A Maine Cedar Log Home is truly a unique product.
Our STANDARD features of Northern White Cedar logs, 3 x 6 exterior wall framing, Andersen windows, ThermaTru insulated fiberglass doors, Velux roof windows and panelized construction is an unbeatable combination in the log home industry. Using only the highest quality components for our standard materials truly sets the final product apart from the ordinary. This will contribute greatly to your enjoyment year after year.
Energy Efficiency is a key to our overall cedar log home design. Northern White Cedar is the best natural wood insulator growing in the Western Hemisphere. It is interesting, and indeed appropriate that the "warmest" wood should grow in the coldest climate. Each inch of Northern White Cedar has a resistance, or R-value of 1.4. This quality, along with our wall construction method, keeps out the cold of winter and heat of summer. Insulated headers for doors and windows along with the new Zip System wall sheathing system give each Maine Cedar Log Home a clear advantage in energy saving construction techniques.
As a long established Maine company, we take pride in producing quality log homes, built for a lifetime. The best materials available are used and our standard package includes the following:
- Northern White Cedar logs
- 3x6 studs
- 7/16” Huber Zip system wall sheathing, 30 yr warranty
- Insulated LVL headers over windows and doors
- 2x4 KD spruce interior studs
- 5/8" HUBER Advantech, 50 yr warranty or 3/4" matched pine for roof sheathing
- 2x12 KD rafters in standard home models (2 x 10 KD in cabin series)
- Heavyweight 30 yr. architectural asphalt shingles
- Engineered wood beams, where applicable
- Materials for roof venting and drip edge for roof perimeter
- Cedar exterior trim
- Pressure treated sills
- Sill sealer
- Steel lally columns, if applicable
- KD girder stock, where applicable
- KD floor joists, exposed beam floor joists are optional (standard for the Appalachian loft).
- 3/4" HUBER Advantech subfloor, 50 yr warranty
- Rough stair materials, where applicable
- Andersen 400 Series Windows with High Performance low-e glass and screens in our standard line of homes (Andersen 200 Series are standard in our cabin line). Some models also feature skylights or roof windows, as well.
- Standard home exterior doors are ThermaTru FiberClassic insulated fiberglass (stainable) with low-e glass.
- Homes with porches or decks include pressure-treated framing, Cedar decking, pine v-match ceiling, Cedar log porch posts, Cedar rails and balusters.
- A Maine Cedar Log Homes package includes all the materials necessary to build a structurally complete weather-tight shell (except masonry, and common nails- due to difference in builder equipment).
