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Okay, kids, here's your snack for today.

What is today? Bring-your-mother-to-work day?

We didn't get the memo.

Oh, you're not going anywhere.

- I need to go out. - I need some dishes.

[laughing]

Help! You guys, help!

[Ryan] This thing is as bad as we were thinking.

And bad is bad.

Uh-oh!

- Hi. - [Ashley] Hi, welcome back.

- [Nate] Look at that. - Whoa!

[Ava] This is so cool.

[narrator] In a place called Vacationland...

Time to get to work.

...there are thousands of cabins that have been unchanged for decades...

Everything must go.

...all over the great state of Maine.

- Nice! - Oh!

Chase Morrill and his family of Mainers

renovate, restore and save these historic structures.

Are we in the right place?

I'm Chase and I lead the team.

Ashley's my sister. She's also the designer.

Ryan's my brother-in-law. He's my voice of reason.

Dixie and Jedi can handle any jobs we throw at 'em.

- Nice! - Wow!

Our crew is the best at what we do.

- Nice job on this one. - Cheers!

We're all best friends and we love it.

[birds chirping]

[upbeat music playing]

[Ashley] What is today? Bring-your-mother-to-work day?

We didn't get the memo.

So, how'd you get my mom involved?

[Chase] We asked if we could use her boat

and she said she wouldn't let you drive.

[Ryan laughs]

I don't quite trust him. [laughs]

[Chase] So, you're going to take us to work today.

I'm going to take you to work today.

That's very nice of you. Thank you.

Okay, kids. Here's your snack for today.

[laughing]

Thanks, Mom.

Thanks, Mrs. T.

[Ryan] Where are we headed?

[Chase] So we are headed to meet Nate and Kirsten Laflin

at their camp in central Maine,

right on the beautiful Cobbossee,

that originally was a boathouse.

They've got two young girls.

And they're ready to, uh, put some love back into the place.

[Ashley] Cool. So it must be right on the water, then, if it's a boathouse.

[Chase] I mean, you can't get much closer,

besides being over on the water.

[Ashley] Cool.

[Ryan] Oh, I see kids waving.

- Hello. - Hi.

Wow, look how close it is to the water.

- I'm Nate. - I'm Kirsten.

I'm Ava.

I'm Layla.

[Nate] We're the Laflins.

There we go. I got it.

So they call it the Little Red Camp,

built in the early 1900s.

It was part of a larger tract of land

owned by the Boston Globe publishers.

And it was a retreat for them.

They came up, enjoyed it. It was originally a boathouse.

And they moved it back a little bit

and made it into a three-bedroom camp.

[Ryan] Thanks for the ride, Mom.

You guys have a good day.

Give Mama a little kiss on the cheek.

[all laughing]

- [Nate] This is the camp. - [Layla] This is the camp.

We love it.

- Thanks. - It's beautiful.

Cool! I love the color.

[Chase] So, this originally was a boathouse?

[Nate] Yes, that's correct.

We think it was set probably in that cove

where you can see the old header

where the boat opening was for the camp.

And it's pretty interesting.

Big trees have grown up next to it.

So, it's been here a while.

So, what would you like to see done to the cabin?

Start with underneath. Jack it up a little bit.

Kind of get it on some solid support.

We'd like to kind of make the bathroom a little bit bigger,

and if it's within our budget, do a second floor if we can,

looking out over the water.

What do you think your sister would like?

Waterslide.

- Yeah! - Waterslide!

[laughing]

[Chase] Nice!

[Kirsten] But, yeah, when you first walk in, it's a pretty tight squeeze,

so, to get the kitchen kind of expanded

and not have it like a traffic jam right when you get in.

[Ashley] With just one door?

[Nate] One door in the front, one door in the back.

But this one, if you go in, you open the door.

If you're in the bathroom, when the fridge is open

-you can't get through. So it's-- -[laughing]

- It's all kind of right in one little section. - Yeah, yeah.

We've seen that before.

And how much do you have to put into the project?

$40,000.

[Chase] And, you know, we're getting later into the season.

We'll get the camp back to you before it's...

- Before it's iced over. - [Nate] Yeah.

Twelve weeks, we'll say.

I'm hoping. [laughing]

We just need a set of keys.

