Log cabin restoration is easier to see in pictures, especially when the before and after photos are so dramatic. Here on the Edmunds & Company blog, we often share photos from jobs we’ve worked on. I thought you might like to see highlights from work we’ve done in the past….
Log Homes and Problems with Linseed Oil Finish
Log homes can experience problems with a linseed oil finish. Keeping a good stain or finish on your log home is very important. In Minnesota and Wisconsin, this is even more important since there is such a broad range of weather conditions impacting the logs year after year. Its also important…
Prevent Rot: Flash Decks Attached to Log Walls
Rot on log homes can be prevented if decks are properly flashed when being attached to a log wall. We see so many problems when the flashing is either not installed at all or when it isn’t done properly. What’s the bid deal? Water on decks has to find its…
Log home restoration – Leaking around windows can lead to significant rot
On this beautiful log home near La Crosse, WI we ran into some of the worst decay related to leaky windows that we had ever seen. This home is located on the bluffs looking over the Mississippi River and consequently, it gets storms coming out of the valley with great…
Log home restoration – rotten logs replaced
Rotting logs around decks are a common reason to replace logs on a log home or cabin. In these photos, an old deck has been removed and log dry rot damage is revealed. Unfortunately, this kind of log decay/rot can happen largely without notice or awareness by a log home…
Log home repair – Rotting log ends are a real problem.
Many times in the course of doing our log home repairs around Minnesota and Wisconsin, we run into logs ends (a.k.a. crowns) that are left too long. By this I mean they are so long that they stick out into the elements more than is necessary. Spring is a good time…
Log Homes Using Turned or Manufactured Logs
Every season starts with expectations of what style of log home will come first. The first home this year that needed our restoration experience happened to be a 1980’s turned log style resort lodge. The charm was evident, as it was located on Rice Lake in Northern Wisconsin. Every place…
Log home dry rot and what can be done to resolve it
We frequently get calls from log home owners saying, “My home has some dry rot.” When you look at the logs affected with rot, they DO look dry. Whether the rot is dry or wet, rot equals decay and that is a serious problem in log buildings. Rot can lead…
Log Cabin Restoration – Water management is very important
Log cabin restoration is our specialty. While in the process of working on a log home near Hayward, WI this spring, we saw a number of things that are important for log home owners to remember when looking at the up keep of their log cabins. Two issues related to…
Log cabin repair needs to be done right
Log cabin repair work takes us all around Wisconsin and Minnesota. We have two crews so we can cover more territory. Since log cabins are so prevalent in these two states, quality log cabin repair services are in great demand. This is a photo of a log cabin we worked on…
