Maintenance and Restoration Books

It always amazes us how many log home owners don't own at least one of the following books. Pick up one or more of the following titles and you'll find the answers to many, if not all, of your maintenance and repair questions.

• Log Inspection
• Insects
• Rot
• Chinking
• Maintenance
• Restoration

This is a must have for any log home owner (and many a log restoration specialist). 
Additional information is included about the care of decks and shake roofs. 
Softbound / 176 Pages.

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The Log Home Maintenance Guide

For longtime and new log home owners alike, as well as anyone considering the purchase of a new or used log home, Log Home Care and Maintenance is a valuable reference that will help you save time and money, and avoid frustration - while ensuring that you get all the benefits and pleasure of living in a beautiful, solid, and satisfying log home.

Some of the items covered:

• Complete instructions for dealing with the main enemies of a log home: sun, moisture, insects, and neglect.
• Complete remedial instructions for owners with existing structural problems.
• Charts, recommendations on maintenance and sealant product types, and checklists for prospective buyers of previously-owned log homes.
  
  Softbound / 164 Pages.

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Log Home Care and Maintenance

 
Focusing on the hewn face, dovetail corner, chinked style of building, Progresses into repairing and restoring. One of the few places you can find "recipes" for traditional mortar mixes. - a must for builders of this style. 

• Selecting and sharpening appropriate tools, such as an adze.
• Constructing a solid foundation and framing the house.
• Selecting appropriate logs.
• Hewing the logs, including scoring and slicing.
• Replacing rotted wood.
• Notching corners
• Building and restoring the roof.
• Adding finishing touches to make the house a home.
  
  Full of color and black and white photos.
  Revised edition of McRaven's earlier book. Softbound / 162 Pages.

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Building &  Restoring the Hewn Log Home

Sections on: 

• Mold
• Mildew
• UV damage
• Water damage
• Insect damage
• Pressure Washing
• Corn Cob blasting
• Wood Preservatives
• Borates
• Epoxies
   
  Strongly recommended for log home owners. 
  Softbound / 125 Pages. 1/2 size (5-1/2" x 8")

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The Log Home Owner's Guide