Log Home Maintenance To Keep Your
Dream Home Beautiful

While maintaining conventional home requires a certain amount of time, effort and money, you should likewise expect the same for a log home maintenance program. That's not to say that your log home won't require some special considerations, but we'll show you just what you need to know.

The number one thing to realize about log home maintenance is that with a log or timber frame home your priority will be on maintaining the wood.

Wood is sensitive and vulnerable to many things. But the primary ones to be concerned with are moisture, sun, insects and water. And the climate where your log home is built can have a bearing on the type of treatment and preservatives that will be used for maintenance.

With proper design of your log home or cabin, you can make your maintenance job much easier. And by using the appropriate preservatives and other materials your maintenance program will be a snap.

For example, here's a few quick tips on protecting your log home:

• To prevent water shed make sure grading slopes away from the home. When grading settles use gravel instead of soil to rebuild.
• Check sump pump on a regular basis.
• Keep gutters and downspouts clean.
• Never let sprinklers spray the logs home.
• Maintain basement window wells to ensure they aren’t collecting water.
• Interior walls should be checked for cracks.
• Cracks should be filled with a caulking sealant.

You can also stay on top of things by simply walking around the outside of your house checking for:

• Small holes
• Powder indicating the presence of insects
• Discolored logs
• Mold growth

You can easily check notches and corners for:

And... you should clean exterior of your home with a pressure washer every few years.

Log home maintenance is really not very hard if you know what to do and what to look for. Check out our articles below for additional tips on maintaining your log home or cabin.

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