The signature look of your custom wooden home is the design of the log or timber trusses, used either structurally or as a decoration, to adorn your home. Town & Country Cedar Homes produces log and timber home roof systems and structrual components such as posts and flairs to accompany the classic finishes of our Northern White Cedar exterior and interior products.

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Make our custom log or timber trusses the focal point of your log cabin or timber style home. Most of our clients consider a Town & Country truss to be a work of art,  built into the structure of your home and enjoyed for generations.  Our trusses are hand-scribed and hand crafted by our staff of professionals, using decades of experience. No steel connections will show on your log or timber truss as our hand-scribed pieces are crafted and consealed to house the connections on the inside of the truss. Log or timber trusses, rafters and purlins can be loadbearing or created as decorative overlays. There are many styles of log or timber trusses and beams to choose from. In the case of loadbearing structural members, it is critical that the trusses be properly engineered and certified by a Professional Structural Engineer (PE) to ensure your home's structural integrity.

NOTE:  Structural Engineering Services are available through Town & Country for all materials purchased by our clients.

CREATING YOUR CUSTOM TRUSS
 


To provide the quality and sizes needed to fulfill our customers' log or timber home expectations, and to age our timbers, we have to maintain a large supply of spruce logs. Each log is inspected in the woods to make sure it meets our strict quality and engineering requirements. They are brought into our yard to rough peel and dry for 6 to 12 months. This is an expensive process, but a necessary one that provides our customers with quality structural log materials. You should expect nothing less from your wholesale log home component supplier.

After the logs have aged and naturally checked in the drying process, each is again inspected to make sure it will meet BOCA building codes. Then they are brought into the production building for scribing and assembly by our experienced craftsmen. It will take approximately 40 to 50 hours to produce one white cedar or spruce log truss. It takes time to get the perfect fit we demand of ourselves.
 
 

To achieve the natural log home look without jeopardizing our truss' engineering load requirements, we bury as much of the connecting steel as possible. Most of our customers do not want steel exposed on the face of their log / timber trusses, so we keep the bolts and steel fasteners hidden from view.

Then comes the finishing touch up peeling process. When our log or timber trusses leave the yard, they are wrapped and ready for installation and staining. Each component is marked to show your builder how to reassemble the trusses to get the fit and finish you want.

SCRIBED LOG TRUSSES

Description: Hand scribed White Spruce log truss system
Finished Size: Structural trusses will be sized per individual engineered specs. Decorative trusses are by design. Our structural log trusses are engineered and graded to meet local building codes. Current BOCA building codes require that all structural trusses are made from graded logs.

Species: White spruce / Northern White Cedar
Applications: Interior or Exterior


 

DOUG FIR TIMBER TRUSS SYSTEM

Description: Structural Doug Fir timber systems are available in addition to our log systems.
Finished Size: Sized per engineer’s specs if structural, by design if decorative.
We have been producing timber roof systems since 1947.
Species: White Spruce / Northern White Cedar / Douglas Fir / Red Cedar
Applications: Interior or Exterior

PURLIN SYSTEMS

Description: Decorative or structural log/timber purlins for your roof/ceiling system.
Finished Size: Sized per engineer specs when structural, by design for decorative.
Species: White Spruce / Northern White Cedar / Douglas Fir 
Applications: Interior or Exterior
 

RAFTER SYSTEMS

Description: Hand-hewn log or timber rafters available for decorative or structural applications. Used in both interiors and exteriors, rafters are a nice touch in greatrooms, bedrooms or porch systems.
Finished Size: Available in various sizes and length
Species: Northern White Cedar / White Spruce / Douglas Fir
 

INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR POST OPTIONS

 
NON-FLAIR POSTS:

Description: Straight, hand hewn or timber posts for porch supports or interior/exterior decor. Does not have root system at base. Diameter fairly consistent throughout for log applications.  Timber columns vary per structural requirement or client's preference.
Finished Size: Order to specifications
Species:  Northern White Cedar / White Spruce / Douglas Fir
Applications:  Exterior or Interior

FLAIR POSTS:

Description:  Hand hewn posts that follow the natural root contour of the cedar tree, are peeled and smooth finished including the root system at base.  Diameter can be consistent throughout, but the lower trunk base will be slightly larger.  An eye catching design element for stair bases, interior and exterior columns and corners. Provides a more organic feeling to the home.
Finished Size: Order to specifications
Species:  Northern White Cedar
Applications: Exterior or Interior