All language subtitles for Maine.Cabin.Masters.S07E06.Refreshing.the.Cooper.Cottage.1080p.WEB.h264-KOMPOST_Track03

[Chase] Today, we're down on the coast in
Harpswell, Maine to meet the Cooper family.

[Leslie] This really used to be an
orchard, but the apple shed is shot.

[Ashley] I've never done
this before so I'm excited.

- [Scott] We're really down to about 10 minutes.
- 10 minutes?

First I thought everything was going really
smooth, but then Scott mentioned a clock.

We have 10 minutes to get
this countertop poured.

- Just keep pouring.
- Just keep pouring.

[Ryan] Stairs are always one
of the most trickiest

and time-consuming aspects
of the build.

You know, we have so many
parameters we're dealing with.

Uh-oh.

[Jedi] No, the upper tread?

[Dixie] The upper tread
is a little different.

Awesome.

Oh! Oh! Look!

Oh, my gosh.

[birds chirping]

[serene music playing]

[Ryan] Man,
what a beautiful day.

[Ashley] Yeah. Come on.

So your brother said go down
the coast and enjoy it, huh?

Right? Nice day to sit
in the sun.

- A couple of days in the spring.
- I know.

Yeah, today, my wife and I, we
got a call this morning from Chase,

said, "go down the coast,
enjoy it."

You know, hang out in
the Harpswell area.

[Ashley] We're just gonna have
a nice day in the sun.

Good sun right here.

Come on, Gus.

- Oh, yeah.
- Oh, yeah.

- Like this spot?
- That's a good spot.

Gus, you wanna chill out
for a little bit?

Oh, that's nice.

- Work on my tan.
- Woo-hoo!

No way that Chase isn't going
to have us working today.

- This is nice.
- This is so nice.

Just the two of us...

- plus Chase.
- I'm right here.

[laughs]

[Chase whistling]

Hi, Gus.

- Hey, you were supposed to warn us!
- Gus!

You're not a very good
guard dog.

[Ashley] Hey Chase. We've got
room over here for you.

- [Chase] Do ya?
- [Ryan] We'll kick Gus off.

[Chase] Camp's over this way.
Time to get to work.

Hibernation is over.
Let's go.

-[Ryan] Oh, nice spot.
-[Chase] It is a beautiful spot.

[Chase] Today we are down on the coast in
Harpswell, Maine to meet the Cooper family.

They've had the camp since the 70s,
and it is ready for an update and refresh.

-[Ryan] Ooh, '70s cabin.
-[Ashley] We love a '70s cabin.

[Chase] But it's, you know,
beautiful spot right here in Harpswell.

This spot is gorgeous.

- Hey!
- Hey!

- Come on, Gus.
- Hi.

- [Chase] Hi, how's it going?
- How are you?

[Ryan] What a beautiful spot
you guys got.

- [David] Thank you.
- [Leslie] Thank you.

- Hi, I'm Jessica.
- And I'm Leslie.

- And I'm David.
- And this is the Cooper cottage.

What I remember at this cottage is
just the slab, the four walls and roof.

And my dad slowly did work on it

to bring it up
to "this will work".

- [Jessica] To code. Maybe.
- I'm not sure about code.

But that's what we remember.

And then, of course, the kids,

they came up here since
they were babies, babies.

So you've been coming here
for years and years and years?

I've been coming up here since
I was yay high to a tadpole.

We're from Brunswick, so we
used to come here all the time

when my grandparents
were here. So...

What are you looking to have
done to the camp?

- Bringing it into the 21st century.
- [laughing]

My father did
the plumbing in the place,

and he was a chemical engineer,

so he thought he could do
everything correctly.

[David] Grandpa stopped
at functional.

[Ashley] Any features or anything
like that that you're looking to save?

[David] One thing I think we
really like, the porch, and where it is,

because, you know,
you have the awesome view.

But it was built in the '80s
and needs replacing.

- Yeah.
- We would like a screened-in porch, if possible.

Just because
of the bugs in Maine.

I think we wanna make sure
we keep the cedar shakes.

- [David] Yeah.
- [Jennifer] The look.

- [Chase] They are cool, yeah.
- [Leslie] We like the look, yeah.

Where you came up through,

if there was something that the
old lady could hold on to... [laughs]

Yeah.

So it's basically just safer access
from the rocks down to the shoreline.

- [Leslie] Yeah.
- Is there anything else you wanna save?

There is one thing definitely
that we would like to see gone,

and that is behind us.

You can barely see it.

- [Ryan] The rhododendrons?
- Not the rhododendrons.

No, the rhododendron
has to stay,

- my dad planted that.
- [Ashley] Did you hear that?

- I heard that.
- Do you hear that?

I heard that.

[Leslie] It's an old apple shed,
because this really used to be an orchard.

But the apple shed is shot.

How much are you looking
to put into the project?

Probably about $30,000.

