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There’s something special about walking over the threshold of a home you designed yourself.  Just like Cinderella’s slipper, a custom-built home fits your lifestyle and your needs perfectly. While there are numerous reasons to purchase a pre-owned home, today’s Design-Build or built-to-suit homes offer more benefits than ever before.  So, these are the top reasons…

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from all of us here at Teakwood!!!! We hope you and your families enjoy a safe and Happy Holiday.  Enjoy the time with your friends and love ones and remember the true reason for the Holiday Season!!! Come back in the New Year for more of our progress and news…

Walls can fall into two categories: Load Bearing: A load bearing wall bears a load from up above, usually another floor or roof load. Non-Load Bearing:A non-load bearing wall is built independent of the main load bearing structure of the home. It can be either an interior or an exterior wall, depending on the framing design…

The Next part of the custom home project would be the Wooden TJI and Subfloor Engineered lumber continues to become more and more popular in today’s construction industry. TJI’s(engineered wood I joists) are Our preferred framing members for floor systems. TJI’s offer many benefits compared to traditional dimensional lumber joists including: almost no twisting or warping,…

The house foundations is the system on which the home sits. Sometimes the house foundation rests upon the footings and supports the floor system – as with conventional foundation walls and piers. Sometimes the home foundation is also the footing – as with a home built on piles driven into the ground. In this we are starting with the base of the…

Hi World, thank you for stopping by. This is our Teakwood blog and below is a brief description of what you can expect to find here. Please come back often to see what is new! We plan to incorporate ongoing projects so you can get a feeling of how Teakwood works through the building process.…