With over 20 years of experience in building custom log homes, Hughes Building Systems constantly strives to improve and enhance our product line. Advances in manufacturing, assembly and energy efficiency have allowed today’s log homes to retain the look and feel of the past with the comfort of modern convenience and technology.
Materials
The species of wood used in your home should have the characteristics that are needed to create a sound, visually appealing structure that retains its strength, value and appearance. The standard wood offered in Hughes Building Systems’ custom log is Eastern White Pine. Our choice of wood results in reduced twisting and warping of the log, allowing for the walls of your home to settle uniformly. The logs are then naturally seasoned and dried slowly, stabilizing the moisture content to prevent future cracking and chipping. This process also helps to maximize the natural fiber strength already present in the wood.
High Quality Milling Process
Hughes Building Systems ensures that you are receiving only the highest quality product. Our attention to detail provides for precise and uniform milling of any and all logs used in your custom log home, allowing for the best possible appearance of the final product. Our precision logs mean uniformity when laying your logs and installing windows and doors. We guarantee that every custom log home will meet or exceed all major building codes.
Innovations in Assembly
Hughes Building Systems custom log homes employs a self-tightening, maintenance free system, utilizing state-of-the-art engineering that will not compromise the unique natural beauty of a solid log wall. This system also allows for reduced labor costs that get you into the home of your dreams as soon as possible!
Timberframe / Post & Beam
With more than 20 years of experience, Hughes Building Systems is dedicated to superior craftsmanship, allowing us to offer additional design-build options to our customers. Timber framing is a building technique that has been around for centuries, utilizing wooden peg joinery or metal brackets. It used as the support structure for homes and is designed using timber placed strategically for the ultimate in reliability and strength. Timberframe and post and beam can also be used in the interior of homes and is used as a functional support piece in living rooms, great rooms, kitchen, dining rooms, and more. You’ll see timberframe construction used for many open floor plans that showcase the natural beauty of the wood.
Energy Efficiency and Structural Integrity
Timberframe homes are highly energy efficient structures. When joined with Hughes Building Systems’ construction standards, using local timber, they become even more efficient. They are designed and engineered with less waste using high-quality, renewable materials