[Chase] The fact that it's
sitting on a slab right there,

we're able to go in,
no jack and leveling

is definitely going to help
timing and budget.

When would you like it back?

I think we usually come
up around June. Normally.

Yeah, sometimes probably
the middle of June,

the middle to end of June
would be good.

-That works for you?
-That works for us. We just need the key.

Great, and I have it,
so there you go.

- Great to meet you guys.
- Bye, thank you.

- We'll see you in the spring.
- Thank you!

- We'll take good care of it.
- Bye, Gus!

[all laughing]

Gus, say "bye"!

- [Ryan] Oh, wow.
- [Ashley] Oh, wow. Cool.

This place isn't so bad.

[Ryan]
It smells like the '70s.

It does.
Let's get rid of this carpet.

Wood stove stain. Kitchen, you
know, same general area I think.

A window up on that side,
it needs light.

It's going to help lighten
this place up,

and get a good breeze
going in the summertime,

because I bet it gets
pretty roasty toasty up there.

- New floors throughout.
- [Ashley] Very nice.

[Chase] Better access
to the loft. Kitchen...

I mean, a new countertop
is gonna go a long way.

[Ashley] I mean, these
cabinets, spruce them up a bit.

There is a closet here that we
could get some of that space.

[Ashley] This closet seems
kind of unnecessary.

Oh, right into the bedroom.
Interesting.

[Chase]
Bedroom's pretty basic.

- [Ryan] Sheet rock.
- [Chase] Sheet rock.

[Ryan] Wow,
they sheet rock like I do.

[Ashley] All right,
let's go check out the loft.

Oh. It's a loft.

Ew. More gross carpet.
Mouse poop. Yeah.

It's nasty, but demo's
gonna be fun here.

All right,
I've seen enough up here.

On the interior of the Cooper
camp, we are going to create

better access to
the loft space, new windows,

door across the front of it,
new flooring, new pine walls,

new electrical, new plumbing,
new bathroom,

overall getting
more light into the camp.

Yeah, trying to get stairs
and here is not gonna be fun

because all these beams
have to stay.

You've gotta carry a beam over there.
She wants to keep the wood stove.

If you take that spot, you have no
living room. It's not going to be easy.

Yeah, so we kinda know what
we're gonna get into in here.

We've got one
last place to look at.

Yeah, we'll try and preserve
those shakes as much as possible.

[Ashley] Are we going to
treat them at all or anything?

Yeah. I mean, this is good
cedar, look how fat the butts are.

No, I know,
I just didn't know...

- That's a fat butt you like.
- Fat butt.

[laughing]

On the exterior
of the Cooper camp,

we are going to paint
the trim, stain the siding,

new screen and porch on
the front with a large gable

and a window to let more
light into the camp.

Eugh, this needs a match. This
thing would go up in a second.

- [Ashley] What are these?
- [Ryan laughing]

- [Chase] This thing is definitely not safe.
- [Ryan] No.

[Ashley] Okay, I've seen enough.

Come on, Gus,
don't stay in there.

I'd say the tide is coming in,
let's call the guys.

[Chase] Yeah, you better go get
your blanket before it washes away.

[serene music playing]

Today we are down in Harpswell
and we are at the Cooper camp.

We've got Ashley, Ryan,
Bill and I.

- There she is, Bill.
- Isn't that pretty?

[Ryan] You used to see those shakes
out in California, didn't you, a lot?

Oh, yeah.

Where's your tools, you two?

- Tools?
- Tools? I came for moral support.

- No, you're here to work.
- Where are Dixie and Jedi?

Where are the guys
that we call in?

- The guys? Remember?
- Not the B crew.

The last day of ski season,

so I figured let them
have the day off.

Well.

Well, I guess we take a lot of
time off too, so I guess that's fair.

- [Chase] Oh, yeah.
- But it better be an easy day.

- You have work to do.
- But it's gonna be easy work.

Jedi and Dixie are off
skiing, so our goal today

is to get the downstairs bathroom
and bedroom closet area demoed,

and the loft upstairs
cleaned out.

The loft needs to be emptied out, so
that's a good project for you and Bill.

We'll get on the bathroom,
you guys get the loft.

Don't make any extra work
for us at all.

- Is there any beds up there?
- There's a couch.

Once your work is done,
you're outta here.

- Once our work is done, we're outta here.
- Let's go, come on.

- Yeah.
- See you guys. We're done talking about it. Let's go.

I haven't seen you two walk
that fast in a long time.

[Bill]
Yeah, yeah, let's get.

Where's the loft?

- I'll give you one guess.
- Oh, wow. I'll climb.

- You're going to go up there?
- Yeah.

- That's a big loft.
- [Bill] You'll catch me if I fall down.

[laughs]

- [Ashley] Okay.
- Wow, there's a couch and bed.

[Ryan] He's gonna go up there
and go to sleep.

