3 car garage with Studio apartment WARD Cedar log home built by Patriot log HOme builder

http://www.wardcedarloghomes.com/

Built by patriot log home builders in Illinois (summer 2011)

~Ward Cedar Log Homes~

See first hand 30 ft log purlins

being set with the aid of a truck crane.

The large full log purlins that extend out past the roof give this garage a look of awe and magnificence! They are very heavy and require skill to set however. Mike HOmpertz of Patriot log home builders is experienced in this field. A crane of some type is required. A small truck crane was rented for about one hour by the homeowner (usually about $300 an hour) which does not include the wage of the driver, while the men gently guided and secured the purlins into place. The driver of this crane was very skilled and made the job go smoothly. You can see where they hand notched the placement prior to setting the mammoth beams.

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This is how they turned out , what a lovely living quarters  this shall make for some lucky resident 

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Log home builder creates decorative great room ceiling beams!

This was a custom project down around the Milwaukee lakes area, I set these large beams in the interior and exterior. Just take a look at that fireplace, this is full lime stone. This could have cost up wards for just the chimney work, of $30,000.00.   Wow what a job that was. We used scaffolding and allot of hard effort to lift and custom fit these. We did not build this home, but were called in to do the custom work  that you see here.

This is very specialized work that requires skill and gumption. This home was in the million dollar plus range and had the feel of a small castle. The view from these windows was charming .

We made these large half timbers into window mullion's.They were put up with long screws, scaffolding

These large logs were hand custom fitted using chain, skill saws, chisels and saw-zaw, built in Wisconsin by

PATRIOT LOG HOME BUILDERS

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