r/loghomes

Previous owner has been amazing and is leaving behind all tools and stain, caulk, etc. he really did a great job maintaining the home and our inspector said the house is in amazing shape.

I want to keep that process going. Previous owner is going to walk the log home with me and explain everything he has done and timelines. I have a few questions though:

- He stained it 2 years ago and it looks great (I think). How many years do I have before having to do that again?

- should I caulk checks that are bigger or let them be?

- This cabin in in the woods but all the trees are pushed fairly far back from the house. No trees overhang. Current owner said the guy who built the log home in 2005 let some trees over grow and they had a bee problem, and some other things but he fixed all that and cut the woods back. Said he hasn't had more than a few bees the last couple years. Are carpenter bees a massive issue? What preventative maintenance can I do for them?

- what would your top 5 tips for a new log home owner be?

Thanks in advance for any advice, excited (and a bit nervous) to steward this home and preserve it the way it has been for years. I already had a starter home, the plan is for this to be my families forever home now so I am fine with putting the work in to keep it in the great condition it currently is in.

Hired a restoration outfit to blast and stain the cabin. I could not be more pleased with the way it's turning out.

Deck is built right up against the log, no gutters and bad splashing. Probably a rotten mess behind the ledger. Lots of deep cracks, mainly in areas that get wet and then bake in the afternoon sun. Some log ends dry rotted, or straight up soggy.

Never managed a log home before, need advice on trusted resources, methods for maintenance and favored products, common mistakes, etc.

This home is my long-term plan, it’s on 30 acres and I have so many other projects I want to do. Just want to make sure my house is maintained and set to last, even if the quick answer is to tear the porch off and re-assess when I don’t have another priority project.

long story short, I’m stripping down and treating my log home which was neglected for years before we bought it. I’m primarily using a grinder with nylon cup and it’s been going well enough.

Getting the obvious out of the way I’m not taking a pressure washer to the area behind the conduit or around the box. The internet wires will be pulled out of the way and the only thing I can think of is the try and work the nylon cup behind it or try to use sandpaper somehow.

Anyone have any tricks to clean and treat this area?

Finding moments of peace when you are coming down. Using ppg proluxe maintenance coat.

Curious if anyone has insight. My log house is about 100 years old, butt and pass log construction. The two gables at either end of the roof though are log siding and definitely newer. I have half a mind to think this probably means the whole top of the house was replaced at some point. Other people think I’m crazy for thinking that. Anyone able to confirm or deny this possibility or offer another suggestion? No real means to an end with this, just curious!

Also, records for my town and area are notoriously hard to get ahold of because they just did not get kept well before the 30s, so that’s why I haven’t pulled public records. There just kind of aren’t any.

As far as I can tell, based on other places I’m pulling chinking out of, this wide mesh/metal strip is original to the house. Aside from laziness, why is this last “log” a bunch of smaller pieces instead of a single log?

Anyways, gonna permachink the hell out of this mess to stop the draft, there are so many spots I can see light coming through from the inside.

I’m not super fond of the step-like pattern I’ll get with the permachink as-is, any thoughts on options for how to finish it looking a little better? Thought about at least planing the difference in heights out between this small pieces… a piece of slab over top when I’m done?

I bought a lindell stacked log home a year ago and am wondering what this is called and if there's a certain torque spec . I bought it in winter and tightened it as much as it will go, 100 degree summer is here and the wood shrank so they were loose. I just tightened them as much as I could and a friend is suggesting they need to be looser to accommodate for the winter expansion.

I've just bought a log cabin from Timber Sheds and I'm undecided on the finish. What treatments and colours have people used that have lasted well over the years?

Like the title says - we toured this home which is partially an original log home relocated and then added onto. Neither of us have experience with owning one but from scrolling this sub it seems like some are totally doable (risk and maintenance wise) while others have red flags.

I love the house and my partner is very nervous about the log wall aspect.

Any immediate thoughts based on pictures?

Got all the rot out to solid wood. I sprayed in Disodium Octaborate Tetrahydrate (DOT) and letting it dry. I was planning on coating with Abatron liquidwood and then putting wood roughly cut to fit covered in Abatron liquidwood / filling all remaining voids with Abatron WoodEpox.

Good idea? AI gave me this recipe but…. AI 😅

Currently pulling roofing tar out so i can proper rechink my house. The wood shims (spacers) arent structural, they are just wedged in there and a big glob of tar covered everything. Is there a better way to seal this up?

Thanks for all the help. This place is a good one.