Building A Log Home

Pick the Purchase Plan That's Right for You

Three Ways to Buy

You can purchase your Satterwhite home in one of three ways: The Constructed Shell, the Material Package and the Log Package. There are unique benefits to all three so read the following passage carefully to decide which plan is right for you.

OPTION t. We Build It.

Building a log home is usually easier and fasterthan constructing a conventional home, but it is different. Satterwhite Log Homes offers a constructed shell option in most southern states.

A constructed shell built by a Satterwhite crew offers you both the co nvenience and the security of using professional crews, who have experienceerecting a log shell from the foundation up.

Constructed Shell Components

• Labor - Our experienced crews construct your dried-in shell

• Foundation with (some restrictions)

■ Roughed-in plumbing (some restrictions)

• Log walls

• Roughed-in Electrical (in log walls only)

• First floor framing and sub-flooring (only for wood foundations)

■ Interior partition wall framing

• Roof framing system

• Decking and synthetic felt paper underlayment

■ Shingles (Fiberglass base, composition), no labor

• Gable framing and siding

• Attic ventilation (if required)

• Windows and exterior doors

■ Exterior window and door trim

• Exterior trim

■ Porches, carports and garages (if shown on plan)

■ Stairway framing (if two-story)

■ Second floor framing (if two-story)

■ Second floor subflooring (if two-story)

OPTION 2. You Build it.

If you're beyond our constructed shell range or if you're a confirmed do-it-yourselfer, our comprehensive Material Package is right for you 1 Satterwhite is also proud to work with your local contractor.

Our back-to-basics construction techniques make this a popular option for many of our hands-on customers. The Material Package also gives the cost-conscious the advantage of Satterwhite quality at a great price.

What's more, with our vast inventory of building supplies, Satterwhite Log Homes can ship yourmaterial package quickly.

Material Package Components

We deliver to your jobsite practically everything you need to dry-in your home

■ Foundation framing (if using wood foundation)

■ First floor framing and subflooring (if using wood foundation

■ Log walls

■ Romex and electrical boxes (for log walls only)

■ Interior partition wall framing

■ Roof framing system

■ Decking and synthetic felt underlayment

■ Shingles (fiberglass base, composition)

■ Gable framing and siding

• Windows and exterior doors

■ Exterior window and door trim

• Materials to build porches, carports and garages (if shown on plan)

■ Stairway framing (if two-story)

■ Second floor framing (if two-story)

• Second floor sub-flooring (if two-story)

OPTION 3. Logs Only

The Exterior Log Package is a cost-effective way to purchase the bare bones of your log home -i.e., logs, caulking, or screws.

Using your plan, we can help you calculatequantities of logs, caulking and screws.

• Log walls

■ Polyurethane caulking

■ 9'; 11" or 15" log screws

• Sill sealer gasket

If you elect to purchase materials only, Satterwhite Log Hornes rents Makita circular saws for a nominal fee.

In certain areas of the country, we might even be able to recommend an experienced, reputable contractor. If you have questions, we're as close as the phone. Shipping and sales tax are not included in the total price.

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Constructed Shell Co1nponents (We Build It)

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Concrete slab foundation (within 200-mile radius)

Roughed-in plumbing (some restrictions)

Sill sealer gasket under bottom log for vapor barrier

Polyurethane caulking on outside edge of sill seal gasket and on interior at log and foundation joint

½" x 14" anchor bolts to secure to concrete slab

Variety of different profiles of house logs milled from dead-standing timber

9", 11·; or 15" log screws

8. Vinyl, single hung, Low E insulated glass windows (meeting 2015 International Residential Code ).

9. Roughed-in electrical (log walls only)

10. Exterior entry doors11. 2" x 4" Rough cedar exterior window and door trim

12. 4" x 6" Rough cedar porch posts, bracing. and girder

13. 2" x 4" Rough cedar porch railing (where applicable)

14. 4" x 6" rough spruce rafters 48" o.c.

