Frontier Builders Inc

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Why should Frontier Builders, Incorporated construct my home? Good question! From my biased perspective, what are our advantages over many of our competitors? Let’s go through a punch list of questions I think you might ask. Question one: Where does the company build their customer’s homes? Most builders of hand-scribed homes perform their operations out of doors due to logistical and construction reasons. Frontier Builders began their company by constructing their homes one at a time at an outdoor “log yard” facility. But after dealing with the inclement weather for a decade and trusting “mother nature” to dictate our construction schedule, we took matters into our own hands (literally) and built a 14,000 square foot controlled-environment facility. This investment has paid dividends in the form of satisfied customers whose homes were completed in a timely manner and whose raw materials, and Craftsmen were not subjected to the wear and tear of the elements during the construction process. In our Northern Wisconsin climate there are nine months of the year when staying warm is the major comfort concern. The days in October through February are short. In order to work a good 10 hour day we need the lights to be on, so the guys can work a set schedule, this keeps our projects on schedule and this is attractive to the experienced craftsman. Think of any job you do outside and the possibility of doing that job indoor’s. What a difference this can make in the quality of the product! Question two: Does the log home builder use “Eco-friendly” practices? What can be more eco-friendly than building a hand-crafted log home. Not only do use nature’s finest raw materials, we construct them in a building heated with our “waste.” We heat the building with peeling scraps and cut off’s from our building process. In our continuing efforts to be cost effective and implement green practices, our wood is kiln-dried with our own wood scrap or wood pellets, a GREEN and locally grown fuel source. Question two: Does the log home builder kiln dry their logs? Most companies kiln dry small or “short” logs. We dry our short logs too, but we distance ourselves from our competition with our capability to dry larger logs. We take the slow and low approach to drying our big logs. We are currently testing some new drying processes to further improve the large log drying process. Our first log dryer went on-line in the summer of 2008. It’s a simple structure made of two large shipping containers connected together. We have a track system to run the logs in and out of the containers. We will be expanding this system in 2010-2011 and hope to have the capacity to dry enough wood for our average size home. Question three: Are gaskets used to insulate and seal the log seams? Log seam gaskets have been used as an option in our home packages for many years. Due to the excellent results we have had since we started “double gasketing a few years ago. This term means that both inside and outside laterals and all of the notches. Our focus is on product quality, not the risk of losing a project to a company that doesn’t gasket, or share our long-term commitment to your building.

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