- Here you go. Enjoy. - Great.

We're ecstatic that we get the opportunity

to have Maine Cabin Masters come in and do their thing.

[Kirsten] Well, and everything they do, it's just amazing.

We absolutely love it. So, seeing them finally showing up at our camp,

it's very exciting.

We're very eager to see what they do.

[Chase] Oh, this is a galley kitchen.

- Is this the bathroom? - [Ryan] That's the bathroom.

- [Ashley] This is not what I was expecting. - Hoo!

Not a whole lot of room. You get this here.

Oh, you're not going anywhere.

- I need to go out. - I need some dishes.

- Wait. - [chuckling]

I need to go to the bathroom.

I gotta go-- I gotta go...

- I need to get to the dishwasher. - Ahh!

Whoa! This is interesting.

Little step there. Look out for that.

I know, it's like, wah...

Oh, this would be fun in a storm, wouldn't it?

[Chase] Hoo, I don't know.

Oh! Nothing special.

This outside wall seems plumb but nothing else does.

Nothing seems plumb to me, everything seems, wah...

That bedroom's tiny.

- She needs some serious love. - This is a cool room, you guys.

[Chase] It's bigger than it looks but it's still tight inside.

You feel like you're walking into a boat.

- You feel like you're on a bout. - You definitely do.

[Chase] You look out the windows, you're on the water.

On the inside of the Laflin camp,

we are going to move the entrance

so that the kitchen and the bathroom

and then everything isn't so cramped.

Put new windows around,

open up the living area with a porch area

and go from three tiny bedrooms

into two decent-sized bedrooms.

And because we can't add a full second floor

due to budget constraints,

we're going to add an additional sleeping loft space for the family.

I like it.

- Doesn't get much closer. - This is awesome.

[Ryan] Well, luckily we can get under the camp right here.

[Chase] Look, there's a little window opening for the loft.

[Ryan] Oh, yeah, you can see how there used to be an opening there.

The boat probably went right under there.

Yeah, this definitely needs to be reposted.

On the outside of the Laflin camp

we are going to jack-level, repost everything,

reattach the front deck,

replace any rotted sills, new windows, new siding

and do a fun little project for the girls.

A waterslide off of the front deck.

Easy enough.

[Ryan] It needs some serious love and attention.

[Ashley] It needs some gutting.

And some lifting.

And some tearin'.

And some cuttin'.

And some scrapin'.

- And some pushin'. - And some paintin'.

[laughing]

[Ryan] Call the guys and get on it.

[Ashley] Call the guys and come back tomorrow?

Sounds good.

Hey, Paula, can you come get us? Thanks.

Yeah, yeah, you can just pick us up in the car.

- [laughing] - Okay, thanks, bye.

[mellow music playing]

[chainsaw buzzing]

[Chase] There was a giant pine and oak tree

growing up, right up against the camp.

Harry came in, took them both down skillfully.

[Ryan] Dumpster matches the house.

[Chase laughing] Yeah, it blends right in.

This is it. The Laflin camp.

This used to be a boathouse.

It's sat out over the water, pretty old,

so who knows what we're going to find.

But the goal today is get it gutted.

All furniture, everything in there is getting heaved at this point.

Feel free to put it in your truck to save room in the dumpster.

- Yeah. - [laughing]

[Chase] Have at it!

It's demo day at the Laflin camp.

Major concern is it's so close to the water,

it's sitting in the ground,

massive trees were growing up right beside it.

So there's definitely going to be rot.

Nah, boathouse. That right here.

Then they moved it over where Jedi is right now,

but you see that stump?

They moved it before that tree grew. So...

That's over 100 years ago.

I think this camp was one of the oldest camps on Cobbossee.

[Ryan] Oh, that's a sleeper. That one's a sleeper.

Bringing down the walls.

We've been wondering what's behind these walls

and today is the day we get to find out.

This place is being held together by plexiglass.

Everything is rotted. Like, this place is bad.

So... it's gonna...

And a lot of glue.

We knew we were going to have 99 problems,

and probably then some. And rot was a big one.

With the front wall out, well, the sunroom is...

rotted to-- It's gone.

Rot.

[man] We knew we'd have to find rot here.

