A: In a standard scenario, a local general contractor in your area will do the excavation, foundation and the sub-floor for your home. An experienced log stacking crew will then arrive to erect the log structure and once this is completed, the general contractor will come back on site to take your house to lock-up or turn-key, whatever you have decided on. Under this approach, you are minimizing your costs of building by having the bulk of the building time-frame dealt with by local trades and contractors, thereby minimizing live-out allowance (LOA) expenses. (NOTE: As an aside, the LOA expense on the log stacking side can also be reduced by having your log house pre-stacked in our yard and then quickly re-assembled at your site).
In many areas of the country, TCIH has qualified general contractors that we can introduce you to. Furthermore, if we do not have someone in the area you are building in — and you do not know of anyone — we will go in and source someone out for you. We will then co-ordinate the log portion of the house project with that contractor.
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