Log home restoration.

Initial contact

The first step is contacting us via email with all important information required to understand what you are looking for. Name, address, type of wood home (hand made, milled, type of wood, pine, cedar, etc) as well as pictures of the 4 sides of the house. How is the access to the house, things in the way such as trees, deck, bolder, pool, etc. We need to know if the vehicles and equipment can get to your place safely. What is your main concern (re-stain, fixing logs, insect problems, etc)

On site meeting

A visual home inspection is required for most projects. The cost of inspection depends on travel time, gas and the report. We look at every aspect of your property from fixing the log shell (stain, UV, water damage, mold, mildew, rot, animal or insect damages and so on) We can also help with windows and doors, soffit, fascia, roof, deck and skirt. We can do as little or as much as you want to bring your old looking log home to what it was years ago.

Inspection Report

This report is emailed to you within a week and contain the summary of the inspection, what needs to be done right away and what can wait. We describe all the steps necessary to fix your home and provide you with a detailed quote of all the sub-sections of the project with pricing

Prep Work

Our crew takes care of all the details and work necessary for the project. We make sure that all the outside items are put away or covered, Protect windows and doors, remove or protect downspout, eves, soffit, fascia, light & plus, A/C, deck, hottub or whatever is needed to proceed with blasting in a safe and clean way.

Media Blasting

This is personally the best way to proceed with cleaning you log home. We use eng. crushed glass media in a middle of the road 50-70 grain that is strong enough to do the job without damaging the logs and environmentally friendly. We try to clean most of the sand debris left on the ground as much as possible and the rain will take care of the rest.

Wood preservative

Boracol / mold / insecticide and fungicide prevention treatment would be recommended in most cases. This treatment helps with ants, bees, insects as well as help with wood decays.

wood sealer

Also known as Prelude from Perma-chink help to seal the logs after blasting and help with a more uniform stain application and look.

Stain

it is important to understand that not all stain are created equal. We often tell clients that you dont bring a Ferrari for a cheap oil change at Cdn Tire. The same apply for log home stain. We only proceed with high quality products such as Formula Ultra-7 from Perma-chink. This is a great product and requires less coats like other brands, saving time and money. You can see all the colors available from their website.

END SEAL

Extra protection for the log ends to seal it better from the elements.

Chinking

This process is also important for water or insect infiltration as well as preventing heat lost. Help preventing condensation from forming between the logs in long term. Also give a nice finish look to your home.

After coat stain

A clear top coat can be done as a follow-up preventive process about 4-5 years after the main job. This can be done by the home owner, or us, as it is simple and easy to do as it does not requires all the steps as above. A simple 6” brush is all you need. This is for UV protection and keep the initial color intact.

Log work

Log work can be scary for most home owner. We inspect each log to make sure that they are sound. There is a few ways of fixing damaged logs from water, fire, or wood decay.

Minor wood damage.

Can be very simple as boracol and wood epoxy. This is a fast, easy and cheap way of fixing minor damage.

Noticable wood damage.

Can be superficial damage on the outside that only effect the first 2-3” of the log and can be fixed by laminating matching log siding on top. This process is a bit time consuming and has some cost attached to it but the end result is always worth it. This process can save you big money and usually done in a day or so. No need for eng. reports or building permits and inspections such as the next technique.

Serious wood damage.

This is the worst case scenario where the entire section of the log needs to be replaced. This is a long time consuming and expensive way of doing it. In some cases, we might not be able to do it and other alternative might be needed. There can be a lot involve with this process such as eng. structural report, building permit, locating the right replacement log and so on. This is very expensive and need to budget properly.

Final report.

Once the crew is all done with your project we go over what we did, we also talk about preventive measures that should be taken by the home owner to prevent further problems in the future. We are glad to go over other maintenance such as humid crawl space, damage eaves/downspout, bushes and plants too close to the house, snow on the deck touching the logs, short overhangs, insects, animals and so on.