I see painted log homes all over Texas. Usually a painted house is a sign that someone was overwhelmed by log home maintenance. It is commonly used as a short cut to properly staining or fixing log rot. It seems to cover the rot and problem areas for the time being. Painting logs is one of the worst mistakes you can make. Paint will seal the logs up so well that they will hold water for days. This accelerates rot to a whole new level. Standard siding and dimensional lumber do

This is a method that we use to offer a second barrier to moisture leakage into log check marks.

This past year, we were part of a great project restoring an old Texas Relic . The log cabin we restored was estimated to be built around 1820. The logs were oak logs and the builder was of German descent. The whole San Felipe De Austin story can be looked up on a couple different websites. Here is a link to the T.H.C. website ( https://thc.texas.gov/historic-sites/san-felipe-de-austin ). The cabin itself was almost 50% deteriorated. It had been moved to another site in t

I get asked a lot "How do you blend the replacement logs on a log wall so well with the old logs?" Well there is a little method I like to call the bone yard method. We will get to that. I think the first step in making a successful blend is to inform the customer or yourself that in order to do a good job blending a repair, there are some necessities in regards to what needs to be done. When making a repair, the entire visible side of where repair is being made, needs to ha

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