I don't usually have like big jobs,
I usually just kinda hop around

and help everybody on demo day.

But today, I've got my very
own job. Well, with Bill.

Where do you want to start?

- Wow.
- What's that?

- Those lampshades though, just...
- Can that go to the dump?

- I don't know.
- It's... you and I get to decide.

Oh.

- Ryan.
- [Ryan] Wait a minute.

I'm on your team too?
All right.

[Ashley] Just for a couple of
heavy things that I can't do by myself.

Thank you. That's garbage.

[Ryan] Garbage.

[Chase singing]

[groans]

These ones are nasty, we're
gonna actually throw these all out.

I don't want Heidi to have
to deal with these.

There's one more, then I can
start lifting up the carpets.

[grunting]

Chase sent Bill and I
up to the loft.

First thing we did was clear out
a million beds that were up there.

These old mattresses
are so heavy.

Well, most of them were.

And there is like mattresses
onto box springs on mattresses.

Like, there's a lot
going on up there.

It's heavy.

[yelling]

- Don't forget to let go of it.
- I can't. He's not coming.

Ryan! Ryan! Honey!

[playful music playing]

Today, we are down in Harpswell,
and we are at the Cooper camp.

We've got Ashley, Ryan,
Bill and I.

The loft needs to be emptied out, so
that's a good project for you and Bill.

Chase sent Bill and I
up to the loft.

First thing we did was clear out
a million beds that were up there.

It's heavy.

[yelling]

- Don't forget to let go of it.
- I can't, he's not coming.

We're gonna have to dig deep
today to make it work,

and luckily I found the closet of
love and it changed everything.

I got a score.

It kind of goes with my...

Oh, this goes
with my outfit today.

Oh, I feel so relaxed.

Check this out. How does this
go with my shirt?

[laughs]

- Really well.
- The dude does demo.

I found a nice hat. I'm
getting a whole wardrobe here.

Oh, slacks!

Yes.

[Ryan] You know, I got into
this closet, sat with the bathrobe.

That was pretty comfy.

So then I finally saw
some pants.

You know, these reminded me
of my grandfather.

Oh, what size shoes are these?

So I threw on the whole
outfit. I just had some fun with it.

He looked very relaxed.

He didn't look like he was there to
work, he looked like he was there to golf.

[Ryan] I got my new demo
shoes on.

[Chase laughing]

This closet doesn't stand
a chance!

These shoes
have magical powers. Wow.

How's it going?

[Chase]
Doug really is a wizard.

[Ryan making explosion sounds]

Later.

[Chase] The weird outfit definitely
gave Ryan extra energy to do this demo,

which is perfect because, you
know, it's just the two of us really,

so we needed all the extra
superhero help we could get.

When I go into a job,
I do it like this.

I go up, I get it done
so that I can be done.

I don't like to like
mess around and take my time.

And when I know I have to do something,
I like to do it and then get out.

I don't think
this thing comes apart.

Honey?

I need you, I need you.
I need you, I need you,

I need you, I need you,
I need you.

Oh, that's that
trundle bed, right?

- [Ashley] It's wicked heavy.
- I got it, I got it, I got it.

Ashley plays that 'I don't
wanna do demo' card

and be a designer, but
we all know it's in her blood.

[yelling]

When she needs to, she can dig
deep and do some serious demo.

[Bill] Don't take
the chimney out too.

[groans]

[Bill grunting]

I can hit the woodpile.

Oh, I could hit Chase too.

[Ashley] Please don't put
carpet in cabins.

Please don't put carpets
in cabins.

[groans]

- [Bill] I don't know if I'd be much help rolling that.
- No, I'm fine.

- Good job, Bill.
- Yeah, hey.

- Good job.
- We done it.

I'm lightheaded.

[Bill] I'm dizzy too.

Well, Chase taught me
how to be a good worker.

[laughing]

[all laughing]

All right, good work today.
Good work today.

Today was a fun day.

- Nice work getting the loft cleaned out.
- [Bill] Hey, we got it.

[Chase] Nice work on
the bathroom and the bedroom.

I think the next big thing is to get Doug
down here, come up with a plumbing plan.

Keep going with the demo.

Let's call the guys
for real this time.

- All right, let's get outta here.
- Good day, guys.

Bet it looks great
from my house.

[all laughing]

[Ashley] Let me bring you home
to your house.

[serene music playing]

[Ryan] Big week
at the Cooper camp.

You know, we finally have
the full crew back.

That's a throw piece.

Inside Justin, BT, Jay and team

has stripped all the walls back,
and now it's time to attack the shed.

[machine whirring]

The plan is to peel back as much
of the siding and shakes as they can,

and then we'll pull it out
with the truck.

You know, that usually works
pretty well and is somewhat safe.

I mean, it's very safe,
it's just controlled chaos.

Come on, grab the chain guys.

All right, everyone back up.

