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Thank you for your interest in
TRUE LOG HOMES.
We
have been building handcrafted Log Homes since 1975. We offer the Swedish
cope method and chinked style methods of building with round logs. We also
build in the dovetail style with 8" X 12" or 6" X 10"
square logs. We use only the finest winter cut local Douglas fir logs
approximately 12" in diameter for wall logs.
The
logs are hand-peeled, with no visible splices, and are fitted here in our log
yard in Everson, Washington. All knots, scrapes and abrasions are planed
flush with log surface. The window and door openings are cut to rough opening
as per plans. The walls are pre-drill for the electrical wiring. The log
package includes, if included in blueprints, any second floor log joists, log
ridge pole, log purlins or log rafters sized according to plans.
After
the package is completely built here in the yard, it is numbered, disassembled
and loaded on our trucks and shipped to the location of the home. Shipping is
FOB Everson, Washington. Delivery and reassembly is free within a 50 mile
radius of our log yard.
The
usual assembly time is about 8 hours per 1,000 square feet of home. This time
will vary depending on the complexity of the log design and the physical
characteristics of the building site. A crane is generally required for most
of our log buildings.
The foundation to support a log home is usually an 8" wide stem wall
with 2 foot wide X 8" footing with approximately a 16" X
16" rebar grid. This is the responsibility of the Owner or Contractor.
In the chinked style home, the first course of logs is connected with ¾"
threaded rod imbedded into the cement wall at least 8" fixed with
approved epoxy at 6 foot OC. The walls are then pinned with ¾" X
21" steel rods at 4 foot OC and at window and door openings. For the
Swedish cope method, the logs are bolted with ¾" threaded rod from the
foundation to the top course. Fiberglass or RX sealant is used between logs
in the Swedish cope method. Optional log package materials include porch and
railing materials, log stairways, and chinking materials.
The finish cost for the log homes vary. Once a design is submitted, a
complete bid on finished cost for the roofing materials, first floor joists,
framed interior partitions, door and window buck trim, heating, plumbing and
electrical and all flooring and staining can be made. For local projects, we
can general contract your project to "dry-in" or completely finish
your log home project. The cost of a completed home is comparable to a
completed conventional home, however large savings in labor costs are common
for the Owner-builder.
Log homes are a rustic structure and some logs will check, twist, shrink or
have worm or bug marks, settle and perhaps develop some sap stain in the
process of drying. TRUE LOG HOMES does a great deal to minimize these things
but is not responsible if they occur. In the full scribe or Swedish cope
method, the logs shrink about 1/2" per log foot. In the chinked style
the shrinking in minimal depending on how green the logs are. We will install
settling details as part of the building project, but is not responsible for
periodic adjustments. We will show the Owner how often and how to make
adjustments.
Feel free to call us here at our office. We are always happy to talk to people
interested in log homes, and many questions can be easily answered over the
phone. We are sure you will find that
TRUE LOG HOMES
builds a quality product you can be proud to own.
Sincerely,
Jim Maushak
TRUE LOG HOMES
4208 Mt. Baker Hwy
Everson, WA 98247
1-800-TRUELOG
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