Classic Post & Beam provides the most complete post and beam structural home package on the market, including all you need to construct a completely weather-tight shell. Every post, beam, ceiling joist, roof purlin, and structural insulation panel we deliver is pre-cut and numbered to save hours of on-site engineering and cutting.
First Floor System
Pressure-treated sill; 2"x10" spruce rim joists, floor joists and headers; metal cross bridging and joist hangers
¾" tongue & groove (T&G) AdvanTech® subfloor
2"x12" basement stair stringers
Porch, Deck, and Balcony Materials
Pressure-treated nailer, sill, headers, and floor joists; metal cross bridging and joist hangers
5⁄4"x6" western red cedar decking with sound tight knots
6"x6" pine porch posts
Spruce rafters, ties, nailers, headers, and metal hangers
5⁄8" square edge AdvanTech® roof sheathing
1" knotty pine v-groove ceiling boards
Materials to enclose porch gables
Pre-cut Timber Frame System
Pre-cut and numbered eastern white pine frame, including: 6"x6" and 6"x8" posts, girts, headers, and principal rafters; 4"x6" straight corner braces
Pre-cut and numbered spruce ceiling joists, posts, beams, roof purlins, and blocking or rafters and ties; structural ridge beams
Pre-cut, pre-drilled, and numbered spruce timber roof support beam trusses, with visible steel gusset plates and hardware at cathedral ceiling areas
Lag screws, carriage bolts, spiral spikes, ring shank nails, and tie plates to secure timber frame system
Decorative wood pegs to conceal fasteners
Structural Insulated Panel System
Murus structural insulated panels (SIPs). Panels are fabricated with 3½" of urethane foam, injected between two layers of 7⁄16" OSB (oriented strand board). Each panel is equipped with a built-in wire chase and a tongue and groove edge with a patented cam-lock installation system. Classic pre-cuts each panel for all window and door openings, plus all eave and gable cuts, and then numbers them for easy installation
Urethane foam sealant for all panel joints; 8" ring shank nails 8" o.c. to secure panels to timber frame
#30 felt paper for weather barrier
Vertical wall strapping 16" o.c. for siding
Double Roof System
1" knotty pine v-groove roof boards
4" urethane rigid roof insulation
Urethane foam sealant and aluminum vapor barrier tape for sealing the insulation
2"x3" spruce roof strapping 24" o.c. with fasteners
5⁄8" square edge AdvanTech® roof sheathing
8" galvanized drip edge for eaves and rakes; #30 felt paper; shingle over ridge vent and continuous aluminum strip vents
Owens Corning Oakridge PRO 40™ Architectural shingles
Purlin spikes: 12" spiral
Roof strapping spikes: 8" pole barn nails
Exterior Finish Materials
Note: Cape Cod Finished Wood Siding products have a 15-year Factory Finish Warranty.
Cape Cod finished 1"x6" rabbetted bevel siding
Cape Cod finished 5⁄4"x3½" window and door trim
Cape Cod finished 5⁄4"x5½" corner trim
Cape Cod finished 5⁄4"x7" overhead door trim and exterior toe kick
Cape Cod finished 5⁄4"x3½" eave and rake frieze boards
Cape Cod finished 5⁄4"x7" and 5⁄4"x3½" boards for fascia
Cape Cod finished 1"x6" V-joint boards for soffits
Cape Cod finished 5⁄4"x9" porch and deck header trim
Cape Cod color matched stainless steel siding nails and trim nails
Self-adhered wall flashing for door and window openings and all corners
Decorative entrance trim
Interior Partitions, Stairs, and Flooring
Spruce studs, plates, shoes,headers, and beam blocking for all interior partitions
2"x12" second floor stair stringers
2"x6" v-groove second floor decking
1" knotty pine v-groove ceiling boards where required
Windows and Doors
JELD-WEN® Morgan Collection interior doors, pre-hung, six panel, pine with Schlage® locksets. Closet door hardware includes: sliding, bi-fold, pre-hung hinged and/or pocket
Therma-Tru™ Classic-Craft® fiberglass exterior doors, insulated and pre-hung with Schlage® locksets
Andersen® Frenchwood® gliding and hinged patio doors, complete with screen, lockset, grilles, and extension jambs when required.Colors: White, Terratone®, Sandtone, and Forest Green
Andersen® Tilt-Wash double hung and casement windows are 400 Series High-Performance™ Low-E4™ glass with screen, sash lock hardware, and grilles. Casement and awning windows are supplied with hand cranks where applicable. All windows are supplied with extension jambs. Colors: White, Terratone®, Sandtone, and Forest Green
Andersen® specialty windows
Velux® roof windows and skylights with hardware
Garage
Pressure-treated sills
Exterior wall framing material, 2"x6" 16" o.c. including nailers, plates, headers, and shoes
½" square edge AdvanTech® wall sheathing
#30 felt paper for weather barrier
Exterior vertical wall strapping 16" o.c.