- We're all in agreement it's coming down?
- [Justin] Yeah.

Justin, we'll see
what you got, buddy.

[thuds]

Oh, my God, that was perfect.

[serene music playing]

[Ryan] You know, it's week two with
Cooper Camp and a lot is getting done.

But first, we've gotta
get this shed down.

- We're all in agreement it's coming down?
- [Justin] Yeah.

Justin, we'll see what
you got, buddy.

[thuds]

Oh, my God, that was perfect.

We couldn't have planned
the apple shed demo any better.

By the book. It was perfect.

Things are cranking at Cooper.
We're having a great week.

Apple shed is off the
property, it's all cleared.

The front of the deck is gone.

We're putting in the new
doors and windows right now,

and the whole thing is going to
be weathertight before we know it.

Hey, got a hole!

[machine whirring]

- Go in bottom first.
- Yup.

- Yeah, you gotta go in your way quite a bit.
- Yep.

Yeah, I think were good.

- [man 1] Like that?
- Yep.

This is a great camp because
we don't have to deal with jacking,

leveling, or the roof.

We might take an opportunity to
shave a couple of weeks on this deadline

and just go, go, go.

[serene music playing]

It's the end of the first
week, and I am pumped.

Stairs are always one of
the most trickiest

and time-consuming aspects
of the build.

You know, we have so many
parameters we're dealing with.

We have a three foot box here, and then
we are going to extend it over to here.

And then we'll have to put another
little box on top just to cover the tray.

Box on the box.

The way this is all designed,
we don't have plans.

You know, we don't necessarily
know what we're doing until we start it.

So the biggest thing that,
you know, I've learned is

just work through the problems.

- So this is going to be our top step.
- [hammering]

When I hammer this top step
here, it's saves us a step down there.

So it pulls everything
this way a little bit.

We're gonna go a seven-and-a-half
inch rise, ten inch run.

It's about the minimum
we can do.

But we have to get
from here up there,

and when you do the math,
it's 14 steps 140 inches.

[machine whirring]

It can't be one run,

[Chase] So we know we have to
have a 3 x 3 platform on this end

where we turn the stairs, and a 3 x
3 platform here where the stairs turn.

Some we'll come up here to a platform,
and then we'll come up here to a platform.

By putting a platform here
and a platform there,

it really pulls everything
away from that front window,

and I'm pretty sure
they'll be able to save that.

We're really trying to keep as much glass
in the front of these camps as possible.

[hammering]

We had an amazing first week
here. The apple shed is down.

The front deck is gone. The inside is
gutted. That is record-breaking time.

If we start out
the summer like this,

you better look out,
it's going to be awesome.

[serene music playing]

[Chase] So it's week three
at the Cooper camp.

Things are progressing
nicely. The garage is down.

Not much is happening
on this backside.

But inside,
everything has been reframed.

Doug is working on plumbing
the bathroom.

We've got the main bedroom
reframed up.

We've pushed the wall in to
make room for a set of stairs.

Left the kitchen. We're
getting rid of this ladder,

going with a new set of stairs
up to the loft space.

New windows, new door onto
the screened-in porch.

Today, we are working on
framing up the walls

and roof system for the screened-in
porch to give floor-to-ceiling screens.

A little bit extra space, bug free,
and it looks out over this beautiful view.

[machine whirring]

Figured I'd just keep
guessing till I got it.

[Chase] Stripping the shingles
back so that we can get our lines

for the hipped roof
for the screened-in porch.

And there's also going to be
a gable and window above that

to let more light
into the main camp.

So it's easier if we just
strip the entire thing.

Yeah, these are good,
hand cut cedar shakes.

And they're expensive and
these still have some life in them,

they just need to be
denailed, set aside,

so that when it comes time
to re-side it,

we'll throw these up
above the screened-in porch.

We'll probably have enough
just to finish that off.

It just takes a little time
denailing them.

So we will definitely
make these work.

We'll have to have enough to fill in
'cause it would take some time and money

to get some more
of these quickly.

They are not cheap.

[serene music playing]

It's week three
at the Cooper camp,

and we are putting on the
screened-in porch roof system today.

Put a 30 degree angle
on one of those 2 x 8s.

[Jedi] And where it lies,
it lies?

- [Chase] Where it lies, it lies.
- Put a 30 degree on it?

[Chase] Let's put a 30 degree
on it and just see, and then, yeah.

Make our adjustment.

It's going to be a hip roof so that it
doesn't interfere with the existing roof.

[screwing]

[Chase] So instead of doing a gable
roof pitch to match the one that's there,

we'll have the space for the
roof and get a window up above,

so we're doing a hipped roof.

Which means you've got
a roof line running this way,

you've got a roof line
running this way,

and they intersect right here in the
corner so you end up with a compound cut.

So you've got a 45 and whatever
pitch of the roof is on your end.

