Preservation & Care

Protect You Log Home From Water

1. To manage water runoff, make sure the grading around your foundation slopes away from the home – usually a minimum of 6 inches in the first 6 feet away from the foundation.  2. Even if your buil...

Eliminate and Prevent Wood Destroying Insects and Fungi - What is the Best Choice for your Log Home

Which product is the best to preserve, prevent and eliminate wood decay fungi, and wood ingesting/destroying insects? They are all equally as effective. You just need to know which is best for your...

Consequences of using chlorine bleach

For many years the product of choice for cleaning bare wood surfaces was a solution of chlorine bleach and water, perhaps with some detergent or TSP (trisodium phosphate) added to help clean the wo...

The Thermal Efficiency of Chink Joints

In today's economy energy efficiency is a subject that most people are aware of including log homeowners and those people contemplating the purchase of a log home. With this in mind we occasionally...

Freeze/Thaw Stability

Without a doubt it is always best to prevent any of our finishes and sealants from freezing. They all contain water and the formation of ice crystals within the products can separate the water fro...

Preserving Your Log Home

Log homes are a tradition rooted in America's history that bring to mind country living and affordable luxury. Though a log home is a comparatively cheap and easy construction choice for the home b...

Keeping Log Homes Beautiful Year after Year

Whether building a log cabin or buying one prebuilt there is an important thing all log cabin owners must consider and that is treating the exterior. There are several reasons why treating exterior...