I'm going to play a trick on everybody.

Help! You guys, help!

Jeez, the whole thing's coming down. Help!

[smooth music playing]

[Ryan] There's not much holding this together at all.

That one's good.

But that's rotted.

We're at the Laflin camp doing demo

and it's going pretty well.

If I wasn't a true professional, I'd be really nervous.

But I do know that these other posts are holding the roof up, so.

I'm going to play a trick on everybody.

Help! You guys, help!

Jeez, the whole thing's coming down. Help!

Help! Oh, my God.

Thank you. [laughing]

I just played a little trick on the guys. That was pretty fun.

Now I know who's got my back and who doesn't.

[laughing]

Hey, you guys are the best.

You guys are the only one that ran for me.

Neil and Jake, two of the newer guys, came to my rescue.

So they're now my favorites.

They bumped up past Jedi, Dixie, BT, all those guys.

It is really weird.

If I look through this hole right here,

I can see light coming from an apparent window outside in the gable end.

But when I look up here, I see sheathing and insulation.

Something going on right here

and it's probably just an insulation of sorts.

[Chase] The original camp was a boathouse moved back

and you can kind of see where that started.

And then a shed dormer addition off the side had been put on.

And, I mean, it's right out over the water

where Ryan was pulling off the front of the camp.

He ran into rot

and, you know, it's really only just a few 4x4 uprights supporting the camp,

so we have to make sure that, you know, that part of the roof is still supported.

And if not, we definitely need to get some supports in there.

Next step really is just try and get underneath

and start lifting it up.

At least fixing the sills and posts, you know, leveling it out.

It's going to be a little tricky just because the walls are so wonky,

but get it looking pretty.

Great job, guys.

[smooth music playing]

[saw buzzing]

Is the start of week two at the Laflin camp,

and we are in for it.

This thing is as bad as we were thinking.

And bad is bad.

This is probably the most challenging sill job we've had,

but we got the right team here for it.

There's not much left on the sills,

but I'll tell you, the guys have done a heck of a job.

Justin, BT and Jason,

they got it about a foot, a solid foot,

a foot and a half higher than it was.

And now it's time to redo the sills.

It's going to be a long week of just getting under there,

get rotted sills out and replace them.

We had to rip up a good section of floor system

just to get at these rotted sills.

And to top it off, there's poison ivy everywhere.

Welcome to Maine. Figures.

You know, the weather's turning,

we have poison ivy, we have rotted sills everywhere,

but we knew a big part of this budget was going to go

to getting this camp out of the dirt

and on good footings.

It's gonna be the hardest one yet,

but we'll get it done.

[thumping]

[drill whirring]

[saw buzzing]

[Chase] We are at the Laflin camp.

It is week three and we are working on

figuring out windows and interior layout.

And what I kind of figured...

Doorway here that would swing this way.

Doorway to the bathroom would be over here

swinging that way.

And that gives you plenty of room for a shower,

toilet, vanity.

Before it was really congested.

When you walked in the door, you had the kitchen right there.

It was your main entrance, you had your bathroom

and you just couldn't maneuver around.

So we're shifting the door over a little bit to the right

pushing one wall back

so that the flow in and out is much smoother,

there's not that bottleneck.

That also allows us to enlarge the bathroom

without making it feel too cramped.

You have your kitchen start...

basically right there,

wrap around...

I think now we just need to figure out what size of windows.

The camps sits pretty much at the water's edge,

so they really want big windows

to take advantage of that,

so you can really feel like you're sitting right there.

So it's just a matter of figuring out

how to support them structurally

and how to make it work

within the confines of the space.

Uh-oh!

[upbeat music playing]

Trying to figure out what we've got for a header up there.

Because we need to put some good-size windows in here,

and we want to make sure we have a decent enough header across

supporting the roof weight,

and that's not going to crush down onto the windows.

Uh-oh!

Going for it.

We wanted to make sure that the windows

were properly headed off and supported.

The header had been wrapped with pine

and furred out to, you know, make everything match.

So, started peeling into that

and just found more places where mice have been living,

dashes of old acorns, old insulation,

refuse, all that stuff, so.

The demo is never really quite all done

until the camp is... well, never really quite all done.