You know, they gradually get
bigger, working their way out,

until you get to a full rafter, so
we've got to do that on both sides.

So it takes a little bit
of figuring out to get going.

But once we get that done, then it can
be sheathed over and we're good to go.

Can you go up a little?

Yup.

Nine inches pretty much
is exactly where it...

- Where the point meets?
- Yeah.

Okay.

- [Jedi] It's all you, Chase!
- It's all you, Dixie.

♪ Ba-ba-da-ba-ba-ba! ♪

- [Dixie] It's a little bit better.
- [Chase] We like that.

- What's up guys?
- What's up?

- [Ashley] Spring is here.
- [Jedi] Spring has sprung.

[Ashley] In the flowers.
Not in the temperature.

[Ashley] We are back at
the Cooper camp today.

They've come a long way
since our days of demo.

Hi.

Seriously, you're wearing
that outfit again?

Hi, honey. I dressed up
for you today.

I was over that last time.

[laughs]

Have you taken it off since?

What is wrong with him?

Hey, Doug was here today,
I wanted him to feel at home.

That's kind of an insult
to Doug.

Doug is way cool and way more
relaxed than the rest of us.

His outfit, as soon as he takes
that off today, I am burning it.

- You guys figure out what the stairs looks like?
- [Ryan] Yeah.

[Ashley] The camp is
looking great.

They figured out the stairs,
which is awesome.

You know, we're gonna
spruce up the kitchen.

So this is going to be the
flooring all the way through.

So let's make sure I'm helping
to pick out the countertop.

[Ryan] How does it go
on my shoes?

[Ashley]
Ugh.

It looks nice on my pants.

[Ashley laughing]

All right, call me when
this is done.

[laughs]
Yeah, sure.

I'm just going to clear this out so
that we can get the measurements

and a picture of this to get
a countertop in the works,

and then I can figure out what color the
countertop and the cabinet's going to be.

[Ryan] This isn't really a huge budget.
We're trying to save money wherever we can.

And then that countertop was
actually, it wasn't the countertop,

it had like a formica sheet,
topsheet glued in.

But they make those in nicer
materials now, so we'll get one of those,

we'll glue it down in, router
it out, trim it out with wood,

it'll look beautiful.

[Ashley] So it's really cool that
Maine has all these materials

just right out our back door. We're
always using all the eastern white pine.

I walked out here down
the rocks, not even 20 feet,

and found this beautiful
piece of driftwood.

So it's just like,
it's never ending,

all the materials
we have to work with.

This one has got just
a cool look to it.

This one is nice and
really soft and pretty.

And the way the saltwater
preserves the wood is really cool.

So I think I'm going to take it
home and find something cool.

I don't know, maybe like make
a standing lamp?

I could even do some sort of
like hanging sort of chandelier,

and this being the base.

I don't know. I'm just gonna take it home
and see what we've got, think about it.

But I thought it
was pretty cool.

[machine whirring]

[Jedi] Yeah, so with our rafters here,
we've got our pattern matching it up,

getting all of our rafters cut.

On our birdsmouth here, we've
got what we call a birdsmouth.

Uh, it's just this little notch
out here that allows your rafter

to set down on the beam and
lock it in, hold everything in tight.

You don't want to rely
just on fasteners,

so if you hang this over your
header there, it'll help lock

and keep that wall
from wanting to go out.

And then if you look at it,

it might look like a little
bird's mouth asking for a worm.

Tweet, tweet, tweet.

Chickadee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee.

- Of course, you are.
- That's a lot done today, that's huge.

- That is huge.
- Yeah.

- Yeah, place is looking good.
- [Ryan] Very nice.

- [Chase] It should come back together really quickly now.
- [Ryan] Yeah.

[Chase] So next step is sheathe this
over, get it roofed, get the window in,

put the shakes back up, screen this
off, they'll have a nice screened-in porch.

- Very nice.
- Very nice.

It adds a lot of extra space.

Let's go. Good job
today everybody!

- [Chase] Looks good.
- [Ryan] Good job guys, thank you.

- Good job.
- Nice work.

[serene music playing]

[Ashley] Here today
at Chase's workshop.

I have my piece of driftwood that I found
at the Cooper camp. I've got a great idea.

And Fletcher came down,
and he's always fun to work with.

He likes to pretend that
he's not having fun,

but he's the one that came
over, I didn't ask him to come over.

I think he likes working
with his aunt.

Come on through.
Come on. All right.

Grab the end of this please.

- This?
- [Ashley] Yeah.

And we're going to put it up
on the ski rack.

Can you also just tell me
what you're doing?

I'm trying to tell you
right now.

I'm making
a driftwood chandelier.

Find a hole.

Where are the holes?

[Ashley] I don't know.
Somewhere.

No holes on the side.

- There's one right...
- That's not a hole.

Okay.

Did you get it? Okay.

Now we need it to be
13 inches long.

