Recycling is big right now, and you can’t find anything bigger to recycle than a barn.
That is exactly what the crew of the DIY Network’s “Barnwood Builders” show has been doing.
Nothing can be recycled without raw material, and in this case the raw material is the 1888 Schuckers family barn on Route 322 in Pine Creek Township, Jefferson County.
“My son called them and they sent someone up to measure the barn. They contacted my son Jim and they said they were interested,” said Norma Schuckers.
“It has been a bittersweet adventure,” she said. “That barn has been here since 1888 but it had some rotted beams. They were going to reconstruct it the way it was but I think they may make a covered bridge out of it.”
Kelly Hartman, a production coordinator with Silent Crow Arts in New York City, said, “We are shooting an episode of “Barnwood Builders” for the DIY Network. They take down older buildings and repurpose them into something else. Mark Bowe, the owner of the company, will decide what that purpose might be.”
Bowe, who is the host of the show, worked his way through West Virginia University as a coal miner, earning a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He is a craftsman, businessman and historian and also holds a master’s degree in safety management from West Virginia.
Bowe says he is “passionate about honoring the craft of America’s pioneer ancestors and is devoted to ensure their hard work lives for centuries to come.”
Hartman said 10 crew members and six cast members have been working at the site in Emerickville since Sunday.
No date has been set for when the episode will air.