Small Post And Beam Houses

Rustic yet dignified our kits provide the perfect blend of value strength and style for your custom home.

Small post and beam houses.

Post and beam construction lends itself to open concept interiors and adds a sense of spaciousness to even a small area. Our home designs showcase the use of natural timbers open floor plan living vaulted ceilings and lots of natural light. Post and beam construction lends itself to open concept interiors offering a sense of spaciousness and gem like graciousness to even a small area. The majority of the post and beam homes we design and craft now are between 2 000 2 500 sf and by no means is this average small but they are more efficient than a large home and there is typically no wasted space.

For empty nesters and single people a small home with a loft for visiting grandchildren may be all you need. The soaring wood ceilings and exposed post and beam frame are not only beautiful but extremely strong and versatile. In post and beam construction wall posts support the roof and floor beams. Building a smaller home will save you on energy costs and the time it takes to clean and maintain your home.

Customize any of our house plans or create a new one of your own. We have observed that there aren t a lot of timberframe house plans available for smaller houses and cottages. Linwood is recognized as a world leader in contemporary post and beam new home construction. That s why many of our house plans are for smaller homes.

Sand creek post beam home kits have become the starting point for many custom homes across the country. Or perhaps you want to build a comfortable vacation cottage now that you will retire to later. We ve noticed how popular our barn house plans and barn home plans blog posts are so we wanted to give those of you requesting smaller ybh house plans a post of your own. The pre drawn plans on this site are only a sampling of the unlimited styles of buildings designed and built through the teamwork of habitat and owners.

Also known as half timbering post and beam construction or traditional timber framing is a method of building that was developed in ancient times using mortise and tenon wood joinery techniques in which structural timbers are fit together using pegs and wedges. All the homes shown here are under 2650 square feet some as small as 1142. While our models differ in size and style each package includes all wall framing sheathing exterior doors and more.