Maine Cabin Masters - Season 8

The Rooney Family loves spending their summer with relatives and friends on Great Pond. But their camp has two major issues: it's too small to share with their three adult children, and, it's so dark when they're inside, they can barely tell they're on a lake. Knowing they always rise to the occasion, the Rooneys call the Maine Cabin Masters, hoping they can lift their camp and add a floor below the existing footprint. It takes a lot of yankee ingenuity and equipment, including I-Beams, soil heaters, drainage pumps, and excavators to pull off this engineering feat in the dead of winter. But the Cabin Masters are determined to give the Rooneys their quintessential lake cabin.

It was a frightening day for the Palumbo family when a sudden severe thunderstorm blew a giant tree into their camp - with them inside. Though the family made it out, injured but alive, their camp was not as lucky. The Palumbos' summer getaway was a total loss. Now, ready to rebuild, who better to call than Chase, Ashley, and the Maine Cabin Masters. Though community guidelines require the camp's exterior to stay the same, the Cabin Masters get creative with the interior, and aim to grant the Palumbos' wish for a bigger bathroom and a sunroom that feels connected to the rest of the camp. The Cabin Masters hope to create a miracle among the wreckage, where the Palumbo family can salvage old memories and make many new ones.

Just off the snowmobile trails sits the Holland family camp, a winter retreat built by Andy Holland's father. The modest camp has recently passed on to Andy and he, his wife Terry, and his son Jonathan want to make it comfortable for year-round living for both them and their herd of rescue corgis. The family knows they need an expert hand in order to honor Dad's memory through the renovations which is why they choose Chase, Ashley, and the Maine Cabin Masters for the job. The family's wish list includes a bigger bathroom, more light on the inside, and a four-season porch - a dream of Andy's father that has yet to be realized. And of course, they need some special touches for the Holland's furry friends. The Cabin Masters hope to fulfill Andy and his dad's dreams for the camp, giving the family a space they can treasure in every season.

Every summer, boys and girls from across New England attend the YMCA Camp of Maine and spend the days swimming, playing sports and learning valuable life skills. But after nearly one hundred years in operation, some of the camp's buildings are in desperate need of renovations, and that has the camp's current stewards, Jeff and Kim Gleason calling the Maine Cabin Masters for help. Their wish list includes new bathrooms for the campers, a bunkhouse for the camp's cooks, a chicken coop for the camp's resident hens, and a covered outdoor grill area. With a big list and a small budget, Chase, Ashley, and the team have to get creative as they salvage old material, repurpose wood, and brave the coldest days of winter to complete the project in time for the summer camping season. If there's anyone who can get it done, it's the Maine Cabin Masters.

In the 1940's Kristin Erickson's grandfather built two family cabins on Three-Corner Pond. Her mother and father live in one, while she and her family spend every summer in the other cabin. With her parents blessing, Kristin would like to tackle some renovations to make their happy holiday home a little more roomy for her exceptionally tall husband and son, and their exceptional daughter Karly. With the help of Chase and the Cabin Masters, the cabin will see a spacious update that will add major square footage to the kitchen, higher countertops for ease of access when cooking, raised ceilings in the loft, an accessible bathroom for Karly, and a smoother walkway from the Erickson lodge to Grandma and Grandpa's through the woods.

Shelly Wheeler grew up splashing around in the bright blue water of China Lake. Now, with a growing family of her own, and her relatives dotting the shores in their perfect summer cabins, Shelly and her husband Travis want to be able to host family functions at their own camp. The only problem: their camp is too small; so small, their daughter hits her head when she stands up in her room. With a growing list of issues and three growing kids, the Wheelers reach out to the Cabin Masters to help them renovate and resize their lakeside home. There's just one thing standing in their way: one of the largest trees in Maine - it needs to come down without breaking the camp or the budget.

Chase, Ashley, and Ryan head to Carrabassett Valley to meet students of the Maine Outing Club, an organization at the University of Maine. The students are stewards of a century old bunkhouse near Sugarloaf Mountain, a quaint but dilapidated spot that hosts student skiers, snowboarders, and winter adventurers. A hundred years have taken its toll on the well-loved camp and the students implore the Maine Cabin Masters to help them upgrade the safety of the structure. But they don't want to compromise the decades of character, or "cabin spice," that has built up in this off-grid cabin over the years. Chase, Ashley and the team get to work stabilizing and insulating the camp, getting it ready for another hundred years of students.

Lisa Craig calls on the Cabin Masters to help restore the camp her husband Randy was fixing up before he suddenly passed away. Chase, Ashley, and Ryan get right to work on the old boy's camp cabin and pull out all the stops, even calling on the kind folks at Friends of Cobbossee Watershed to help reinforce the shoreline on which the cabin is precariously located. With some TLC left behind by Randy and the love and care of the Cabin Masters team, the Craig's camp is fixed up just in time for them to enjoy the summer season!

The Cobb brothers enlist the Maine Cabin Masters to restore Camp Lucky Seven, a rugged hunting cabin in Northern Maine that they inherited from their father & his friends. The team works to preserve Camp Lucky Seven's legacy as best they can.

A daunting "Keep Out" sign greets visitors to David and Bishop Hopkins' recently purchased camp. Though uninhabitable, its proximity to Pattee Pond and its access to a peaceful, private island made buying it a no-brainer. Luckily, their old friend Ashley Morrill knows a few people in the cabin building business. Chase and the Maine Cabin Masters crunch up the old camp to start fresh. They have to stick to the same footprint, but David and Bishop ask them to get fun and funky with the new build. They want a roofline that faces the water, lots of windows to enjoy the view, and enough space to host their beloved gatherings of friends and family. The Cabin Masters get to work, creating a cabin fit for the enjoyment that David and Bishop are ready for.

Theresa Secord, a Penobscot tribe member, summons the Maine Cabin Masters for needed upgrades to her cabin. They have to work fast, to avoid the start of moose hunting season, and respectfully, to honor the land and Penobscot culture. 

Put on your detective hats, it's a Maine Cabin Masters mystery! All was well when the Zozula family left their summer camp for the winter – but when they returned in the spring, their camp was flooded. Someone or something tampered with the water system and the rotted floor boards left a giant hole in the kitchen. The Zozula Family has no clue what happened, but one thing is certain: they need help rebuilding their camp. Chase, Ashley, and the Maine Cabin Masters respond to the call, but as they pull back what remains of the floor, their problems compound as they find powder post beetles, dry rot, and more. Can the Cabin Masters salvage enough of the camp and figure out the source of the water issues?

The Adaptive Outdoor Education Center (AOEC) is looking to use their pond by creating a trail and elevated clubhouse overlooking the water, so the team must apply ADA compliant techniques to ensure that the path and structure are accessible for all.

When the Fosters inherited their camp on Flying Pond, it wasn't quite finished but they still love to visit, taking full advantage of its views and water access. Although it is very cozy, the lack of plumbing, insulation and heat source made wintertime excursions difficult. Additionally its placement on a hill meant visitors would definitely get their steps in and with several walls absent, privacy was a bit of an issue. Lucky for them, they hired the Cabin Masters who pulled out all the stops, and stumps to rise to the task. As a nod to the Foster's firefighting background, the crew perform a search and rescue of their own when pieces of the dock slip away. They even found time to pair off for some friendly competition before completing the work on this unfinished gem.

A family wants to turn their worn and cozy fishing getaway into a modern vacation retreat; the Cabin Masters come to their aid with a massive expansion, raising the roof and combating big plumbing problems.