Timberframe Building and Modular Homes

What do they have in common?  Not a lot.  But what we have discovered at Schiavi Home Builders is that they make a perfect complement to one another.  Timber framing is a beautiful building process that has been in use since Midieval times, and was used in building many of the great cathedrals throughout Europe.  Gorgeous exposed beams add grandeur to the interior of any building and allow for an interior design like no other building process.  While timber framing is strong enough to support the largest buildings, as with everything today, cost is a factor.  That’s where the complement comes in.  One of the ways to keep cost manageable, yet still incorporate the beauty of timber frame construction is to do a combination of modular and timber frame.  One idea is to start with a timber frame great room and add other rooms in a modular building process.  That way you can incorporate the timber frame aesthetics into a shared area where you spend a lot of time, yet keep the cost down by using modular building on the other areas of your home.  If you can’t picture these two building processes together, make sure to visit our Bethel, Maine Model Home Center.  We have added a timber frame mudroom to one of our model homes, so you can visualize just what it looks like to combine the two technologies.  I don’t think you will be disappointed.

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