Spokane Home Builders is a custom home builder dedicated to making it easy for you to build the custom home of your dreams. We take pride in leading you from the beginning to your front door and we never forget it's our job to save you money, guarantee quality construction and get you moved in on time. There are many styles of homes from stick built, modular, log, container and timber frame homes to name a few. Whether you are investing $100,000 or $5,000,000 into your home the basic building blocks are the same for a quality home.
You need to learn more about timber framed homes in order to understand what will be in store for you if you decide to choose it to be your personal haven. A timber framed home can be defined as a residential structure that is mostly made up timbers jointed together to create a durable and lasting home. Timber is the major or can be the only material utilized in putting up the home. It is used as posts and beams held together by wooden pegs. The house it put together utilizing air dried timber to create energy efficient and strikingly admirable home.
The starting point for any new roof is the drip edge. Drip edge provides important benefits such as holding shingles up, adds water proofing, guards against movement of fascia boards from roof deck and adds a professional finished look to your roof. To achieve proper water drainage your roof shingles should extend roughly 2 inches past the fascia. In this way the water correctly drains into your rain gutters. Drip edge when installed correctly extends past the fascia and holds up the shingles. This prevents the shingles from eventually bending over and allowing water to seep into the fascia and roof deck causing mold and rot.
What exactly are Insulated Concrete Forms? Are they safe to use? What are the pros and cons of using them? Here are 5 advantages and 3 disadvantages of Insulated Concrete Forms that you should think about before building your dream home. Just imagine, by choosing ICF's, you can help the environment. How? Insulated Concrete Forms reduce energy consumption by up to 50%, which quickly translates to up to 50% reduction in carbon emissions. Plus, they don't contain harmful materials, like formaldehyde, asbestos and CFC's.