Patriot builds for new Log home company in the UP

Patriot Log Home Builders erect 12 x 4 pine dove tail chinking log cabin/lodge in Upper Michigan 

      Warm, inviting, tradional log home kit buildt by Patriot Log Home builders. This is Patriots current project. Pariot has been subcontracted by a new company which offers something very unquie from other companies if it is the taste you are looking for. More old fashioned as these logs have the grooves cut in them for chinking. 
     What is chinking? Chinking is the broad white band you see inbetween  logs in the log stack. I gues you could say the walls look kinda striped.  Historically, chinking was used on  a log home to protect  wind  and icy cold from howling in between the spaces of the  logs. 

As the snow clouds roll in and evening approachs roof felting is finshed up

     Chinking has come a long ways since the inception of log homes. Modern chinking is designed to look like the old time mortar but is much more elastic.  For the most part you should have a Professional chinking contractor do this work as it is not easy and requires skill.

Back of house ! Impressive with walk out basement. deck will wrap around the whole house, the only way to go in my opinion...

This is the proch roof on the back, how lovely! great design... T & G wood makes a great place for sitting under on a rainy afternoon on your deck. This overlooks a great peice of land

This is the front of the house which at this stage does not really look at that impressive and really is deceiving in regards to its size. You need to see the back with its deck, which will extend around to the front...we are working on this project right now and expect it to be complete in a few more days

this is a lovely site to build a log home in the UP...the back is landscaped with large boulders

FIRST days , we scope the site...amazing that after 8 days we almost have a log home up!

Here is some of the shipment of the logs. Again these are 12 inches tall! with chinking grooves...what is chinking?  It is how the old fashioned log homes were made... for a modern distributor Click here

lets talk about the importance of a fork lift! don't let a log home company tell you that you don't need one to build your log home...which is commonly done with Sales people to take off a few dollars in your project. They are imperative to the crews safety and protect your logs.

 DOVE TAILS ~ GREAT OLD FASHIONED LOOK

Mike Hompertz and new crew build in the hills of TN

Call 608 547 4129 ask for Mike

Mike Hompertz of Patriot Log Home Builders went to the hills of TN to build a Coventry Log Home for homeowner pictured in center, Laura. The new crew that joined Mike is from TN as well. Great friendships were formed and Mike found kindred spirits with Andy and Tobby. Check out the videos of this great home.

IMPRESSIVE! Who would not love to have a ceiling like this to look up to ? large round beams set off the tongue and groove. admittedly this was no easy feet to build. but with an experienced team and dedication it can be done.

Covnetry Log Home in TN

Lovely home in Tn quality product from COVENTRY

I started to work with a new crew that lives in Tennessee ...it was so refreshing ...that southern hospitality really is something, even in its toughest men. As I live in Wisconsin and work primarily in the Midwest and out East I can honestly say that personalities differ in regions. I enjoyed working on this home so much .

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	"The Natural Corner" Double Round, Butt and Pass Hand-Peeled, Natural Comes in: White Pine Northern White Cedar 6, 7, 8, 10 and 12 Inch Stack Full-Log or Half-Log
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photo gallery of Wallace home in ND

Another harsh winter day wind and snow

This is the foam plywood built up roof ststem



Full log dormers with beam rafter porch roof system



Early Nov. snow fall is  taller than the truck

Beam post and beam rafters

The sunroom is held up with the big beams and posts what a great look from their basement walkout

The rustic stairs before the spindle and handrails

The bay window was installed on the second floor of the garage

Elegant log home with plenty of space

rustic staircase 

LOG HOME Featured in local North Dakota paper

Local paper wrote a very nice article about the log home I built.

Patriot Log HOme builders finishes up in ND

INTERIOR walk threw of McKay model with added Breeze way and attached garage

EXTERIOR walk threw of McKay Hochstetler log home

Up date on Mckay Hochstetler log home building process in North Dakota

waiting for log siding

Job site

early morning start, pretty silhouette

Front view dormer openings not on yet

Garage roof completed breezeway roof next

walk out basement back of house

interior beam roof system tongue and groove ceiling

walk out basement first  floor walls stacked and framed  

It is true that the recession is still felt by many in the building trades. However something is happening in North Dakota , where I am presently building where there is both a building and housing shortage.the homeowners have put us up in their basement as hotel space is not available or so costly it would price us out.
"The mayor says a few long-time local residents left town because they couldn't afford to stay when rent tripled. Oil workers make enough to push rent costs higher. " High rents, revenues as oil boom ripples through North Dakota by Dan Gunderson, Minnesota Public Rad

KILLDEER, N.D.—A massive oil reserve buried two miles underground has put North Dakota at the center of a revolution in the U.S. oil industry, a shift that has radically altered the fortunes of this remote area. BEN CASSELMAN read full article here.

And it is remote, take a look at the images of where we are building.

very nice large piers for the sun room

corner where jacuzzi tube will be , wont that be nice!

 note how window does not have it cut out , done to avoid wasting material

This will be chained sawed into the door opening breeze from garage going into house

On day 9 the semi truck comes again and we unload the beam roof system. As you can see , having a forklift on location is a must. It is frequent that multiple deliveries are involved while building your log home.