So, we know what we're working with here.

I guess we got to do the same thing, kind of, out on the porch.

Get it all uniform.

So, we can go right around and say, "Okay, this is what we're going to do

to all of these waterside openings."

You know, now we can start rebuilding the interior walls,

start framing up the new windows,

start working on siding, all that.

But windows is definitely going to be the big hold-up.

We can only go so far until we have the windows.

Thirty-six.

Thirty-six door. Let's call it 38.5.

You know, it's definitely getting into the colder later fall.

It's right on the water so weather is going to be a huge factor

and we need the windows as soon as we can.

The window lead time these days is so long

that typically we buy stock windows, so they're easy to get.

But because they want bigger windows

to get more light in,

uh, we're going to have to, kind of, find out what's going to be the quickest.

[upbeat music playing]

We're getting towards the end of week three

and we are moving on to rebuilding.

[whirring]

[thumping]

This camp was originally a boathouse.

It sat out over the water, had an open floor

and boats-- you know, you park your boat in it.

Because the camp didn't have a floor system,

the walls were kind of...

You know, they had some play to them.

So, we need to build a new wall,

to support the floating ceiling system.

[upbeat music playing]

It's the end of week four,

and we're still waiting on windows,

so this week, the guys are working on putting in the loft.

Originally, the camp had three tiny bedrooms,

but we're converting it into two larger bedrooms

with a new loft space that will also have sleeping area.

That looks good though.

[man] Yeah, doesn't it?

Yes, it really does. It just... It fits so well.

The camp is looking great now.

But it was pretty bad once it was up and out of the dirt,

just seeing how extensive the rot was,

how out of whack everything was,

but Justin and the guys really just brought it back.

They got it as close as they possibly could.

It's-- You know, it's at a good point.

And now, they're framing up walls,

getting everything supported, to put in nice, good-sized windows

to really take advantage of how the camp is sitting so close to the water.

[Ashley] The Laflins camp previously was a boathouse,

so I thought maybe we'll get a little red boat to go with it.

- Hey, Dan. - Hi, Ashley. How are you doing?

- Good. How are you doing today? - Very good.

Puffin Boats makes these cute little dinghies

and so I'm heading on up to check them out.

Oh, look at this Puffin boat. This is adorable.

I really wanted to do something special for the girls

and I just thought a cute little boat,

since it is a boathouse, would be fun.

- Oh, perfect. - But it's going to be winter.

There's a possibility that the ice could be in by then.

So, that might be a bummer,

- but I still want to go ahead and do it. - Yeah?

And I think that these are really adorable.

Well, I got an idea.

I have two little girls. They're-- They're getting older

and they just grew out of their Puffin bed.

- A bed? - A-- Yeah.

Actually, it's real simple.

You can use it as a boat in the summertime,

or if you have a guest or whatever,

- it can serve as a guest bed. - Do you have pictures?

- I do. - Can you show me?

- Yeah. You can't visualize. - Show me what you're talking about.

So, I was talking with Dan about the boats, and then lo and behold,

he tells me that the boats can actually be turned into a bed.

- Look at these little kids. - Those are our girls.

- They're adorable. - Yeah. They're a lot bigger now.

Oh, my gosh, this is awesome. This is amazing.

I'm so excited.

We're going to get this new boat for the Laflin girls,

but they're going to be able to sleep in it,

and then when they grow out of it,

they can use it as a boat. How cool!

This is going to be perfect.

Oh, my gosh, look, it has a cute little stand.

Doesn't everybody want to sleep in a boat?

Without even getting seasick?

They call it the Little Red Camp,

so it's going to be cute to have a little red boat.

And now it's going to be inside as a bed.

They're never going to want to leave camp.

It's week five at the Laflin camp.

We're still waiting on some of the larger windows,

but some of the smaller ones came in.

So, Justin and his team are working on getting those installed.

[Justin] I'll tack this corner.

And from there, really all that's left is trimming them out

and they can get started on the siding.

[Ashley] The homeowners really didn't have a preference

on whether I change the color or not,

so I decided on a nice neutral color.

But I definitely want to keep some red,

because they do call it the Red Camp,

so red trim.

I think it looks great.

[Chase] So, back at the Laflin camp,

used to be a large pine and oak tree right here.

