#2: “Dry-In Shell” Log Cabin Kits

All materials to put your log home ‘in the dry’This package includes everything the bare bones package has (log and heavy timber), plus everything you need to complete the exterior shell of the log home.

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Once constructed, the home’s exterior will be completed, and all the structural material (interior wall framing skeleton) will be in place for the interior.

  • Subfloor Package
  1. Pressure treated sill plates
  2. 2x Floor joists on 16″ center
  3. Double 2x perimeter box band
  4. Triple 2x dropped girder beam
  5. Metal cross bracing
  6. 3/4″ Advantech™ subfloor sheathing
  7. Subfloor adhesive
  8. Subfloor band cover
  9. All hardware (nails, caulking, and adhesives needed to construct the subfloor system ARE INCLUDED!)
  • Log Wall Package
  1. Log Wall system with CTLH quality certified program standards
    • Certified Eastern White Pine interlocking tongue and groove log system
    • Pre-cut log corners with random length logs (full precut log wall system is included in Standard and Ultimate Packages)
    • Lag bolts with washers and screws
    • All Oly-Log fasteners
    • Closed cell insulation gasketing material
    • Stacker caulk
    • Engineered log splines at head joints
    • Window and door buck frame material with splines
    • Chinking materials (if applicable, standard on full chink log systems)
    • Blueprints and log wall erection diagrams
    • Log Home for Life Warranty Program (standard with every log home package we provide)
  • Porch and Deck System
  1. 2×8 Pressure treated floor joists 16″ O.C.
  2. 5/4 Premium roundover, eased edge, pressure treated decking
  3. Porch posts and supports (from ground to deck level up to 16′)
  4. Exterior handrails – Hand crafted white cedar pickets and rails
  5. Trex and other composite flooring materials are available (as options to this package, and included as standard in our other packages)
  • Heavy Timber Second Floor System (if applicable)
  1. No. 1 & Better 4x Eastern White Pine second floor joists
  2. 6x or 8x Heavy Timber second floor girder beam
  3. Second floor premium 2×6 tongue and groove decking
  4. Hardware and fasteners, nails and adhesive
  5. Porch posts (above porch and supporting porch roof)
  6. Porch plates and side plates
  7. Premium tongue and groove 2×6 for porch ceilings
  • House Roof System (if applicable)
  1. Conventionally framed 40# roof framing (stick-built or truss system)
  2. Exposed heavy timber 4x EWP collar beams on 48″ O.C. or per plan w/ bolts and washers
  3. 1/2″ Bolts, nuts, and washers for collar tie attachment
  4. 7/16″ OSB roof sheathing
  5. Permafelt underlayment
  6. 1×6 White Pine Alpine board for soffit coverings
  7. 1×12 White Pine Alpine board fascia, kiln dried, standard and better grade
  • Windows
  1. PlyGem™ Mira premium double hung windows with wood texture in extruded aluminum frames in high performance weather insulated glass panels
  2. Window bucks and splines for attachment to log wall and exterior wall systems
  3. Weatherseal tape and fastening materials included
  • Doors (Exterior)
  1. Thermatru exterior doors in stain compatible fiberglass panels with full manufacturer warranty
  2. Door bucks and splines for attachment to log wall and exterior wall systems
  3. Weatherseal tape and fastening materials included
  • Interior Partition Walls
  1. 2×4 framing on 16″ center
  2. 2×6 framing for plumbing walls
  • Interior Stairs
  1. 2×12 Stringers
  2. 2×12 Treads
  • Freight
  1. Freight is calculated and included in the continental USA
  2. Staggered, full-truck deliveries available upon request
  3. Window bucks and splines for attachment to log wall systems
  4. Weatherseal tape and fastening materials included
  • Construction Manual, Training, and Basic Communication with our Master Builders
  1. The industry’s most comprehensive construction manual and training system.
  2. Free construction training seminar held quarterly at our drafting offices upon request
  3. Send your builder to us for training
  4. On-site management services and training at per day cost
  5. Full shell construction and True Turn-Key building services also available
  • Design Center Services
  1. Spend one-on-one time with a member of our design team to work out the details of your home design.
  2. State-of-the-art computer aided drafting for the latest in 3D technology and What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get, real time design capability
  3. Self contained 3D file to be used on your own personal computer or iPad/Android phone or tablet.
  • Construction Documentation (Blueprints)
  • Construction Guide and Technical Documentation