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Rustic yet dignified our kits provide the perfect blend of value strength and style for your custom home.
Our home designs showcase the use of natural timbers open floor plan living vaulted ceilings and lots of natural light.
Linwood is recognized as a world leader in contemporary post and beam new home construction.
The soaring wood ceilings and exposed post and beam frame are not only beautiful but extremely strong and versatile.
Something that is commonly confused is the difference between timber framing and post and beam construction.
Sand creek post beam home kits have become the starting point for many custom homes across the country.
The major difference really the only difference is the type of joinery that is used.
The posts are nominal 2 4 studs and the beams are double top plates across the tops of those studs.
This makes sense as the weight of the house is a series of point loads where the posts are.
Unfortunetly i ll have to split it up into two parts because winter has come and it s slowin.
While post and beam construction can be used for just about any foundation type it really does lend itself to a system that relies on piers rather than a continuous footing.
This is the second video in the post beam construction series.