That got cut down, ground down.

And they put up this new novelty pine siding,

red trim, really makes the windows pop.

On this side, we ended up shifting the entrance door a little bit this way

to make more room for the bathroom.

Expanded the opening here, so that you don't feel so crowded.

Kitchen is going to run right along here.

And then we reframed large windows facing the water

and opened this all up,

so it's one nice big room now.

And really just wraparound windows,

new doorway out onto the front side.

[rock music playing]

Right now, Dixie, Scott and I we're decking this over

with this really nice 2x12 tongue and groove stuff.

Yeah, we should be able to wrap this up in no time.

Doug's here working on plumbing.

And then, first thing I started off with

was attaching that front deck back to the camp.

Hey, boss, did you have a plan for that front deck?

I have a question about this whole "boss" thing.

[laughing]

- [Ryan] You're the lead man now. - Just a quick question.

What-- What pay bump comes with being boss man for the day?

- Free lunch, I told him, right? - Free lunch.

Ryan sent me a text this morning,

and, uh, shipped Brian and Justin out of here

and basically made me the boss.

- Is the drill here? - Yeah.

Somewhere.

We got the lags in there.

- Lag it up? - Lag it up.

Okay.

Cool.

You know, we're always bouncing around

and Jay, BT and Justin have been on this job the most.

I needed Justin and BT to go on another job.

[Jay] I want three weeks of vacation time.

So, Jay comes up the ladder.

[Chase] So, the Laflins, they've got two little girls,

and one of their big requests was a waterslide into the water.

Probably not safe to do one off the roof,

and it's awfully big.

But if we get this deck reattached,

and we don't have railings on it, so we've got to build those.

Possibility of even putting it off the deck,

so that you could just slide right into the water.

Pretty easy.

[upbeat music playing]

- Do you like that, boss? - Love it.

[Ryan] This build was built in 1897 as a boathouse.

It was pulled back off the water

and it was sitting in the dirt.

We brought it up almost a foot.

It's still not 100% plumb. You know, it's a little tilted.

This building's 200 years old. It's never going to be perfect.

So it makes a lot more work in the long run, because nothing's square.

You know, on a new construction,

we can just go 95 and 3 1/16ths the whole way.

This is going to get about a 1/16th to a 1/8th shorter every time.

I think you gotta come down this way a little bit.

Yeah, baller. Oh, nice.

Hi.

- Hi, Doug. - How you doing?

- Good, how are you? - Good.

Hi, honey.

Jay called and said that you needed some help.

He's the boss.

- Since when? I'm the boss. - Today.

- Oh, the voice of reason. - [Ashley hisses]

Jay is taking this boss thing pretty well, you know.

He's done a darn good job.

You know, I thought he gave Ashley the day off. He didn't.

But that's okay, because we all know she's the real boss.

And I always have two bosses. I'm confused.

I'll cut this one for you. I'll cut this one for you.

Here, Ashley, you can hold it and I'll cut it for you guys.

Yeah, let's bust this out.

You know, cut guy is one of the first jobs you get.

I still am the cut guy when I can be. I like it.

Trying to figure out the next cut and, like, work ahead of somebody.

Jay!

- Uh-oh! - Cut guy!

- Somebody cut it too long. - You're only as fast as your cut guy.

[Ryan] What did I do? What did I do?

[Ashley singsongy] "You're only as fast as your cut guy."

Till my wife comes in, and I got to hear it from her. So.

This one should keep you two busy for a while.

Where is this one going to go?

Does this one go here?

Oh, this isn't going to work.

Jay!

This doesn't fit.

What do you want me to do?

We're going to need to cut this again.

My cut guy should've been fired.

He is not on his A game today.

[Chase] That's got to be shimmed out.

That's all got to be shimmed out.

[man] ...then we'll nail her up here.

[Dixie] Whoa! You okay?

[funky bass music playing]

We're going to need to cut this again.

My cut guy should've been fired.

He is not on his A game today.

[drill whirring]

[Chase] That's got to be shimmed out.

That's all got to be shimmed out.

[Dixie] Whoa! You okay?

Oh, that wasn't very fun.

- You okay? - Yeah.

I... I didn't do it.

