Straight answers from 25+ years in the trade. No fluff, just the same things we tell customers on the phone.
The honest answer on brands, systems, and what actually survives the Texas climate.
January 15, 2024The flexible seal between your logs: how it works and the signs it's failing.
March 1, 2024Real numbers from real jobs: stain, rot repair, and what moves the price.
June 1, 2024Soft spots, dark streaks, failed stain: how to catch rot before it spreads.
March 17, 2019Short version: no. Here's why paint kills log homes, and what to use instead.
April 7, 2017Cedar, fir, spruce, cypress: strengths, weaknesses, and what we'd build with.
April 14, 2017Safe cleaning methods that kill mildew without wrecking your finish.
August 1, 2024How we make log repairs disappear using aged donor wood.
January 10, 2025The design feature that decides whether your logs stay dry, or rot.
August 4, 2018What log checks are and why their orientation matters for water intrusion.
March 16, 2017Slab, pier and beam, or basement: foundations that work under log structures.
April 9, 2018Restoring a piece of Texas history where the colony began.
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