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Essential Tips for Maintaining Your Log Home Year-Round
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Chinking vs. Caulking: Key Differences Explained
Navigating log home maintenance can be daunting for newcomers. Chinking and caulking, crucial terms in this field, often confuse homeowners. Both sealants ensure your log cabin remains sturdy, weatherproof, and visually appealing. However, they serve...
8 Signs It’s Time to Re-Stain Your Log Home
Has your log home lost some of its charm? Your timber haven requires more than occasional cleaning and checkups—it might need a fresh coat of stain. Whether you are a new log homeowner or you’ve been in your cabin for decades, Log Masters Restorations is here to help...
What is Media Blasting? A Complete Guide
Have you ever admired the transformation of a weather-beaten log home into a vibrant, charming structure? The secret behind this magic is media blasting. This powerful technique cleans, restores, and prepares surfaces for new finishes. It’s the industry’s go-to method...
Which Preserves & Protects Your Log Home Logs Best: Fire Charred or Stain?
In these tough economic times, log homeowners are feeling the pinch of skyrocketing restoration services and stain prices. Many are considering fire charred wood to stain. Is it right for you?
Log Cabin Caulking: Enhancing Protection and Longevity
How do log cabins stay strong against the weather? It's all about the little things, like caulking. Just like our veins keep blood flowing smoothly, caulking seals your cabin, keeping out rain and wind. It's like a shield, protecting your cozy retreat so you can enjoy...
Log Cabin Chinking: Why It’s Essential
If you're a log cabin owner or enthusiast, the term 'chinking' is probably familiar. Chinking seals the gaps between your logs, vital in keeping your beautiful cabin comfortable and habitable. You may have wondered why chinking is crucial in conserving these rustic...
Financing and Insuring Log Homes
A couple is discussing finances for a potential new log home purchase with a real estate agent in a cozy cabin. The agent explains different mortgage and insurance options suitable for log homes, ensuring the couple understands every detail as they move closer to their dream.
Checklist for Free Online Estimate
For a quick checklist of things to include when you contact Log Masters Restorations for a Free Online Estimate, follow this article.
Log Homeowners Should Know the EMC of Their Region
In this article, learn about Equilibrium Moisture Content (EMC) and how it affects the stain on your cabin.
Signs of Log Home Settling
In this article, you will learn about log home settling – what it is, why it happens, how to recognize it, and how to address it. We will explain how shrinkage, compression, and other factors affect log walls, and provide advice from log home experts. You will find everything you need to know about log home settling, including its causes, identification, prevention, and remediation.