15. 1¼" x 8" Tongue & groove spruce birdblock

16. 1¼" x 8" Tongue & groove spruce decking exposed

17, Engineered roof trusses or conventional framed roof structure

18. 5/8" CD plywood decking

19. Synthetic roof underlayment20. Fiberglass base composition shingles (no labor)21. 2" x 8" rough cedar fascia22. 1" x 12" Rough cedar board and batt gable ends

23. Rough cedar barge rafters

24. 1 ¼" x 8" tongue and groove spruce decking at overhang

25. 7 /16" OSB Plywood

26. 30# Felt27. Interior Partition FramingApplicable if Two-Story:

28. Stairway Framing29. Second floor framing30. One layer 1'/8" Weyerhaeuser Gold flooring

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From Dead 1ree To Finished HouseLog.

Our dead spruce logs are "bucked" or cut to length and carried by articulated loaders to the sawmill infeed deck.

At the Sawmill

Our dead spruce logs are "bucked" orcut to length and carried by articulatedloaders to the sawmill infeed deck.They are advance to the carriage whereour sawyer quickly assesses what canbe produced from logs that may rangein diameter from 6" to 36''. He must"see" rectangles to be yielded from acircle, in sizes that fit our many productrequirements. The rectangles he cutswith an old-fashioned circle saw millproceed via roller conveyors through orpast edgers and slab recovery saws tobecome "cants" or timbers destined tobe house logs, decking, siding, rafters,other finished products.

Those "cants" which will be house logsare moisture tested, every piece! Ifthey meet our dryness standard, theyare marked as "dry" and packaged

to proceed to the planer mill. If theyalmost, but not quite meet the standard,they are stacked on our drying yard ina desert environment, and they waitfor weeks or months to be retested. Ifthey are wet, they immediately returnthrough the mill to be sawed into thinnerlumber products, so they can neverbecome a log in the wall of a home.

Planing

The dry cants are moved to the planingmill, where they are end trimmed, thengo through a massive 16,000-poundplaner which "sizes': cuts tonguesand grooves, and shapes or "profiles"the exterior faces of "D" or SmokeyMountain logs. At this point {and at otherprevious points) grading occurs. Ourgraders are certified through TPI {TimberProducts Inspection), a 3rd party gradingagency. After passing strict criteria,

Corner Detail Options

DOVETAIL

SADDLE NOTCH

Butt and Pass

This is the standard corner design used in our published pricing. Butt & Pass corner construction can be used with all of our house logs except the Swedish Cope. The butt and pass stacking is alternated with each course. Our polyurethane caulk is applied in these butt joints as well as between each course.

Dovetail

This type of corner is offered in all of our Smokey Mountain sizes and all of our "D-Shaped" house logs except the 6 x 6. Building with this type of corner requires a detailed cutting order so that butt joints are minimized and staggered in the log wall. A special designed jig is used to make these cuts assuring a consistent, tight fitting corner. Our polyurethane caulk is applied in the butt joints as well as between each course.

Saddle Notch

Saddle Notch corners are standard on Swedish Cope house log designs. This type of corner is necessary with a full round house log to assure a perfectly fitting corner. Again, special tooling is required to make these accurate cuts. We have the capacity to also Saddle Notch our O-Shaped and Smokey Mountain designs.

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Log Style Options

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Choosing the right house log

With so many choices, which log do you choose to build your dream home with?

makes the interior framing and finishing much easier, not having to contend with a round surface. Surface enhancements such as

house log is milled with a "chinking groove". Customers may do one of 3 things. They might apply a modern-day chinking product, a

For those customers wanting a true round log look, they choose the Swedish Cope design, offering the full-round appearance in and out.

Most folks seem to have a very definite opinion of which log they prefer. The "D-Shaped" house log being our "tried and true" offers you a rounded exterior surface, while maintaining a flat inner surface. A flat inner surface

hewing or draw-knifing are also offered for either surface.

The Smokey Mountain house log has a very definite tie to colonial times and Appalachian construction. This

chink paint, or they might decide to leave it unfilled. Most folks choose to use the "Dovetail" corner with this house log to create a more authentic look.

This house log comes in a variety of sizes. It also can be used to create the dramatic sculpted corner. A more hand-crafted appearance can be achieved by draw-knifing the surfaces of the Swedish Cope log.

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