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WINDOW DETAIL This summer we are going to finishing our log home with lots of help from the pros.. Last summer we scribed all of our logs All Douglas fi… Started by marty glass	2	Apr 18 Reply by marty glass
How Much Maintenance is Involved When Building a Log Home? See our Top 10 FAQ! Timber Block Insulated Log Homes has been answering the Top 10 most asked questions on our Log Home Blog. Number 6 is....How much mainten… Started by Timber Block	2	Apr 13 Reply by Colorado Log Home Finishing
Wood eating Grasshoppers!! Does anyone know how to deal with these little critters ?, our cabin is one year old done in Perma-Chink. The grasshoppers have been eating… Started by Jim Gray	6	Apr 12 Reply by Anastacia Briones
Prow front stick frame? We're in the planning stage of our log home and I was talking to a builder. He said when he builds a prow front, it's stick framed with lo… Started by Cynthia Gugg	12	Apr 11 Reply by Cynthia Gugg
sealer I found this online today. Have any of you folks used it to seal your basement walls? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfUaKXasdD4 Started by Hank Hill	1	Apr 1 Reply by Joe
Incense cedar shrinkage Does anyone have a log home that was built using incense cedar? I'm being told that when the wet logs arrive at the yard to be cut, they'r… Started by Cynthia Gugg	5	Mar 27 Reply by Cynthia Gugg
Noise reduction Does anyone have any experience in using carpet to soundproof a floor. Like many log houses our bedroom is under a second floor BR that has… Started by Dave Neuburger	9	Mar 24 Reply by Greg Beck
Water Getting into the house Hello Whenever a severe storm hits our house, it comes in from the West and the rain is almost horizontal because of the high winds that… Started by Dave and Julie Christiansen	17	Mar 23 Reply by kathy devine
moisture and log homes Since moisture can be a problem for log home owners, I was wondering if any of you folks have had any problems in the bathroom of your log… Started by Hank Hill	0	Mar 16
Log Home Finishing Archives Log Home Finishing going back through the photo archives. Here is some work we did back in 2008 in Summit County Colorado which won the Pa… Started by Colorado Log Home Finishing	4	Mar 11 Reply by Cynthia Gugg