No, no, she was fine. It probably got caught.

Is this the piece you needed?

You know, I don't really want to do it anymore.

That thing kicked on you.

Sometimes with the grain of the wood,

the wood gets stuck into the saw blade

and it really scares you.

You know, it will bounce right back up and,

unfortunately, that happened to Ashley.

All of mine are perfect, if you would like to peek at my perfect...

[Ryan] Should I cut that? You see that? Look.

Perfect? I think so.

But luckily, it seems like they have the siding pretty much squared away.

I don't think I want to use that anymore.

So, I guess it's probably time to put the saw away.

[Chase] We got the deck reattached on the waterside at the Laflin camp,

and the two young Laflin girls had asked about having a waterslide into the water.

Probably could stand to be cleaned up a little bit.

So I thought it would be fun and safe

to have the waterslide go off the deck.

And the deck is about this high, so it should go out pretty far.

And like I said, I need to find a way to safely secure that to something

and then make it removable.

You know, I've been hanging on to this slide for a while.

So, like, 30 inches and if it was a 2x8,

that would probably be the ideal.

I've been wanting to use it in a project

and it just hasn't really fit anywhere.

Perfect.

So, this is the perfect use for it.

It's light, it's plastic, it can get wet

and, you know, it's easily put on and removed.

So I think it should work perfectly.

So that's going to sit right to the edge there.

It's important to make the slide removable,

because it is going into the water.

Cool.

On bad days, when it's windy, rough,

you don't want it there.

So, it's one of the things,

it'll probably be stored under the camp,

but it's easily slid out when the kids want to use it.

Those will go down...

...like so.

And you'll get years of fun out of it.

Okay. So, imagine this was the side of the deck.

And this is the slide.

Kids show up on a hot sunny day,

want to go play.

Dad comes in.

Slide down into the water.

And then at the end of the day, you're done,

Dad slides it back under the camp.

And that's it.

[Ryan] We're at the Laflin camp things are going well.

Finally the windows came in today.

[man speaking]

[man 2] Yeah.

We've been waiting for these windows.

We were nervous they were going to come late and they came just in time.

The guys put those windows in this morning

and it looks unbelievable.

It's all glass.

It literally feels like you're sitting on the water.

Oh, you know what they say? Like a glove, Brad.

Now all we gotta do is get the rest of the siding on.

[saw whirring]

Beautiful.

Next big step is getting the electricians in here,

insulate, sheet, floors, then we're out of here.

Sounds easy, but it's a lot.

[funky music playing]

So, we're back at the Laflin camp, close to wrapping it up.

We were able to get the electrician in here

and now we've got the team working on flooring the loft

and getting the walls closed in.

Camp looks great.

You know, there's more room now,

two bedrooms, larger bathroom,

the kitchen's going to go right here,

kind of wrap around that corner just make more space.

Today we are focusing on getting windows trimmed out.

Really got good-sized windows here

to really take advantage of how close it is to the water.

We reattached the deck out front, new doors,

and we'll have a waterslide from the deck down into the water.

So this is where the waterslide for the girls is going to be.

I built this bracket.

I got the waterslide in my truck.

It'll just sit over that.

So, this will have a gate.

It's removable, kids sit here.

Slide right down it.

[saw whirring]

[Jedi] We got most everything on the upper trimmed right out.

And we're gonna start clearing some stuff out,

working our way out of that bedroom into this main room.

Then we're going to get this floored out,

and we're going to work ourselves right out of this camp.

- Hi, Ry. - Hi, honey.

- What you're doing? - Brought in reinforcements.

- Hi, Bill. - Oh, God. Look out.

Hidey-ho.

- It's all over now. - Uh-oh.

[Ashley] Bill's been a friend for years.

He was a good friend of my dad's and they always worked together.

We've known Bill for a long time.

What are you guys working on today?

Ah, just finishing touches.

Trying to finish up the bathrooms, floors,

- so we can poly tonight. It's looking good in there. - Oh, boy.

Nothing like last-minute.

What do you want Bill and I to do?

Wash the slide.

Bill usually makes an appearance once a camp,

so it's fun, you know, when Bill shows up.

What do you think of the siding?

Do you like it?

- It's pretty. - Thanks.

