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WoodsCrest
Log Homes |
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| To retain Quality Craftsmen
and buy material in volume does your Company build more than twenty
homes a year? |
Yes |
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| To keep Quality and Customer
Service from suffering, does your Company build less than 60 homes
per year? |
Yes |
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| What year did you start
your business? |
1990 |
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| Will you meet personally
with Me, my Contractor, and/or my Architect to discuss my Design,
Timeline and Budget? |
Yes |
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| Will you show me Homes in
your area under construction? |
Yes |
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| Will you show me Homes completed
for more than ten years? |
Yes |
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| Can my Contractor call or
visit you with questions? |
Yes |
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| Do you have a detailed,
Copyrighted 70-page Construction Manual written in plain English? |
Yes |
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| Is your Design Team In-House? |
Yes |
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| Is your Drafting Department
In-House? |
Yes |
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| Do you supply a Supervisor
for the entire re-assembly? |
Yes |
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| Do you carry Insurance for
your Blueprints, Log Yard, Supervisor, Log Package in transit, etc? |
Yes |
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| Do you supply Specialty
Tools for the Re-Assembly? |
Yes |
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| Can you recommend Contractors
in your area? |
Yes |
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| Can you provide testimonials
from past clients? |
Yes |
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| Can you provide Concept
Drawings? |
Yes |
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| Does it cost anything upfront
to consult with you on my Plans or Design Concepts? |
No |
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| Do you charge for Initial
Design Concepts? |
No |
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| Can you supply an Architect? |
Yes |
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| Do you give free, Detailed
Estimates breaking out the components supplied? |
Yes |
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| Can you perform Site Evaluations? |
Yes |
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| Do you provide a Detailed
Contract, breaking out all the components included? |
Yes |
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| Do you arrange Freight to
my site? |
Yes |
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| Can you provide custom,
Clear Cedar Windows and Doors, specifically for log homes? |
Yes |
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| Do you use only TPI Graded
logs? |
Yes |
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| If I prefer Dead Standing
Logs, can you build my home from them? |
Yes |
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| Do you build with 12"-14"
Average Diameter Logs? |
Yes |
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| Do you build with Full-Length
Logs? |
Yes |
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| Do I have a choice of Engelmann
Spruce, Douglas Fir, Pine or Western Red Cedar? |
Yes |
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| Are your Spruce, Fir and
Pine Logs harvested in winter from Canadas Dry Belt Region? |
Yes |
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| Are your Western Red Cedar
Logs harvested in winter from Canadas coastal area? |
Yes |
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| Do you build Western Red
Cedar with Interscribed Flared Log Ends? |
Yes |
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| Can you pre-drill Electrical
Chases and cut out for Electrical Boxes? |
Yes |
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| Do you offer “No Mar
Logs”, no regular tongs are used in the construction and re-assembly
of my home? |
Yes |
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| Are Logs Pre-Flattened where
kitchen and bath cabinet fir walls will be constructed, saving time
and increasing the size of my rooms? |
Yes |
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| Are Interior Partition Wall
Slots included in the Package Price? |
Yes |
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| Do you provide Through Bolts,
Springs and Hardware and are the holes pre-drilled? |
Yes |
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| Can you provide ¾"
Through Bolts with Springs and Hardware? |
Yes |
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| Do you offer the option
of “SofRod” installed in all laterals? |
Yes |
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| Do you provide Settling
Jacks? |
Yes |
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| Do you provide 2"x
3" Keyway Splines? |
Yes |
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| Do you provide Sill Seal
for under the first course of Logs? |
Yes |
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| Do you provide Fiberglass
Insulation for Notches and Lateral Grooves? |
Yes |
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| Can you provide Wool Insulation? |
Yes |
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| Do you build your corners
with a Overscribe Shrink Fit Saddle Notch? |
Yes |
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| Can you offer a traditional
Saddle Notch? |
Yes |
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| Do you offer Diamond or
Wedge Notches? |
Yes |
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| Can you offer Flat Hewn
Traditional Logs with Dovetail Notches? |
Yes |
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| Do you build Log Post and
Beam Homes? |
Yes |
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| Do you build Timber Frame
Homes? |
Yes |
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| Do you offer Hand Peeled,
Skip Peeled or Machine Peeled Logs for the same price? |
Yes |
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| Do you pre-build your Log
Rails in sections using Mortise and Tenon construction? |
Yes |
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| Do you pre-build your Log
Rails in sections using Mortise and Tenon construction using Western
Red Cedar? |
Yes |
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| Do you pre-build your Log
Stairs using Mortise and Tenon construction using Douglas Fir? |
Yes |
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| Do you pre-insulate the
Lateral Grooves? |
Yes |
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| Do you Insulate the Notches? |
Yes |
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| Do you pre-cut the Log Ridge
Beams and Purlins to the correct roof angle? |
Yes |
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| Do you pre-cut the Log Beams
