Saturday, September 1, 2012

Patriot builds full log home with beam porch



decorative beam structure to go along with the log home

beam porch joists and roof system

beautiful stain on this 6x12 full log home



See here Patriot log home builders tradition of having the homeowner putting down the first log

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Milling at FREY in Tennessee

Milling  company in Tennessee provides quality logs for The patriot ,
 the first in the SURVIVALISTS SERIES 

Mike Hompertz  visited the Mill of Terry Frey 
 




















TN log home BEAM floor rafters

LOG HOME 
BUILT IN THE BEAUTIFUL
 MOUNTAINS OF TENNESSEE 
Phase one

Unbelievable beauty this photo taken by Mike Hompertz this park with the stunning waterfalls was only a few minute drive from the work site in Tennessee, see video of water falls in action here 


Mike Hompertz 608 547 1129 contact here
SURVIVALIST SERIES 
~The Patriot~ 
FIRST HOME
 by 
PATRIOT LOG HOME BUILDERS 


~Builders housing~
These lovely log cabins are for vacationers and they served the team of Patriot Log Home Builders as their home away from home during the 5 weeks it took to build the THE PATRIOT , SURVIVALIST SERIES HOME


~LOG HOME COMMUNITY~ 
GATED   LOG HOME community  Patriot Log Home builders puts up the first






~CONCRETE BLOCK  walk out BASEMENT~
Walk out block basement, home owner contemplates the NEW beam rafter over the basement  in the beautiful country setting of a gated log home community in Tennessee

~HOME OWNER setting FIRST LOG~ 




See first hand HOME OWNER Greg Kelly putting down the first log on his dream home !



~BEAM FLOOR SYSTEM~
beam floor system developed by Mike Hompertz this is the first homeowner who has used this innovative desing that makes prefect sense as now the basement will be finished off as stunningly as the rest of the home
~FORK LIFT~

Needed for all jobs, in this case it served instead of a crane for the large beam rafters
~Log Stack and first floor over beam flooring~
Here you can see how the logs are stacked for the windows which will be cut out to precision later , this technique saves on material and insures the best window fit


Several process going on at one time 


~Tongue and Groove flooring nearly completed~ 
finish flooring over basement beautiful tonged and groove over beam rafters

Notched log


Brother Steve securing last of the log stack on far side of home
Mike Hompertz Jr., son and master builder of Patriot Log Home builders Mike Hompertz Sr.



~DRY IN FINISH  of back of LOG HOME~

Back side of  home showing walk out basement







Monday, April 16, 2012

Hand crafted log barn roof rafters

~Winter  short term project~ 

Patriot Log Home Builders was called in to construct the difficult roof system on aprox a 3000 sq foot BARN constructed from hand crafted hand scribed full large pine logs in Wisconsin. Mike Hompertz laid out and assembled the roof  on this model home for a fellow in the industry whom lives in Wisconsin . This took him 6 days with the aide of a 'goofer" Go get me that ....common in the industry  . Classic construction  Jeff Glaza is the man behind the model home and the beautiful rustic logs you see here .
 Call Mike 608 547 4129 . Remember you want a professional to build your log home  and that man is Mike.
we put roof framing up on log purloin barn roof with log posts
log hand crafted walls and floor system
hand crafted logs
skeleton roof framing on the barn roof
Winter work slowed to a halt however Mike worked diligently on his development of THE SURVIVALIST SERIES and worked on closing contracts for the late spring and summer.

GOLD STAR LOG HOME BUILDER log barn roof framing



LOOKING FOR A LOG BARN BUILDER ? 

 All the work seen on this site has been personally done by Mike Hompertz and his family operated  team . The quality and magnitude  of specialization speak for itself.

Rustic logs showen in the roof framing for Classic builder by patriot log home builders




Call mike Hompertz 
608 547 4129 

Monday, March 5, 2012

Ward log home built by Patriot log home builder in New Hampshire



EXTERIOR
 view of WARD Cedar LOG HOME
scaffolding for chimney construction front view of Ward Cedar log home by Patriot log home Builders


Log home builder , Mike Hompertz of Patriot log home builders built this full  CEDAR log home in Manchester NH during the months of Oct. to Dec. approx 2400 sq feet with a full log attached garage. Real stone fire place with lovely airy walk out basement (as seen in photo below) with deck (spindle and handrails not yet completed)      Shed dormer added on back gives extra square footage, space and style to second floor.
fork lift to assist for plywood on front dormers and roof  


This home cost the homeowner approx $50,000 to have it "dry-in" phase complete from Patriot log home builders. The work completed was stacking the logs, with full log gable ends, , sheeting roof, decks, garage , tongue and groove on ceiling with insulation package, installing windows and doors, with exterior trim, facade, soffit .
back view with walk out basement

Mike , enjoyed the homeowners Bart and Carol Stone very much during this project. Thanks for all the lunches supplied on site from his lovely wife.  As both Mike and Bart are foot ball fans , during football season fun competitive jokes were daily , and both contend that the Superbowl should have been between the Patriots and The Packers ! 

side view of Ward log home with purloin roof system




Reference phone number is available on request, go into contact and request (Woofoo form)  


INTERIOR
 view of WARD Cedar LOG HOME 

Large log purloins span across great room,with a round top window in the gable end






staring up at the vaulted ceiling, with large log purloins
real stone fire place being installed in Bart's Ward log home

Log stairs with half log treads from Ward
Need the best and most experienced 
log builder to build your home?   
CALL MIKE AT 608 547 4129


log home season get started now

Nice touch to the front of Hochstetler log home

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

It's 2012 and just in time for the survivalist log home series from Patriot Log Home Builders. This is to give you that security in your log home to cabin, economical solutions to save and survive the cost of home building and living.