Oh. Looks like it needs another coat.

No, that's the look we're going for.

It's kind of fun. Takes the pressure off us.

And he has a good time.

Oh, wow, that's nice.

Yeah, guess what our job is.

- Wow. - To clean it.

Yeah, could be scrubbed.

It's good to get the old guy out.

- We're gonna need a scrubber. - Yeah, a broom.

- Well, do you have a broom? - I can find one.

All right. Well, let's do it over here in the shallow end.

I don't know why Chase can't wash things before he installs them.

Bill was supposed to help me with the waterslide.

But Bill hasn't seen anyone in a while,

so it's basically Bill walking around and talking to everybody

and keeping everybody else entertained while I work on the waterslide by myself.

[Ryan] What are you doing?

What does it look like I'm doing?

Washing the slide.

'Cause Chase installed it filthy.

You need to go down on your butt to get it clean.

I was doing something outside, I looked over

and she's in the water with a long-handle broom in December.

You missed a spot.

[laughing]

You know, I don't see her get after it like that at my house.

That was impressive.

But, over-- There's a little black-- See that back there?

- [laughs] - Why are you doing this?

[Ryan] Look out, look out, look out.

[Bill] That's plenty clean. Plenty clean.

Yeah, clean enough.

But who's going to slide it down it?

- You. - That's why we brought you today.

Oh, yeah, yeah. You really do want to kill me.

[Ryan laughs]

[Ashley] Looks good.

We got it done and put it back up.

There we go.

[Bill] Is it in?

I think so.

It's awesome.

Much better.

Thanks, Chase.

Yeah, it looks good. Nice job today.

- [Jedi] Very nice job. - Really came together.

[Ryan] We'll come to poly tonight. Kitchen,

more poly. Little bit of trim tomorrow.

If we get coated today, coat tomorrow night,

we'll be styling.

Who's poly-ing?

- Not I. - Not it.

- Oh! [laughing] - All right.

[Ryan] All right. See you. Thanks, Chase.

See you guys.

As soon as that's dry, my team and I can come in and start decorating.

Today, we're back here at the Laflin camp.

So, Chase got the poly in here.

Now it's finished and it's dried

and now my team can come in and decorate.

And after that's done,

all we have left is to hand the camp back to the homeowners.

[Chase] So the Laflin camp is done.

Winter is here.

Officially, and it is freezing cold and snowing

but the camp looks awesome and we're giving it back.

Because it's the Red Camp, I kept the red trim,

changed up the color.

And on the inside, just kept it a nice clean look with red accents

and went with the old boathouse feel.

All right, how cool is this?

- [Chase] Very. - [Ashley groans]

- They could launch it right from their window. - I know.

- That way a little more. - Which way?

- There we go. - There we go.

Okay, cool, now I have these.

[Chase] You know, it was an old boathouse

that was definitely rotting into the ground,

had a monster tree growing up beside it.

So, we cut the tree down, lifted the camp,

replaced a lot of rotted sills, reposted everything,

and just more area inside.

And the girls had asked for a waterslide on the front.

There is a waterslide. Nobody's using it today, but it's there.

- Looks good. - Let's go meet 'em.

[Nate] Wow, they took that huge tree down.

- A couple of them. - [Kirsten] Oh, my God.

- Oh, my God. - [Nate] Wow.

Hi, welcome back.

[Nate] Look at that. Doesn't even look the same.

[all exclaiming]

- What do you think? - Wow. That looks... That looks amazing.

Yeah, yeah. Way different.

The first thing we saw coming down

was it's no longer the Red Camp,

- it's the Red Trim Camp. - [Kirsten laughs] Yes.

We can't wait for summer time, I can tell you that.

Yeah, so, a little chilly today, so I'll try and keep this quick.

You know, the big pine and oak tree are gone.

We got the stump ground down

and we were able to get in there and see just what was going on.

There were some seriously rotted sills,

so first step was get the camp up out of the dirt,

get it reposted and leveled as best as we could,

and then we pretty much replaced the sills along this side

and this side.

And, you know, it was old board and batten, it was red.

So, we kind of peeled off the batten,

went over that with this novelty siding.

You know, it's a gray semi-transparent stain.

