KATAHDIN CEDAR LOG HOMES & CONSTRUCTION
KATAHDIN CEDAR LOG HOMES & CONSTRUCTION
What can go wrong when you hire the wrong builder!
In the United States & Canada, more than 400 manufacturers and handcrafters produce log homes. Design & construction techniques, as well as, quality vary widely. It is, therefore, critical to remember that even the most carefully & precisely milled logs won’t go together to form a weather tight home if your builder doesn’t assemble them according to the manufacturer’s system. Getting pricing from builders with specific experience with your chosen log home manufacturer will minimize the likelihood of cost over rides and various other surprises along the way. Your final choice of the builder you contract with should be based on these & other important considerations.
Many log home manufacturers kits have log construction only on the first floor. Their gable walls & second floor are frequently only of frame construction with log siding, topped off with a truss or rafter roof with tongue & groove under it. Almost anyone with minimal skills can put up the systems of many of these types of manufacturers log homes. By comparison, Katahdin Cedar Log Homes are of superior quality & are built to last. See “Why Choose Katahdin” to further examine Katahdin’s special features & how their careful attention to all details combine to make the ultimate difference in your choice of log home manufacturer. Katahdin Cedar Log Home Kits are somewhat unique with completely solid full log & gable wall construction, & are usually accompanied by large round timber roof purlins, trusses & support posts. Katahdin’s packages include features such as these fine types of timbers, as well as, timber/log ceiling joists & round log railings &/or balusters.
Client/Owners really need to make a clear assessment that their builder has the experience & the kind of skill needed for the “joinery” involved in this impressive looking full log construction, or the overall home is not going to look very nice. These lovely Katahdin Cedar Log Homes blend “the best of both worlds.” The consistently high quality, time saving - milled, drilled & pre-cut full log wall systems are combined & incorporated with many of the attractive structural & workmanship features that more expensive “Handcrafted” log & timber homes are known for. Take time to look closely at the details of the work completed on other log construction projects of each builder you are considering. Your vision & expectations of what the finish work on YOUR log home will look like when completed, rest heavily on you making this choice wisely.
Some additional considerations concerning the character & leadership qualities of your builder will go along way as your construction project unfolds. Clear communication & timely returning of phone calls to both the client & others involved is necessary to coordinate the integration of subcontractors into the over all construction project. Your builder should also be the kind of person who gives great attention to precision & detail & sees to it that the crew does the same. An important concern during construction is to maintain a safe, organized & tidy building site. Once construction begins, log walls need to rise exactly perpendicular, with the top of each course being level & each of the corners absolutely square. The true level of skill & talent of a builder is revealed as the careful “art” of crafting & fitting together of the joists, beams, supports, purlins & roof system takes place.
We trust that your application of these considerations
outlined will help you in this important decision of wisely choosing the builder
who will help bring your ideas & dreams of building & owning your
own Katahdin Cedar Log Home into a joyous & pleasurable reality that will
last beyond a lifetime!!!
Please feel free to contact us.
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or Toll Free: 800-361-4404
loghomes@woodstockvalleyenterprises.com
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