Classic Colonial Homes offering custom reproduction homes and house plans and fine millwork building products.

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By utilizing the Weather-Tight Shell Framing System from Classic Colonial Homes, Inc. we can an assure your new home’s exterior will look exactly as designed, according to the plans you purchase. CCH, Inc. provides a factory manufactured framing system that is erected on your building site by a CCH-provided trained & experienced contracting firm resulting in a high quality weather-tight shell, usually in a week or less. In this manner, CCH guarantees to clients a new standard of accuracy, speed, aesthetic control and value to our clients. As always, our homes boast authentic character, exacting proportions & remarkable period detailing packages which have become hallmarks of our company.

Factory Frame Creation - A 3-Step Process

1 - Engineering & Quoting

Classic Colonial Home Plans are converted into working production prints and used to estimate the materials for a given home. A specialized team of design staff and engineers collaborate to generate an accurate quotation of the Weather-Tight Shell, a number that we can stand behind and guarantee. Once the designs are confirmed by CCH and the client, the production prints are then used to program an array of fabrication equipment, specially designed to construct the individual house frame panels from raw materials.

2 - Factory Component Production & Delivery

Conventional stick built on site framing is the standard method of residential framing construction in New England and across the greater United States. In this process, 2 X 4 wooden studs and sheet plywood are used to construct the framework of the house. Unfortunately, this popular system of on-site, piece by piece assembly is notorious for a high percentage of errors, waste, mistakes and inefficiency, factors both within (eg. human error) and beyond (eg. weather) our control.

Images below and right show panel production steps in the factory.

The same time tested raw materials are employed in the creation of a Classic Colonial Homes’ weather-tight shell. Critical planning, sizing, cutting and partial assembly are conducted in a controlled factory environment to ensure greater accuracy & quality while reducing time to completion. Raw materials never leave the lumberyard. They are first sorted to ensure every piece meets highest standard of quality. The floor panels, wall panels and roof system are measured & cut, then assembled and stacked for delivery. A predetermined installation schedule is timed according to completion and backfilling of the foundation (handled by the client’s builder). The entire factory production process is carefully monitored and controlled by highly trained factory personnel.

3 - Frame Assembly & Shell Completion

For this final step in the Weather-Tight Shell fabrication, Classic Colonial Homes, Inc. provides an experienced building company to assemble the factory built panels and components on site. A crane or Lull is used to hoist and set the individual sections of the floor decking, exterior and interior wall and rafter system to create the basic bones of the structure. Although the resulting frame looks no different from one constructed in the field, in fact this shell is superior to it’s site built counterparts. Finally our exclusive custom milled architectural detailing packages (exterior trim, custom detailed windows & doors, roofing system, siding) are installed, the roof is shingled and within a few days (compared to weeks using the conventional site framing process) the perfectly accurate and secure, weather tight shell is complete!

For additional information about this proven superior construction system, contact the Classic Colonial Homes office.

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Classic Colonial Homes offers complete colonial home plans and custom millwork products that capture the charm and character embodied in reproduction style houses. Each one of our traditionally designed houseplans is supported by our very own interior and exterior trim packages, custom millwork products and colonial windows. Our residential architecture services also help by providing a large selection of stellar energy-efficient designs with divided light windows which add the crowning touch to any of our authentic colonial homes.

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