Stick-built, Post and Beam, Prefabricated Walls, and more
What kind of house are we going to build? Are there any alternative building methods we can consider? What about this trend of green building? Is it something that is relevant to us? Is it too expensive to build a green home or more affordable? With so many questions it can sometimes seem impossible to even know where to begin but that is why we are here and why we created or Design + Services team. Our team can help you choose the right building technique for your project.
Lindal Cedar Homes has been a world leader in site-based custom home design and engineering for more than seventy years. Their pre-engineered post and beam building system is resource and energy efficient; the result of years of innovation and improvement. Crafted from radiant, sustainable, premium wood and engineered wood products from the Pacific Northwest, the Lindal system has earned the distinction of being awarded the first green approved building system by the National Association of Homebuilders Research. And it carries the only lifetime structural warranty in the industry.
Click the design books above, and register, to find a Contemporary, Small Home, Cabin or Accessory Dwelling Unit that suits your imagination and your lifestyle.
Lindal’s design principles and building system create an open, airy interior showcasing our beautiful cedar post-and-beams. Post-and-beam construction provides a strong framework of structural support which opens walls to any combination of windows and doors, so your homes interior is enveloped by the light and landscape that surround it.
With over 50,000 custom projects worldwide, the Lindal system can be truly customized and personalized for nearly any site or climate.
Stick building is a more traditional way of framing a home. Many custom builders use this as their preferred manner of constructing their homes since they tend to build homes that are unique. Roofs, floor trusses and all framing is, in effect, created on site from individual pieces of lumber. Problems, when encountered, can sometimes be solved more easily or with greater speed with stick building.
Prefabricated wall panels are factory-built units produced in an indoor environment. Builders provide the construction details of the home to the factory where the building plans are fed into a computer program that designs the wall panels for the home’s specific needs. Manufacturers are able to cut, nail and screw the units together in a quality-controlled environment that creates a stronger, more durable wall structure. Prefabricated wall panels also tend to be dimensionally more accurate since they are made with higher quality lumber from a large inventory of material the factory has its disposal.