As your log home dealer we will assist you with following:
- Choose your log home plan, either stock, modified or custom.
- Help explain the steps necessary to complete your project.
- Provide you with construction drawings for your permits and financial institution. Detailed instructions and stack sheets
- Arrange delivery to your building site.
We are at this time a dealer and NOT a construction contractor.
The log home kit we will provide to you is the exterior log shell and all hardware needed to construct the shell on your foundation. You will need to either hire a qualified builder or act as your own contractor and build it your-self.
You save cost by purchasing roofing, doors and windows and finish materials locally and negotiating for the best prices.
Note: Michigan has recently adopted the Uniform Energy Code. We recommend that you consult with an energy specialist familiar with the energy zone that you plan to build in to find out how to be in compliance and how to build an energy efficient home and save money. You can download a free REScheck program from www.energy.net
Plan on using energy saving points for your plans rather then prescriptive methods. For example: wall thickness by prescription would be required to be R 21, but if energy healed trusses are used and smaller window openings are designated then R19 walls will be allowed. Remember that building code officials only interpret the codes not write them.
American Log Homes are 100% Southern Yellow Pine (SYP)
heart wood. 8" thick 6" Kiln dried
and pre treated with Zink Naphthalene for protection from bugs, fungus and rot. All hardware is included at no extra cost.
2 storey kits include log ceiling joist (CJ's) other co's chg extra.
Most kits have log gables included.
Logs can be either round or flat on the inside at no extra cost.
No extras, EVER
AMERICAN LOG HOME kit come in:
- 25 stock plans
- Modified stock
- Full custom
- 75% 0f log homes are custom designed
for plans and square footage of stock
home plans.
