LOG HOME and LOG CABIN EDUCATION INFORMATION
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LOG HOME and LOG CABIN EDUCATION INFORMATION
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Construction process Now that your foundation is in and the sub-floor down your logs are ready to be stacked. Depending on the fastening system method, kind of log home package selected and size of your log home you could see the main floor walls stacked in as little as 4 days with a thru-bolt ™ fastening system and up to or over a week with other fastening systems. After the main level log walls are up the log home builder will frame the interior walls if not full log. Then the second level floor is built with log floor joists or conventional materials and then the walls and gables are built with logs or conventional materials. Full logs in the gables are the choice of the homeowner and today cost no more than conventionally framed in gables. To conventionally build the gables you have to frame it, interior sheet rock, exterior OSB, exterior siding and insulate it. You have 5 parts of labor and materials while a log wall or gable is finished when it is stacked saving you time, labor and material cost. If you have any sub-contractor that fails to show up for their part of conventionally building the gables it creates a domino effect delaying your project. After the second level is up then they build your roof with full round logs or TJI engineered I-beams. By using full round logs the builder will have to construct a “cold roof” which will cost more than using the TJI. Your builder will take a 2x board and stand it up on end to create a cavity for insulation and air flow. Then the roof sheeting goes down and finished with a metal or composite asphalt roof. You must take the time to talk to you builder or designer and have them go over the kinds of roof systems available. A roof system could cost you as much as your entire log package.
Custom Woodcraft Builders is out of Indianapolis and they are there to serve customers in the Midwest. Visit a team of true professionals at www.customwoodcraftbuilders.com and see what they can do for you. Sources of expert timber frame and log home building advice: www.customwoodcraftbuilders.com For log and timber trusses and entryways - please visit timbertrusses.net and timbertruss.net. To learn about building options with authentic reclaimed lumber, beams, logs & timbers for true historical 'green' building, please visit reclaimedwood.biz and reclaimedtimber.org. If you are interested in more information about timbers, timber framing and log and timber frame construction in general, please visit the following sites: Be sure not to miss a wide array of log home and log cabin suppliers, builders and accessories at the Outdoor Sport Lake & Cabin Show in Fort Wayne Indiana March 12-14, 2010. This event is produced by Coliseum Productions Inc.
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