How many times have you heard the old joke, ‘that must have been built by the lowest bidder,’ when looking at crumbling building, a drafty home or broken infrastructure?’ While that is rarely the actual reason for such situations, it’s a sad but true fact that some companies cut corners to find the lowest price
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January 8, 2014
Design Builders Bring Home to a House
Design-Build is a concept of home construction where every major step in a project is handled by the same firm. A person can come to a design builder with just the barest ideas for what they are looking for and work with a single person or group from the initial idea all the way to
November 18, 2013
Area Links for Your Vacation Planning to Northern WI and Upper MI
If you would like to keep up with area events in Northern WI, here are two links to the Phelps WI Chamber of Commerce. Their Facebook page is located here, and their website is located at www.PhelpsWI.us. For the Phelps township website, you can follow this link TownofPhelps.com. Phelps is a quiet little community in
September 25, 2013
Fire Safety and Awareness for Your Home and Garage
Did you know it is dangerous to have certain types of water heaters, furnaces or other heat sources in your garage? Anything with an open flame can be extremely dangerous! If a can of cleaner, gasoline, or other flammable products spills, it can mark disaster for your family and structure. Please take the time to
September 17, 2013
What are the tell-tale signs of heat loss on your roof?
Take a look at this photo. Notice the frost on the roof is an even thickness throughout the entire roof? The morning of this photo, the low was 30 degrees. At the time of the photo, it was 34 degrees. This is a perfect time to determine if your building has heat loss. If there
July 10, 2013
Unexplained fireplace odors within your home revealed
Do you have a fireplace or wood stove in your home? Do you ever have an odor related to these every once in a while? Well there are simple explanations for this. In the winter time, your home is warmer than the exterior temperatures. So the air in your chimney flues wants to go up
June 5, 2013
Slide Show of a Custom Log Home in Phelps WI
Here is a video slide show of a design build custom home in Northern WI. The home is a combination of full log and half log with the goal to make it look like a ‘full log’ home. We use this method to build the home more energy efficient and to build a home that doesn’t have
May 20, 2013
Bird Hits Can Damage Your Land O’Lakes WI Custom Home, Garage Windows and Patio Doors.
One of our clients here in Vilas County just had a grouse literally fly right through one of their living room windows! The impact must have been unbelievably loud and would have scared them half to death if anyone would have been home. There is broken glass up to 28′ away from the window and the grouse
May 11, 2013
Discover Wisconsin Featured Phelps WI!
The new Discover Wisconsin video featuring Phelps, WI is now available online. Pretty exciting for our town to be featured like this! It is certainly not a mystery why so many spend their vacations here and build so many seasonal vacation homes in the Phelps area! John Follow North Twin Builders blog for Phelps area news!
April 17, 2013
Cost Per Square Foot To Build A Custom Home In Eagle River
What does it cost per square foot to build a custom home? I am asked this question all the time. The quick answer is, “it depends”. It depends on many things. Over the years, we have built an incredible variety of homes in the Phelps and Eagle River WI area. Many times we reflect on the fact that