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Camp & Cabin Materials List

FLOOR SYSTEM

  • Sills: 2 x 6 PTSYP (graded #1 Pressure Treated Southern Yellow Pine)
  • Girders: 2 x 8 built up on job
  • Double headers: 2 x 8 spruce
  • Felt paper: To cover double headers and sills
  • Floor joists: 2 x 8 spruce 16" O.C. (On Center)
  • Hardware: Floor joist hangers; metal cross bridging
  • Subfloor: 5/8" T&G (Tongue and Groove) OSB (Oriented Strand Board)
  • Porch and deck floor framing: Floor joists, sills and headers — 2 x 6 PTSYP
  • Porch and deck flooring: 5/4 x 6 radius edge PTSYP
  • Porch posts

EXTERIOR WALLS

  • Wall and gable logs: Eastern White Pine, Camp and Cabin grade, milled 6 x 8 "D" shaped tongue and groove pre-cut and numbered logs with preservative treatment. Camp and Cabin grade logs have imperfections and a more rustic look.
  • Log sealants: Puttylastic caulking; foam gaskets; pre-compressed corner pads; 11.8" FastenMaster® LogHog-SR (Settling Resistant Screws)
  • Window and door jambs: Specially-milled pine with 8" spikes
  • Log siding: Milled ship-lap log siding as needed for floor frame skirting. Eastern White Pine, preservative treated
  • Wall braces: 6 x 6 or 6 x 8 as required with hardware
  • Splined posts: Specially milled 6 x 6 as required with hardware

CEILING

  • Ceiling joists: 2 x 8 spruce 16" O.C.
  • Hardware: Ceiling joist hangers; metal cross bridging
  • Floor: 5/8" T&G OSB
  • Posts and beams: Spruce or LVL (laminated veneer lumber) as required with hardware

ROOF

  • Double plate on top of log
  • Roof rafters: 2 x 8 spruce 16" O.C.
  • Ridge beam*: LVL
  • Ridge beam support: 6 x 6 spruce post; ridge to post connectors; rafter and heel connectors*
  • Roof sheathing: 5/8" square edge OSB
  • Fascia: 1" pine boards
  • Soffits: 1" knotty pine v-match boards
  • Porch rafters: 2 x 6 spruce 16" O.C.
  • Porch beam: 6 x 8 spruce
  • Vents: Ridge and soffit

* Required for any building over 16'-0" wide

WINDOWS AND EXTERIOR DOORS

  • Windows: Andersen® 400 Series Low-E4 glass Tilt-Wash double-hung and Casement windows with full screens (no grilles). Colors: White- Sandtone - Terratone® - Forest Green.
  • Flexiframes without grilles
  • Gliding patio doors: Andersen 400 Series Low-E4 Frenchwood® with screens, hardware and locksets (no grilles). Colors: White- Sandtone - Terratone® - Forest Green.
  • Exterior doors: 3'0" x 6'8" pre-hung Therma-Tru® Smooth-Star® fiberglass door system (no grilles), 20 year limited warranty
  • Exterior locksets: Yale®
  • Backer rod
  • Exterior window and door trim: Random length pine specially milled 2 x 4 radius edges

OPTIONAL MATERIALS

  • Extra log rows
  • Interior wall framing material
  • Camp and Cabin 1" knotty pine v-match boards for sheathing of interior roof, wall framing, ceiling, and interior window and door trim (400 sq. ft. bundles only)
  • Interior doors: JELD-WEN® solid pine with raised panel interior doors, pre-hung or sliding with hardware and Yale® interior locksets as required
  • 4 x 8 spruce exposed beam ceiling joists with hangers and 2" v-match loft flooring
  • Rigid insulation
  • AdvanTech® subfloor, ceiling, and roof sheathing
  • Andersen® 200 Series Tilt-Wash double-hung and casement windows. Colors: White - Sandtone
  • Grilles

NOTE: Nominal dimensions are used to describing the above lumber sizes.

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