| Some developed neighborhoods and
country subdivisions may have restrictions that require
homes to be sided with a high percentage of masonry. In
these areas, horizontal (full) log homes may not qualify.
Consequently, and since we’ve been swamped with requests to
build “timber frame homes,” (stone and/or stucco with log
accents), we’re thrilled to announce we now offer post and
beam style homes in our portfolio.
Post
and beam, or timber-frame, construction is perhaps the
oldest wood shelter-building method. In its most basic
form, this type of building uses wood posts to support wood
beams. The most ancient surviving examples are
centuries-old Japanese temples and great cathedrals of
Europe, where basic methods of creating roof spans and
support trusses were elevated to a high art.
As you
can see by the photos, this type of home is striking, to say
the least. I recently purchased some centuries old cedar
trees from a location in British Columbia, which have trunk
butts with the characteristic so unique to cedar. Some of
these trees range from 36 inches to 54 inches in diameter.
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