The Southern TimberCraft Building System

Benchmark Log Homes LLC is pleased to offer the Southern TimberCraft building system to our residential and commercial customers.

A Southern TimberCraft home blends Structural Insulated Panels (SIP) with decorative wood components to build a home with charm, strength and incredible energy efficiency.

Benchmark Log Homes, as an Independent Dealer for Honest Abe Log Homes, provides custom timber frame packages, including wood components (see list here) and Structural Insulated Panels.

A Southern TimberCraft structure, whether residential or commercial, can be created from any plan. Bring your own or use one of yours, and we will customize it to your exact needs.

Benchmark Construction Services will erect your Southern TimberCraft home or commercial building for you.

Benchmark Log Homes recognizes the popularity of homes that may not be constructed using full log or timber frame systems but desire the look and feel they offer. For this reason, our manufacturer, Honest Abe Log homes, developed our Southern TimberCraft line of homes. These homes incorporate many of the same timber elements that may be found in both log and timber frame homes. However, they utilize Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) for the exterior walls or building envelope.

What does SIP have to do with an Honest Abe Log or Timber Frame home?

A SIP is basically a sheet of OSB or plywood, a thickness of rigid foam insulation and a second sheet of OSB to create a “sandwich.”Your log, timber or hybrid home can employ SIP construction, and we will supply the panels, custom manufactured right, in your package, delivered with your other building materials.

Your home or commercial building design can incorporate components of wood, stone, metal, stucco, siding and more. The opportunities for innovative and beautiful – not to mention extremely energy-efficient – design are endless. Ask us about these options!

Not only can you create a one-of-a-kind custom home, it will be the strongest and most energy-efficient home in the neighborhood. Its efficiency will save you money on your utility bills each and every month, giving you a real return on investment.

We are proud to offer our Southern TimberCraft designs and styles of homes that offer the highest quality SIPs available on the market. These panels are manufactured by Honest Abe’s sister company just down the road from the Honest Abe national headquarters in Moss, Tennessee.

The Southern TimberCraft system is ideal for commercial projects for professional offices, lodging, shopping, clubhouses and more.

Structural Insulated Panels

Cleaner, Greener, Safer

Strong & Safe

2-3 times stronger than typical framing. No VOCs and our foam doesn’t melt at any temperature.

Sustainable
Less waste, long-term energy savings and altogether better for the environment.

Fast & Easy
Our panels are made specifically for your project, inspected at our plant and shipped to your site ready for assembly.

Mountain Grove

Specifications:

Square Feet: 1,528
Bedrooms: 3
Baths: 2

Single story, open concept living room, kitchen, dining and foyer with three bedrooms and two bathrooms. Master bedroom is designed to have a tray ceiling with decorative beams, along with a walk in closet off of the master bathroom. Decorative beams can be arranged throughout the living areas based on customer’s design choices.

Laurel Bluff

Specifications:

Square Feet: 2,883 1st Floor / 814 Garage / 457 bonus / 359 Play Loft
Bedrooms: 3
Baths: 2 1/2

Two story, open concept living room, kitchen, dining and foyer with three bedrooms and two bathrooms. Kitchen is connected to a sizable working pantry and mud room leading to the garage. Secondary bedrooms each have walk-in closets and access to a play loft above. Decorative beams can be arranged throughout the living areas based on customer’s design choices. Spacious outdoor living area is provided by covered porches on both the front and rear of the home.

Superb Energy Efficiency

Our SIPs are some of the most advanced on the market. Produced by our manufacturer’s sister company, they contain a proprietary poly-based foam core that results in a R-26 wall at only 4.5 inches thick, or R-40 at 6.5 inches. They’re so efficient that the U.S. Department of Energy has recognized them as a Zero Energy Ready Home (ZERH) product. With our panels, building off the grid or simply lowering your utility bills for life is very achievable.

Safe and Environmentally Friendly

Unlike the cheap industry standard EPS foam cores (styrofoam), our SIPs feature an advanced closed cell poly-based foam that doesn’t melt at any temperature and has a Class 1 fire rating. It contains no VOCs, no ozone depleting compounds, and no formaldehyde. Our foam core has passed the highest standard in the industry for indoor air quality (IAQ) as related to building materials, passing the California Department of Public Health indoor air quality standard “CDPH 01350 v1.2 for School Classroom, Private Office and Single Family Residence”.

Incredibly Strong & Faster to Build With

An abundance of data online exists regarding the strength of SIP panels. Our panels incorporates a patented process that makes them even stronger. A one-piece solid corner panel creates unprecedented strength in a home and is unique to our product. SIPs have been proven to be 2-3 time stronger than conventional framing. Along with superior strength comes speed. We dry-fit each home in our plant, making sure the panels work well together as a system before they are shipped to your job site. This reduces errors and modifications, and many SIP systems are put up in hours.

Design Flexibility

While we have a few plans dedicated our our Southern TimberCraft SIP homes, the great news is that just about any floorpan can work with SIPs. Browse our catalog of log and timber plans, or bring your own to us. We can convert them to SIPs, then incorporate beams, wood, stone and other elements to help bring your Southern TimberCraft home to reality.

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