Note: Cape Cod Finished Wood Siding products have a 15-year Factory Finish Warranty.
Cape Cod finished 1"x6" rabbetted bevel siding
Cape Cod finished 5⁄4"x3½" window and door trim
Cape Cod finished 5⁄4"x5½" corner trim
Cape Cod finished 5⁄4"x7" overhead door trim and exterior toe kick
Cape Cod finished 5⁄4"x5½" eave and rake frieze boards
Cape Cod finished 5⁄4"x7" and 5⁄4"x3½" boards for fascia
Cape Cod finished 1"x6" V-joint boards for soffits
Cape Cod finished 5⁄4"x9" porch and deck header trim
Cape Cod color matched stainless steel siding nails and trim nails
Ceiling joists with hangers and metal cross bridging as required
¾" T&G AdvanTech® subfloor
Second floor interior partition framing
2"x12" stair stringers
Roof rafters and ties with hardware
Pre-built truss rafters with hardware
5⁄8" square edge AdvanTech® roof sheathing
#30 felt paper for the roof
8" galvanized drip edge for eaves and rakes
Owens Corning Oakridge PRO 40™ Architectural shingles
Shingle over ridge vents
Continuous strip vents for soffits
JELD-WEN® Morgan collection interior doors, pre-hung, six panel pine with Schlage® locksets.
Closet door hardware includes: sliding, bi-fold, pre-hung hinged and/or pocket
Therma-Tru™ Classic-Craft® fiberglass exterior doors,insulated and pre-hung with Schlage® locksets
Andersen® Frenchwood® gliding and hinged patio doors, complete with screen, lockset, grilles, and extension jambs when required.Colors: White, Terratone®, Sandtone, and Forest Green
Andersen® Tilt-Wash double hung and casement windows are 400 Series High-Performance™ Low-E4™ glass with screens, sash lock hardware, and grilles. Casement and awning windows are supplied with hand cranks where applicable. All windows are supplied with extension jambs.Colors: White, Terratone®, Sandtone, and Forest Green
Andersen® specialty windows
Velux® roof windows and skylights with hardware
Overhead garage door transom
Cupolas
Optional Materials
Trex™ decking, a synthetic wood fiber composite, for porches, decks, and balconies
Northern white cedar shingles with 5" exposure for side walls, with eastern white pine trim package
Western red cedar shingles with 5½" exposure for side walls, with western red cedar trim package
Maibec pre-stained cedar shingles in two grades, Nantucket™ (Extras) and Kennebunk™ (Clears)
Primed western red cedar bevel siding 4½" exposure for side walls, with primed western red cedar trim package
Western red cedar clear vertical grain bevel siding 4½" exposure for side walls with western red cedar clear vertical grain trim package
Additional exterior trim: 5⁄4"x6" western red cedar for water table boards or Cape Cod 5⁄4"x7" water table boards
Edge and center bead pine boards for ceiling, walls, or wainscoting
Pine v-groove interior wall boards
Handcrafted mortise and tenon truss
4"x8" curved corner braces
Optional frame species: Douglas fir or red oak
Daylight basement materials, including: 2"x10" framing, ½" square edge AdvanTech® sheathing, siding, trim, #30 felt paper for weather barrier, windows, and doors
Additional urethane rigid roof insulation
Decorative exterior roof and porch trim: trusses, rafters, brackets, and pre-cut curved braces
Drip edge optional colors: White, brown, or copper
Strip vent optional colors: White or brown
Materials NOT included with Classic Home Package
Excavation and site work
Contracted labor
Foundation, fireplace, chimney, and all other masonry materials
We offer a number of service options for designing and engineering your home - from slight modification of a standard Classic plan to a completely new design of your own. Review our design options to decide what’s right for you.
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