My biggest challenge I think
is probably just to make sure

that all the lights
are the same height.

So I just need to measure them all out and
make sure that they're all at 13 inches.

13.13.

Yep. You'll need to pull it
in a little.

[Fletcher] It's 30 inches.

[Ashley] I want to be around
13. That's good right there.

[inaudible]

[Fletcher] Like this?

- Yeah, you could probably just cut the extra wire.
- [Fletcher] I got it.

Good job.

- I'm done.
- Okay, cool.

Why don't you grab that end?

Do you think you can
pick this up?

- Yes.
- Okay, put it over your head.

Oh, yeah.

You know, he's pretty strong, he
was holding the light over his head,

you know, displaying it for me.

Stop it. Okay.

I like it, I like the length
of the lights,

so now Chase just needs to
come back and wire it up for me

and then we can
hang it up at the camp.

[Fletcher yelling]

[Ashley] What do you think?

Woo! [laughing]
All right.

Thank you for your help.

The piece of driftwood is about
the length of the screened-in porch,

so it will just be a cool piece.

There we have it.
Thanks, Fletch.

That was great.
Let's get out of here.

-[Fletcher] Bye.
-[Ashley] Bye. I'm coming with you.

Can't wait to hang it up and
see what it's going to look like.

[machine whirring]

[hammering]

[Dixie] Week seven here
at Cooper Camp.

Today, we are working on
enclosing the front screen porch.

We came up three feet
with a knee wall

because our screening
is only four feet.

What we did was we went in
and we framed in for the screen.

We also decided to put sheathing
boards on because we're gonna side it.

I've come up with this angled
threshold piece to help water runoff,

and the siding will
go on underneath it.

Boom, paint, stain, we're done.

Beautiful.

We've got the corner boards
on. We've got the tieback on.

Love it.

We should be good to go.

[serene music playing]

[Chase] It is our final week of
construction at the Cooper camp.

Spencer and Nate got the
shakes up on the gable den.

We got the new floors down,
the siding, the stain,

and we brought Jay in to do
some stonework around the stove.

Good morning.

[all] Good morning!

Doug and Ryan are working
on finishing up the bathroom.

Ashley and Scott are going to be
working on the kitchen countertops today.

Dixie, Jed are going to tackle the
stairs. We've got the railing to do.

So things are looking good.
Screen porch is done.

We're just waiting on our
electrician to come finalize everything

and we are ready
to give the camp back.

That would be seven.

A couple of reasons why
we could not finish the stairs.

Uh, one, it's a lot easier to sheathe your
walls before you set your stair stringers.

So once they sheathe the walls,

they just temporarily screwed
everything into place.

They were able to reinstall, once the
walls were sheathed, these bottom stairs.

Originally, there was a shipman's
ladder up to the loft space.

And ideally, to have a safe bedroom,
you need to have a nice set of stairs.

Also, one of the requests was that
they had a safer means of egress

to the loft space.

Uh-oh.

No, the upper tread?

[Dixie] Upper tread's
a little different.

So we have an overhang here. But
as you can see here, it's not overhung.

Don't put the cart
before the horse.

[serene music playing]

Uh-oh.

No, the upper tread?

[Dixie] Upper tread's
a little different.

Yeah, Jerrod and I were
in a stare out today

when we were working
on the staircase.

So we have an overhang here. But
as you can see here, it's not overhung.

The many uh-ohs, I forgot to
put the kick on the upper framing,

so in turn, it left my stair tread
seven-eighths of an inch short.

So once I realized I just had to
trim it out, it was fine. Easy fix.

Four, five, six treads left. Let's
see one of those longer kicks.

- What's wrong with that?
- We'll rip it down a little bit.

Yep.

- [Jerrod] Perfect.
- Okay.

[Chase] That's gonna go there.

We need to put some solid
posts to attach the railings to.

So I was working on getting the beams
planed down that we're using for posts,

while Dixie and Jay were working
on putting on the treads and risers.

We had a few 4 x 4s left over
from the screened-in porch.

They are all rough-cut hemlock.

Some of them have bent out,
grayed up a little bit,

so I decided to plane them
down, clean them up a little bit,

and also knock down the edges
so they weren't quite as splinter-y.

I love it. Okay.

[Ryan] As you can see,
you know, this is 1 x 6.

The rest of the bath is 1 x 8.

But it's that time of the job where you
scrounge and just make it look good.

This is going to
have a vanity here.

It's going to shower.
You'll barely even notice it.

- [Ashley] All right.
- [Scott] Here we are.

Everything's painted.
The countertop is prepped.

Now tell me what
are we going to do?

It's a busy final week at the
Cooper camp in Harpswell.

It's a beautiful spring day,

and I came by to work on a
custom epoxy countertop with Scott.

I've never done this before,
so I'm excited.

- [Scott] Well, let's get messy.
- Okay.