and Floor Joists level? |
Yes |
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| Do you pre-cut Window and
Door Openings, Keyways, and Flares? |
Yes |
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| Do you provide Drift Pins
for structural integrity and are the holes pre-drilled? |
Yes |
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| Do you pre-cut Slots for
Flooring? |
Yes |
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| Do you pre-drill Posts for
Settling Jacks? |
Yes |
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| Do you apply a mildewcide? |
Yes |
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| Can you provide Landscape
Planning? |
Yes |
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| Can you provide Site Planning? |
Yes |
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| Can you provide 3D Computer
Virtual Tours of the Interior? |
Yes |
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| Can you provide 3D Computer
Virtual Tours of the Exterior? |
Yes |
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| Can you provide Kitchen
and Bath Elevations? |
Yes |
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| Can you offer Architect
Assistance for Homeowner Review Boards? |
Yes |
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| Do you coordinate the Log
Package delivery? |
Yes |
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| Can you provide the entire
Crew for the re-assembly? |
Yes |
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| If necessary, can I speak
directly to the owner? |
Yes |
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| Is your Main Office available
seven days a week? |
Yes |
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| Do you have Price Guarantees? |
Yes |
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| If I order more than one
home at a time, do I receive a 5% Discount on all the homes? |
Yes |
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| Do you pay Referrals for
new clients that I recommend who build with you? |
Yes |
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| Do you have Local Dealers? |
Yes |
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| Do you have Dealerships
available? |
Yes |
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| Can I visit your Construction
Yard? |
Yes |
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| Do you TPI grade every Log
in the Package? |
Yes |
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| Are at least 70% of the
logs graded "Premium", the highest grade? |
Yes |
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| Can you provide 100% Premium
TPI Graded Logs? |
Yes |
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| When you are finished re-assembling
the Log Package is the Roof Square and Planed? |
Yes |
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| Can you provide larger logs
than the standard 12"-14" diameter? |
Yes |
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| Is the Import Brokerage
Fee included in the Package Price? |
Yes |
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| Can you Pre-Build Framed
Gables for my Package? |
Yes |
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| Can you provide larger diameter
Lapped Log Siding for gable ends and basements? |
Yes |
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| Can you provide smaller
diameter Lapped Log Siding for gable ends and basements? |
Yes |
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| Can you provide Log Circular and Spiral Staircases? |
Yes |
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| Can you provide "Character"
Logs? |
Yes |
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| Can you build your Custom
Windows and Doors with Carvings? |
Yes |
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| Can you build you Custom
Windows and Doors with Leaded Glass? |
Yes |
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| Can you build your Custom
Window and Doors with Etched Glass? |
Yes |
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| Can you Coordinate the crane
for the re-assembly? |
Yes |
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| Can you provide Log Mantels? |
Yes |
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| Do you offer Custom Log
Carvings and Artwork? |
Yes |
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| Can you provide unique ranch
entrance Logs? |
Yes |
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| Do you deliver all over
the world? |
Yes |
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| Do you provide weekly photos via email of the Log
Shell being built in your yard? |
Yes |
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| Can you provide Sikkens
Stain, calculate the amount needed for my home and drop ship it
to my site? |
Yes |
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| Can you arrange Structural
Insulated Roof Panels to be Installed on my home with a Discount
from retail? |
Yes |
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| Do you build and re-assemble
homes year round? |
Yes |
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| Is this your only business? |
Yes |
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| Do you have your own Log
Yard? |
Yes |
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| Is your Construction Yard
in British Columbia, Canada so I can take advantage of the Exchange
Rate, Canadian Artisanship, Canadian Timber Pricing and Canadian
Labor Rates? |
Yes |
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| Where Is the owner and Main
Office located? |
COLORADO |
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| Do you maintain friendships
with clients after the sale? |
Yes |
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| Is it possible to use my
home in a Magazine Layout? |
Yes |
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| Do you use high-pressure
sales tactics? |
NO |
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| Have you ever been Sued? |
NO |
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| Have you ever been to Small
Claims Court? |
NO |
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| Have you ever been to Arbitration? |
NO |
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| Are you a member of the
International Log Builders Association? |
Yes |
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| Do you meet or exceed the
I.L.B.A. guidelines? |
Yes |
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| Can you provide referrals
from your Bank? |
Yes |
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| Can you recommend companies
previously used by your clients for financing? |
Yes |
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| Can I attend a Log Raising? |
Yes |
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| Do you back up your Work
and Artisanship with a simple, straight forward, written Warranty? |
Yes |
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| Do you Warranty your glass
for five years against seal failure? |
Yes |
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