COMPLETE log home package materials bid sample

The Most Complete & Best Log Cabin Materials Package Available

Included:

  • Sill Seal foam moisture barrier for concrete to treated plate
  • Treated sill plate for bearing and log walls under main floor
  • 2×6 Douglas Fir basement bearing walls, Handcrafted Massive Character Log posts (if basement)
  • Basement architectural grade GluLam beams or massive Log beams, your choice (if basement)
  • Complete main floor system, using 12” I-joists, mid series flange, LVL openings, or select D-Fir 2x10s or 2x12s per plan
  • Heavy double layer 2x select D-Fir rim
  • Premium rough sawn trim for floor band (all exterior trim is included)!
  • Copper penny metal rain flashing for floor to log connection
  • Weatherproof ¾ T&G subfloor & spacer for flooring below logs, on top of subfloor (extra headroom)
  • Final Main T&G flooring, 1×6” wide, 8′-16’ hard D-Fir boards. Just sand lightly and clearcoat 4 coats…hard and awesome!
  • All wall logs, full Swedish coped, hand hewn finish, notched, and trimmed both ends. Lodgepole, the absolute best logs.
  • Full log gable ends (most companies don’t have the exterior wall areas of the loft in log – theirs shrink too much)!
  • Full log structural window areas with flat cuts, and walls with full dimension 2” rough sawn window/door bucks.
  • Center posts are giant massive character logs, hand drawknife peeled, as well as all interior stair posts- character logs!
  • Loft log floor joists are full log, with either interior beams in full log with flats or GluLam beams, per customer choice
  • Loft final flooring, wide 2×6 T&G, SPF for beautiful color, and just lightly sand and clearcoat 4 coats…again, wow!
  • Interior main and loft ceilings in wide, long 1×8 T&G, Ponderosa and Lodgepole (PPLP), the best color and quality found.
  • Interior bearing wall framing included too, in 2×6 select fir, all floors
  • Complete rafter systems and beams, usually 12” I-joists, resting on pitch cut top walls logs, and pitch cut ridge log.
  • Full huge ridge logs, top/sides cut on 3 angles, top for laminated, hidden beam (2 times the strength of just log ridges).
  • Deck materials- log posts, select decking, joists & rim, even rough sawn trim band for against the wall, & on the outside.
  • Complete log stair sets, with full log stringers (jacks) and half log treads, with custom log railing
  • Complete sets of custom peeled railing, inside and outside the home on the balconies, decks, stairs, etc.
  • All roof sheathing, roof fascia trim (wide 1.25” x 13.5” rough sawn), 1x shadow trim, premium soffit (1×8 PPLP T&G)
  • All window and door trim, inside and out, against the log walls.
  • Customized lag bolt, washer and screw package, deck & floor hangers, roof 2x and LVL hangers, steel rafter straps
  • Custom gun and expanding urethane foam (like gorilla glue) for log rows and connections.
  • All Windows are included, and are double pane thermal LowE coated, almond color, lifetime.
  • Tooling…We send a customized Lumbermaker (chainsaw attachment) for trimming logs, gable ends, and perfect openings. Sometimes, if you build yourself, ask for our perfect sized hole saw for railing (3 7/8″), and countersink auger drill bit, for a one shot lag bolt hole with washer countersink. Makes things easy. If requested, a small 12″ dime tip bar we buy cheap (35 bucks) for carving accurate electrical wall outlets fast, and perfecting small cuts with a small Stihl (180 type) saw.
  • We include full custom structural plans, our construction guide, and free tech support for you and/or your builder.
floor package with basement bearing materials spacers
We start at the concrete, and supply sill seal, treated plate, bearing walls and beams, posts for the basement, floor joists, and a double solid rim.
Cascade Grande Prow interior with fir flooring
On the inside, we provide the final main flooring, windows, interior window and door trim against the log wall, T&G ceiling, stairs, railing, but not the sheetrock or fireplace on the inside, as shown.
Log Home Construction on Full Size Custom Basement
On the outside, we include all logs, all exterior trim, fascia, soffit, posts, deck, but not the metal or shingle roofing, or the basement concrete or framed walkout exterior wall there, if chosen instead of concrete.
Ponderosa lodge loft nice log balcony materials
In the loft, we supply the railing, 2 flights of stairs if basement, posts, final flooring, ceiling for the entire loft, logs and windows, balconies, all railing, etc. Again, we don’t include sheetrock or the partition walls that don’t support. This is a very complete kit or package, whatever you want to call it! We will give you a complete customized list of what we provide, and bid that material on all our packages. This is very complete, but does not include the kitchen sink! We want to save you money on what we can, and let you get the goodies you need to finish the home the way you want to.

Also, here are other turn key items needed to finish the home NOT INCLUDED:

Excavation, site and concrete work, perimeter wall framing in the basement (if part of the concrete wall is framed, or pony wall if on a frost wall), electrical, mechanical, plumbing, fireplaces, cabinets & countertops, appliances, lighting, plumbing fixtures, interior & exterior doors, overhead garage doors, exterior swing doors, roof insulation, interior partition wall framing (best to pick this up locally, doesn’t make sense to ship to you, costs a few hundred- but we do supply all bearing wall interior framing/structural beams), interior wood trim against the interior walls, sheetrock, painting, sealer for interior and exterior log walls & floors, deck screws and any nails (too many types to choose from), roof felt, final metal/shingle roofing, HVAC, and any labor (see exact bid list for what we include, as we modify it for you). You pay actual cost for shipping, we don’t include shipping to have accurate costs to each customer. We don’t pad our bid and say shipping is free. It never is. Our package is always better quality and cheaper delivered anywhere, even China, Canada & Alaska. PLEASE FOLLOW OUR SAMPLE TURN KEY TO HELP!

We have free tech support on our packages. We can help with turn key estimates. Get our free construction guide for builders or homeowners who have never built…the best in the business.

We take you from estimating the log home, to designing around your budget (customize), pricing the package, helping you with shipping on your timeline (sometimes this is a biggie), and helping you and your contractor with the needed support. This is a very complete log home package materials bid sample, as are all of ours.