It's got all new windows throughout, new doors,

- new electrical, new plumbing. - [Kirsten] Wow.

- So. - Oh, my Goodness.

A whole new camp.

- Yeah. - [Ava] Wow.

Can't wait to see inside.

What do you girls think? Do you like it?

- Yeah. - All right, let's head on in.

- [Nate] Girls first. - [Kirsten] You ready, girls?

- Whoa! - Wow!

[Kirsten] Oh, my goodness.

[Ava] This is so cool!

- [Nate] This is amazing. - [Kirsten] Oh, my God!

Does it look like your old camp?

[Kirsten] Doesn't look like the same place at all.

This is crazy.

[Nate] This is great.

[Kirsten] Yeah, right?

[Ashley] It's so crazy how you're on the water like this.

- [Kirsten] This is nuts. - [Nate] That is cool.

- Does it look different? - It's so cool. Yeah.

[Kirsten] And I love how open it is. It feels so much bigger.

You know, before, the doorway was kind of centered in that part.

Like you said, everything was kind of tight right in there.

So, we moved the doorway over,

we opened this up more, shifted the kitchen this way,

kind of wrapped it around to give you more kitchen space,

and that allowed us room for a bigger bathroom.

Check out your new bathroom and bedroom.

[Nate] Look at the handles on the doors.

Oh, that's awesome.

Look how big these windows are, too.

And the layout just allows for better movement throughout the camp.

And the bigger windows in the bedrooms,

it just brightens the camp up.

And it's just so much more light.

[Nate] It does look cool, yeah.

[Kirsten] I'm gonna go peek at the bathroom real quick.

You can actually fit. [chuckles]

- Wow, look it, there's-- - [Nate] Even a closet.

[laughs] Yeah, that was totally what I was gonna say.

[Nate] What a neat little detail with the handles on the doors.

[Chase] Yeah, yeah, it just gives it that camp feel.

It does.

- Do you guys wanna head into the next bedroom. - Amazing. Absolutely.

Check it out.

- [Nate] Go ahead, girls. - Wow!

Wow, this is... Wanna go?

[laughing]

[Ava] So cool!

Look at that bed.

[Ashley] And the best thing is, when you grow up,

you can lift it up and put it right out in the water,

and it's a functioning dinghy.

[Chase speaking]

We have our own room.

And it's way bigger.

Yeah.

[Chase] We figured since it was originally a boathouse...

- We'd put a boat bed in it. - It's fitting.

- Mama, up there! Look. - Yeah?

She is going to sleep in the new boat

and I am going to sleep in the loft.

Whoa!

This is so cool!

[laughing]

Isn't that cool, huh, Layla?

My gosh!

[all laughing]

Any room for me, girls?

What a little spot!

- This is girls only, huh? - Yeah.

We're going to put a sign, "No boys allowed!"

[all laughing]

I mean, that's something I think would've been so fun

as a kid to be able to come out to camp, swim in the lake,

and then, you know, have your own special designated area.

Really cool.

[Chase] So, yeah, we know it's cold right now,

and you guys had requested a waterslide.

So, go look out the front.

- [Layla gasps] - Oh, my gosh!

- That is so cool. - [Kirsten] You wanna go look at it?

Don't slide in!

[Ashley] You don't want to slide in today.

[Ava] Whoa!

[Chase] So it's easily removable,

but it will be ready for you--

[Ashley] It'll be ready for you in the summer.

- [Chase] Or once we have ice. - [Nate] Yeah, that's right.

It can be an ice slide.

[Ava] The new waterslide is awesome

because if we're playing water tag,

I'll use the slide and get a head start,

and I'll be able to tag Layla.

[laughing]

We know there wasn't really a timeline to get done,

but we wanted to get it done before winter.

- So, we got it done-- - Just in time.

So, yeah, I guess we just have to hand you back the keys.

Awesome! Thank you so much.

The place is yours. Enjoy it.

- All right, bye, guys. - Bye.

Thank you, Maine Cabin Masters, for fixing our camp.

[Layla] Thank you, Maine Cabin Masters, for fixing our camp.

[Kirsten] Thank you, Maine Cabin Masters,

for doing this for our family.

We're going to enjoy it for many, many, many years to come.