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updated 02/2007
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Architectural Timberworks
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Architectural Timberworks
RR 1, Box 349A
Dallas, Pennsylvania, 18612
United States
You may use this address
for sending Postal Mail, United Parcel Service & Fedex
All these services know us at this address (regardless of what your shipper
told you!)
If you wish to use any other service, be prepared for a delayed delivery, as they will not be able to deliver!
Voice:
(570) 639-2353
Monday - Friday, 8AM - 5PM, Eastern Standard Time
Voice Mail at all other times
We have instituted a one phone number system! Your call will ring at our office and then try a number of mobile phones (at no additional cost to you) in an attempt to reach a live person. This is important, as we spend a lot of our time in the field. If we are unavailable, or out of mobile coverage, you call will go to our Voice Mail system. If this happens, and you do not leave a message, we will never know you called!
Facsimile:
Phone our voice number to gain access to our
Fax information
A special note of interest to Salespersons:
We accept no sales offers or promotions via the telephone! Please feel
free to Mail or E-mail us your product and contact information, as long as
you include your full contact information, including the complete procedure
to opt-out of future mailings or faxes. Any E-mail's, Faxes or Mailings received
by us which do not contain full opt-out procedures will be forwarded to State
Attorney's General office.
For
Project questions, general inquiries & information:
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This will allow you to
register with our site, insure the fastest response, and provide us with your
individual information to best answer your unique inquiry.
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send us general E-mail, without registering at our site:
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and will also not give you access to our free downloads!
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with attachments:
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unless you use this link!
Our
location:
We are located in rural Northeastern Pennsylvania, USA. Since 1989 our location
has been in the farm country of the beautiful Endless Mountain Region of Pennsylvania.
If you were to draw a line north from Wilkes-Barre, and one west from Scranton,
where these meet would be close to our farm.
We welcome visitors wishing to discuss their project, or just their dreams. Due to our work and travel schedules, not to mention our rural location, appointments are an absolute necessity. Do not let our distance from you hinder your contacting us. While our active market areas are in the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey & New York, we will provide our services anywhere. You may find that we can handle quite a bit of preliminary planning from a distance. When it is necessary to get together we can meet you here or at your location.
On
Pricing & Quotations:
Due to the custom nature
of our services we cannot offer ballpark estimates. We have no “baseline”
or standard product to give you figures on. Each of our projects is unique,
as are the services we provide. We do not use Square Foot estimates. We make
cost figures using realistic estimates and based on your individual requirements.
Be careful as some companies will quote your project without complete numbers. Many tend to quote a Timber Frame without shipping, crane service, travel expenses for the raising crew and sometimes even the cost of the raising crew! Many seem to think that the Square Foot measure of a structure includes porches, breezeways, decks, unfinished areas, unconditioned spaces and garages! Often we see quotes for SIP enclosure without provisions for the electric wiring or temporary covering for the roof. We have even seen where the panels are installed without the window openings cut and framed!
When you receive a Estimate
from Architectural Timberworks, it is a detailed description of the services
provided with firm pricing. No vague numbers, no extras.
As we customize our services, quoting your project can be most accurate after
we have had a preliminary meeting. If distance or scheduling prohibits our
getting together, and you already have at least a preliminary design, you
can forward any information you have to us and we will work up pricing for
you. Please use our Questionnaire
to register with our web site and to send your Estimate request, so that we
may obtain enough information to properly address your inquiry. By registering,
and signing up for our mailing list, we will be able to keep you current with
our "goings on". Your privacy is always respected and you may opt-out
at any time.
If you, as many of our prospective Clients do, insist on some vague idea of "how much does a Timber Frame home cost?", we can offer the following. The national average completed cost for a custom single family residence, for the 2003 year, exceeded $112 per square foot of living space. Timber Frame homes, contractor built, average about 15-20% more. For our current schedule, our homes, contractor built seem to be starting at about $130-$140 per square foot of living space. Living space is exactly this, finished, conditioned living space. Unfinished areas, porches, decks, breezeways, garages, land, land improvements, landscaping, appliances, lighting fixtures, etc. are not included, and will add to your costs. We feel offering this "rule of thumb" may be a disservice to you, as it does not take into account your personal choices. However, as so many of you ask...
When we are contacted
by any Designer who is working for our Prospective Client, we will be pleased
to provide a initial design review and offer some verbal feedback. Any further
preliminary design, consultations or Estimates will only be offered under
our standard Consultation Agreement. We will not be able to provide any design
assistance, advice, sketches, drawings, engineering review or written/electronic
feedback without a properly executed Agreement.
A
special note to Owner/Designers:
We get many requests for “bids” on a project. It is very rare for us to submit
pricing on these “bids”. The term bid can only be used when the design and
specifications for a project have already been determined AND put on paper.
Only then can you accurately request bids from suppliers. This ensures that
each supplier is bidding the exact same project, materials and methods. Unfortunately,
this precludes us from suggesting alternate methods which may improve the
final results or save the property owner money. We ask that you contact us
early in your project planning so that we may guide you on integrating our
systems. Only when we have had previous contact on the project, or when enough
information is provided to us, will we price these bid requests. We will always
provide a Estimate on any project. Please remember that our quoted standards
will not be the standards of another company. There is nothing even approaching
a standard of material and finishes in our industry. Please review our site
to further understand the options we offer. Until you speak to, and visit
every company you are requesting pricing from it is impossible to compare
“apples to apples”.
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