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Premier Series Materials List

FLOOR SYSTEM

  • Sills: 2 x 6 PTSYP (graded #1 Pressure Treated Southern Yellow Pine)
  • Girders: 2 x 10, or LVL (Laminated Veneer Lumber) built up on job
  • Double headers: 2 x 10 spruce
  • Floor joists: 2 x 10 spruce 16" O.C. (On Center)
  • Subfloor: ¾" T&G (Tongue and Groove) AdvanTech®
  • Porch and deck floor framing: Floor joists, sills, and headers – 2 x 6, 2 x 8 or 2 x 10 PTSYP
  • Porch and deck flooring: 5/4 x 6 radius edge premium grade PTSYP
  • Felt paper: Covering headers and sills
  • Hardware: Floor joist hangers and metal cross bridging as required

WALLS AND GABLES

  • Wall and gable logs: Eastern White Pine, Premium grade, milled 6 x 8 or 8 x 6 tongue and groove pre-cut and numbered logs with preservative treatment (Western Red Cedar also available).
    • Log sealants: Puttylastic caulking; foam gaskets; pre-compressed corner pads; 12" spiral steel spikes
    • Window and door jambs: Specially-milled pine with 8" spikes
  • Log siding: Milled ship-lap log siding as needed for floor frame skirting, dormers, and shed porch gables. Eastern White Pine, preservative treated (Western Red Cedar also available).
    • Wall braces: 6 x 6, 6 x 8 or glulam as required with hardware

INTERIOR PARTITIONS

  • Framing: 2 x 4 or 2 x 6 shoe, double plate, studs, blocking, headers, and fillers as necessary
  • Pilaster stud with hardware
  • 1" knotty pine v-match boards for sheathing first and second floor partitions on both sides

CEILINGS

  • NELMA (Northeastern Lumber Manufacturer's Association) graded 4 x 8 spruce beam ceiling joists - hangers supplied when required
  • 2" v-match flooring for all loft areas - 2 x 8 nailer for loft flooring
    • 1" knotty pine v-match boards supplied for ceilings when not used as loft area

NOTE: Both loft floor and ceiling sheathing are applied on top of 4 x 8 beams so that beams are exposed from downstairs.

ROOF SYSTEM

  • Pre-cut trusses: 6 x 6 and 6 x 8 spruce, as needed, pre-drilled and complete with gusset plates and fasteners*
  • Roof purlins: NELMA graded 4 x 8 spruce, pre-cut
  • 4 x 6 ledgers with hardware
  • 4 x 8 blocking with fasteners
  • First roof boards: 1" knotty pine v-match
    • Soffit: from 1" knotty pine v-match boards
  • 2 x 6, 2 x 8 or 2 x 10 ridge nailers
  • 2 x 8 gable insulation stops
  • Fly rafter materials: (2) 2 x 8
  • Ladder rafter materials; 2 x 8 filler at eaves
  • Roof strapping: 2 x 3 spruce 24" O.C.
    • 10" spikes for roof strapping
  • Exterior roof sheathing: 5/8" square edge AdvanTech®
  • Fascia: 1" pine boards
  • Felt paper: #15 roofing felt
  • Drip edge: 8" galvanized for eaves and rakes
  • Shingles: Owens Corning® Oakridge PRO-40® Architectural (40 year warranty)
    • All porches that are continuation of the main roof: exterior roof sheathing and roof strapping as required
  • Vents: Ridge and soffit
  • Shed roof porches: Made up of 1" knotty pine v-match boards and 5/8" square edge AdvanTech®
  • Rafters: 4 x 8 spruce for shed roof porches as required

* Note: Some models have pre-built truss rafters and 5/8" square edge AdvanTech roof sheathing. We do not supply temporary or permanent bracing.

WINDOWS AND DOORS

  • Andersen® 400 Series Low-E4 glass Tilt-Wash double-hung and casements with screens. Colors: White- Sandtone - Terratone® - Forest Green
  • Andersen 400 Series Frenchwood® hinged Low-E4 glass patio doors, Andersen 400 Series Frenchwood gliding Low-E4 glass patio doors and Andersen Narroline® gliding patio door complete with screens, hardware and locksets
  • Exterior doors: Therma-Tru® Classic-Craft® CC48 fiberglass door system pre-hung and weatherstripped with tempered glass
  • Solid pine interior doors: JELD-WEN® Morgan® pre-hung raised panel
  • Solid pine closet doors: JELD-WEN® Morgan® pre-hung raised panel
  • Schlage® locksets for all interior and exterior swinging doors; hardware for sliding closet doors and pocket doors
  • Exterior window and door trim: Random length pine, specially milled 2 x 4 radius edges
  • Interior window and door trim: From 1" knotty pine v-match boards
  • Roof windows: Andersen RV (venting), RS (stationary), and SKS (skylight stationary) series with high-performance glazing and screens; pole with adaptor as required

MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS SUPPLIED PER PLAN

  • Basement stairs: 2 x 12 stringers and treads with 1" pine risers and guard railings
  • Loft stairs: 2 x 12 stringers, SYP (Southern Yellow Pine) treads with 1" pine risers and guard railings as necessary
  • Porch posts: 6 x 6 spruce
  • ½" square edge AdvanTech® supplied to sheath dormers before covering with log siding
  • Felt paper supplied to cover dormer sheathing before installing log siding
  • Interior railing: 4 x 4 posts, 2 x 4 rails, vertical slats from 1" knotty pine v-match boards
  • Exterior railing: 2 x 2, 2 x 4, and 5/4 x 6 premium grade PTSYP supplied for porches, decks, and exterior balconies
    • House sill tie downs from galvanized banding
    • Specially milled 4 x 6 and 6 x 6 splined posts as required

LOG SIDING GARAGE MATERIALS SPECIFICATIONS

  • Sills: 2 x 4 PTSYP
  • Wall framing: 2 x 4 framing 24" O.C. with window and door headers as required
  • Wall sheathing: ½" square edge AdvanTech® and #15 felt paper to cover sheathing
  • Siding: Milled ship-lap log siding for walls and gables, Eastern White Pine, preservative treated (Western Red Cedar also available)
  • Roof framing: Pre-built truss rafters with ladder and fly rafter materials and hardware. NOTE: We do not supply temporary or permanent bracing.
  • Roof sheathing: 5/8" square edge AdvanTech®
  • Felt paper: #15 roofing felt
  • Drip edge: 8" galvanized for rake and eaves
  • Shingles: Owens-Corning Oakridge PRO-40® Architectural ( 40 year warranty )
  • Fascia and soffit material
  • Service door: 3'0"x 6'8" Therma-Tru® Smooth-Star® fiberglass door system
  • Windows: Andersen® 400 Series Low-E4 glass Tilt-Wash double-hung with screens. Colors: White - Sandtone - Terratone® - Forest Green.

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

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