The New England Log and Timber Design-Build EXPO

Not sure where to start? Begin at Burlington VT Log & Timber Home Design-Build EXPO. Meet log and timber frame builders and suppliers, explore materials for your dream home, and get answers to questions about floor plans, budgeting, financing, and the differences between log and timber frame homes.

The Log & Timber Home Design-Build EXPO is coming to the Doubletree Burlington (Exhibit Hall). Discover Log Home, Log Cabin, and Timber Frame Home companies, builders, and suppliers.

What to see and do:

Attend FREE seminars on the hour all weekend long on topics you want
A great mix of Log Home and Timber Frame Companies
Suppliers including Care and Maintenance and Windows and Doors, and Roofing

Seminars Schedule:

Knowledge Is Power

Take in one of our hourly Seminars presented by industry pros. These education-based workshops cover everything from financing, design and construction of a timber frame home, log basics 101, to care and maintenance. These seminars are FREE and part of your admission. They are interactive and geared toward helping you down the path to building your dream home.

11:00am- Designing a Low Maintenance Wood Home-

This seminar will discuss exterior design concepts to minimize time and energy spent on maintenance while keeping your home beautiful for years to come.

Scott Roesner, Structures Wood Care

12:00pm- Choosing Your Floorplan and Modifying Your Layout-

Choosing the right layout to meet your needs and budget. Focusing on your layouts and sizes room by room. Also understanding how to decide what rooms are needed and their use.

Steve Chesser, Elite Crete Log & Timber Homes

1:00pm- Designing & Building Homes for Snow Country-

What goes into designing your roof, walls, and decks for building your home in snow country. 

Bob Carper, Natural Element Homes

2:00pm- Understanding the Nature of a Log and Timber Home Package-

Learn what materials are needed, how log home and timber frame packages can vary from one manufacturer to the next, and how to request a quote for your log or timber home project.

Ed Higgins, Timberhaven Log & Timber Homes LLC

3:00pm- Timber Frame & SIP Home-

Learn how the Timber Frame components flow with the SIPs (Structural Insulated Panels) in the construction sequence of a Hybrid Timber Frame Home.

4:00pm- Panel Discussion with Industry Pros-

An interactive panel discussion and Q&A with industry professionals

covering the topics you need to know and answering your questions. Topics can include: design and

budgets, floor plan design, finding a builder etc.

Admission: $10 online/$12 onsite/ FREE for 18 and under (tickets good all weekend)