Comments on: Mountain Home Taking Shape On Lake Pend Oreille

By: John Hendricks

John Hendricks — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:02:01 +0000

Thanks Jim!

By: Jim Gregory

Jim Gregory — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:57:15 +0000

John,

Another spectacular house! Looks amazing!

Jim

By: John Hendricks

John Hendricks — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:25:05 +0000

Hi Pete,

Thanks for the question. Yes, we can design traditional post and beam. Most of our work has been 2×6 construction, with some post and beam thrown in for accents. Post and beam is a great look, and it’s easy to design given the right parameters.

By: Pete Lehmkuhl

Pete Lehmkuhl — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:19:47 +0000

Hi John,

Can you and your team build traditional post and beam construction?

By: John Hendricks

John Hendricks — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:10:55 +0000

Malia, thanks for your wonderful sense of humor. I’m not going to let that comment get to anybody’s heads.

By: John Hendricks

John Hendricks — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:42:03 +0000

Thanks Jenny! The terrain wasn’t too difficult. Flat sites are definitely easier to deal with, but the steep slopes make it fun. Water is always a big issue, and the previous home had leaking problems. We had a geotechnical report completed for an initial investigation. We also have grading and drainage plans which divert water around the house. There is a daylight basement that we also heavily waterproofed. The costs of prevention are much cheaper than paying for it after the fact! Thanks for the comment!

By: Malia

Malia — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:25:46 +0000

First it was “pdfing” now it is blogging. Is there no end to your skills beyond being the best architectural designers of mountain homes? Beautiful home, John. I hope I get to see it in person someday.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:11:06 +0000

incredible architecture – must be quite the challenge to design around that terrain. Very impressive.

By: John Hendricks

John Hendricks — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:53:16 +0000

Thanks Tom. We’re pretty new in the blog world so that’s good to hear.

By: Tom Crowell

Tom Crowell — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:44:06 +0000

John,
It looks like it will be absolutely beautiful. Nice website as well. Love the blog.
Tom
http://www.jetbrokersinc.com