every turn; a crew member goofs off leading to a trip to the hospital.
Charlie receives a call from a man offering a barn full of disassembled barn wood; Charlie assists his friend, Sarah, whose cabin has acquired a bad case of rot; Charlie and his wife, Beth, build a mantle piece for his eighth grade teacher.