[Scott] So what we're gonna do,
I'll have you put your gloves on,

- I'll mix it into these cups, you start pouring.
- Okay.

[Scott] So mix our pigment
color in for our base

- [Ashley] Okay.
- [Scott] as you pour.

- Then we can always add these in...
- Okay. To add other touches?

- To darken, to lighten, to pool the colors.
- Okay.

You take half and half of the two A
and B epoxy, dump them together.

And mix and mix and mix and mix
and mix. Make sure it's mixed really well.

And then you add your color,
and then you just start pouring.

We chose a shimmery
greenish-blue.

It kind of like has different
tones and different colors to it,

depending on how
you're looking at it.

- So we're really down to about 10 minutes.
- 10 minutes?

[Scott] And we've already
spent 10 on this little piece.

- [Ashley] Okay, well let's go, hurry up.
- [Scott] Let's pick up.

First I thought everything was going really
smooth, but then Scott mentioned the clock.

We had 10 minutes to get
this countertop poured.

Whoa.

And you can use the gloves
and push it around.

- So it sticks down.
- [Ashley] Should I be pushing it around?

- [Scott] Just keep pouring.
- [Ashley] Just keep pouring.

As the process was moving
along, the epoxy starts the process

and starts to harden,
and at the 10 minute point,

you can't really
manipulate it anymore.

If you do, it's going to make a mark
that you're gonna be able to see.

If we mess this countertop up,
we are out of money.

We don't have any money left in our
budget, so this has gotta work, Scott.

- I think we have two minutes to spare.
- Okay.

- Two minutes to spare?
- Yeah!

Woo-woo!

- [Scott] What do you think, Dix?
- [Dixie] That's super cool.

It's very coastal. It looks
like an oyster shell.

[Ashley] Over the years,
I've made a lot of countertops,

and honestly, this was the easiest
countertop that I've ever been a part of.

- [Ryan] How is it going Doug?
- We're on cleanup now.

[Ryan] Wow, look at that, it's
cute. A cute little vanity. Nice.

All right, well I think it's almost
time to call it a day. You good, Doug?

- Yep.
- All right, sweet.

Right behind you.

The countertop looks awesome.

What's been eating this?

[Ryan] You know, what we're
finding this year, and not due to us,

but we're going over budget.
It's just the way life is.

Materials have gone
up 200 or 300 percent.

What that means is we have to
do a lot of the end work ourselves.

We hire Francis, pay him, or do we
just find the time to do it, you know?

In these budgets, we've got
more time than money.

Oh, wow.

Thanks Jay, thanks Jeff for
sweeping that all up, I appreciate it.

Hey, Ryan, Scott,
Chase, Dixie, thanks.

I'm going to leave the landscaping
to you guys, and I'm out!

- Come on, Gus, come on, Charlie!
- [Chase] No, no.

Quick, quick, quick! Come on.

[Ryan] She turned the tides
on that one.

[Dixie] Nice, I'm out.

Okay, we are done then.

- She's smarter than the rest of us.
- I'm done.

[laughing]

I'm not landscaping
with a broom.

[laughing]

[serene music playing]

[Chase] So last day of the Cooper
camp, and these last few days,

it's pretty much just been
wrapping up the small stuff.

Great Northern Docks came
in the last couple of days.

Installed a nice set of stairs
down to access the water,

that was a big ask of Leslie's.

So they'll be very happy
to see that.

I'm bringing in the driftwood
light that Ashley created.

I made a few changes that I
think she will definitely appreciate.

I do.

[Ashley grunting]

- Okay.
- Perfect, thanks.

- I changed it up on you.
- What's going on here?

This isn't what it looked like
when I left it last.

I found these other lights
that I thought would work.

Oh, those are pretty. They go
with the coastal glass feel. Like it.

- Was it just an aesthetic change?
- Purely aesthetic.

Well you know what, it works though because
those lights remind me of sea glass.

Oh! Ooh, that's real nice.

Oh, yeah. Nice job.

I like those lights a lot
better than the ones I put in.

The design of this place, I wanted to
keep it simple, with simple decorations.

Just let the beauty of the
construction speak for itself.

We had $30,000 in 12 weeks.

We got camp done on budget
and under time.

- [Ashley] Actually, it looks like they're here.
- [Chase] Let's go.

- Awesome.
- [Leslie] Look at that.

- [David] Yeah.
- [Leslie] I said...

[Jennifer] The cedar shakes
look darker.

They do, yeah.

- [Ashley] Hi.
- [Chase] Hey, guys, how's it going?

Hi.

The shed was gone.

And the place looks fantastic.

How are you guys?
Welcome back.

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

[gasps] Oh, oh, oh, oh!

- Screened-in porch!
- Chase and I are trying to come to that.

[all laughing]

Oh! Look!

[all laughing]

Stairs going down to the water.

[David] Oh, man, look at that.

- [Leslie] Oh my gosh!
- Awesome.

