Our family of brands has grown over the years! It all started in 1963 with Vermont Log Buildings, which later became Real Log Homes, one of the most well-known log home brands in the industry. A decade later Timberpeg was launched to offer true mortise-and-tenon style timber frame construction to the North American market after nearly 100 years. In 2012, WHS founded American Post & Beam to offer a lighter style of post & beam framing, and in 2021 WHS acquired our local friendly competitor Davis Frame Company. Timberpeg’s modern timber framing system offers the flexibility and sophistication to seamlessly integrate into client’s architect designed plans and achieve the the highest level of custom home design. American Post & Beam offers a lighter style of hybrid post & beam construction yielding contemporary interiors with the character of exposed heavy timber. Davis Frame Company delivers traditional timber framed great rooms and homes which are often integrated with our proprietary BuildPak™ panelized wall and pre-cut conventional building component system. Real Log Homes, our flagship brand
Across our family of brands, we offer many building systems which can be combined to achieve our client’s aesthetic, architectural, and budgetary goals, whether it is timber frame, post and beam, panelized, log, or a combination. Learn more about our building systems on our Building Systems Page.
Our homes are built throughout North America and sometimes even overseas.
No. Our in-house design studio can work with you to develop a complete set of construction documents. Architects are a good choice for those that have complex design ideas and for those who are looking for a more complete set of plans that may include interior elevations, mechanical details, etc. If an engineering stamp is required, we work closely with our network of engineers nationwide to stamp our customers’ plans.
A qualified local home builder or general contractor of your choosing. Each project is unique, and we are able to offer varying levels of support depending on your builder’s experience and comfort level with timber, log or panelized construction.
We do not have an engineer on staff because our homes ship nationwide. However, we work with licensed engineers in all 50 states. When requested or required, we can arrange to have plans reviewed by a consulting design professional such as an architect or engineer.
We bring together the strengths and distinctive building systems of our family of brands including Timberpeg, Real Log Homes, Davis Frame Company, American Post & Beam and Jamaica Cottage Shop to provide clients with a single source to explore a broad range of character-rich building styles. Our homes aren’t just customizable; they are fully custom expressions of the lives our customers live.
Our company designs and fabricates complete structural building envelope packages. Each project is unique and can include a wide range of components and services, which means the package cost can vary quite a bit, but typically ranges between $100 and $175 per square foot and represents between a quarter and a third of the overall cost of construction.
Ultimately, the cost to build our homes tends to follow regional “turnkey” price trends for similarly appointed high quality custom homes. Generally starting at $400 per square foot, our client’s preferences and priorities, regional code requirements, and project complexities are driving factors of the overall building cost.
Timber frame is a classification of post and beam construction consisting of traditional wooden joinery, known as mortise-and-tenon, secured by wooden pegs. There are timber frame building methods, such as the Bent system where posts span, unbroken, from sill to eave or ridge and are erected in walls. (Bents run perpendicular to the ridge of the roof, while walls run parallel to the ridge). Post and beam home construction is a framework based solely on vertical and horizontal pieces: the posts and the beams. Post and beam homes are constructed in layers, with each floor built independently from the others. Typically, the posts and the beams are joined together by metal brackets.
Yes. Our company has collaborated with hundreds of architects to design and deliver homes across the country.
The design phase is typically a minimum of 3 months, and production is typically 3-4 months, so overall lead time from the beginning of your design to delivering the package is 6+ months. During the prime building months (May-November) our lead times can be greater than 8 weeks.
Complexity of design, engineering coordination, and sourcing of custom materials can also impact the time frame for delivery. We keep a well-stocked inventory of select structural, free-of-heart-center Douglas fir and eastern white pine cants. Other companies are often ordering their timber per-project, which adds significantly to the overall lead time. Our inventory allows us to move more quickly into production once the design is complete.
