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

Removing log home ceiling mold can be a booger bear. There are two kinds of log cabin mold that I run across in the field. The first type we will call a surface mold. Surface mold grows on the dirt and pollen that collects on the outside of the log home finish. A top shelf water based stain will keep the mold on the surface if maintained. A proper wash will remove this type easily. When log home stain is old or poorly maintained it can allow for the second type of mold. We w

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

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