Gus and Charlie and I spent a
lot of time down there by the water.

And I see what you mean about it
being a little treacherous getting down.

- [Leslie] Yeah. It is.
- So those make a huge difference.

When I was a kid, I would jump
all around down there.

- Not anymore.
- No.

I know that company,
and I know the kids,

they want either kayak
or boat or canoe or something,

so this way, if they want to launch
the little rowboat, they can do that.

We know you wanted a
screened-in porch, so took it off,

went right, you know, new posts, new
connections, new framing, everything.

- And framed up, new roof, and...
- It looks great.

- Screened right around it, so...
- Yeah. Fantastic.

- Extra space for you.
- That is one thing that I've always wanted.

[Ashley] Put a fresh coat
of stain,

and then painted all the
trim this beautiful green.

[Leslie] Uh-huh,
yeah, beautiful.

[Jennifer] You knew
the color perfectly.

For some unknown reason
you knew me, I guess.

[all laughing]

The shakes are part of Maine.

I mean, anybody who looks at an
older camp is going to see cedar shakes.

All right, well, I'm sure
you're ready to see inside.

- [David] Let's go.
- [Leslie] We are, let's go.

- Oh, my...
- [David] Oh, look at this!

[Leslie] Oh, my gosh!
Look at this.

- It feels bigger.
- This is awesome.

Look at...

[Ashley] Yeah, I found a piece of driftwood
down there, and I love the piece of wood.

[Leslie] That's gorgeous.

I love the driftwood light,
it looks amazing.

You know, it just fits
that space perfectly.

[Chase] You know,
got into the deck system,

replacing that, and as far
as the windows and the doors,

you know, we decided to
shift at the door to this side

so that the whole screened-in porch
didn't just become one long hallway.

- This space is used better.
- It just looks bigger.

- It's way sturdier.
- Yes.

[laughing]

I am going to live
my life out there.

[laughing]
It's gorgeous.

It's everything
I could have asked for.

- [Ashley] Get in.
- [David] Oh, boy.

Oh, my gosh.

- Oh, this is gorgeous.
- [Jennifer] We have stairs!

[Leslie] Oh, my, look at that.

Oh, we got the stairs.
There you go, guys.

You can now get up the stairs.

[laughing]

Yeah, it just opens the whole
place up now that the ladder is gone.

- Fantastic.
- It looks bigger.

[Chase] We were able to
squeak a full set of stairs in there.

And, you know, keep a lot of open
space and get rid of the loft ladder,

moving the door to this side
really just helps make it feel bigger.

[Ashley]
The kitchen the same.

But we did put in
a new countertop.

It's acrylic, acrylic countertop
I did with my friend Scott.

It's really pretty and fun.

- I'm going upstairs.
- You can go upstairs.

[all laughing]

- Look how easy it is.
- Yeah.

[Jennifer] It's great.

- How cute.
- Look at this.

-[Leslie] Oh, look at that.
-Oh, wow.

Oh, this is fantastic.

Yeah, those 3:00 am trips to
the bathroom won't be such a...

Look at the little nook.

- [Jennifer] Yeah, the little nook is one of my favorites.
- [Leslie] Adorable.

It's the small things.

All the walls, we went
with eastern white pine.

It's all insulated.
New wiring behind that.

The large window in the gable end
just let's more light into the space,

and again, just all helps
brighten the place up.

We couldn't have asked
for anything more.

[gasps]
Oh, wow.

[Jennifer] Oh, my gosh,
they moved it!

The shower! Oh, it's bigger!

[Leslie] Okay, we can
shave our legs.

[all laughing]

Fantastic. Oh,
look at the little closet.

That's fantastic.

- Yeah!
- Oh, yeah, this is perfect.

Instead of hanging out
in the bedroom though,

we should go hang out
on those new steps.

-Down to the water.
-[Leslie] I'm ready. Let's go.

[serene music playing]

- Oh, wow, look at the flowers.
- [David] Aww.

[Leslie] And look, see, that's
exactly how my dad had it.

[Leslie] The flowers were my dad's
flowers that he planted 40, 50 years ago.

And to see them all in bloom,
it's just like he's here with us.

- It's unbelievable.
- Yeah.

- Couldn't have asked for anything more.
- [David] It looks awesome.

Then I guess all we have left
to do is hand back the keys.

Turn back the keys.
Thank you.

Are they new keys,
or are they...

- Some of them are new, some of them are old.
- [Leslie] Okay.

But they all work on the camp.

[all laughing]

All right,
well, enjoy your summer,

and go down there and
hang out on your new stairs.

- Thank you.
- [Ashley] Bye guys.

[David]
Everything is perfect.

We couldn't ask for anything
more, thank you guys so much.

[Jennifer] Thank you Maine Cabin
Masters for this beautiful home.

I love it so much, so...

Enjoy it for many, many years.

I'm just really excited,
so thank you guys so much.