| Getting a head's up on log caulking for your | | | | and other connecting pieces in your home are |
| new log cabin | | | | clean and ready to go before any caulk is |
| | | | applied. If there is dirt or other |
| When you first see your new log cabin being | | | | imperfections on the wood, it can reduce the |
| hauled in on the back of a truck in the form | | | | effectiveness of the log caulking used by |
| of giant logs and other pieces of wood, it | | | | your builder. Your builder will also likely |
| can be hard to imagine how all of that turns | | | | use backer rods to help create a seal that |
| into a beautiful new log cabin home, but | | | | will protect your home from cold and energy |
| thanks to log caulking and cabin caulking, | | | | loss long into the future. By using a backer |
| your new home will be waterproof, cold proof | | | | rod, the log caulking has two points in which |
| and ready to move into before you know it. | | | | to adhere to the joint that is being caulked. |
| Perhaps no other single part of building a | | | | |
| log cabin is as important as log caulking | | | | If you are thinking about re-caulking your |
| since it is the step that truly turns a stack | | | | log cabin on your own, there are a few things |
| of logs into a home you can be proud of. | | | | you need to consider before you start. First, |
| Let's take a closer look at the log caulking | | | | even if you are choosing to do the |
| step and see exactly how it works. | | | | re-caulking yourself, it is a good idea to |
| | | | get a professional opinion on how much work |
| First of all, your log home builder is going | | | | you will need to do. Second, make sure that |
| to make sure that they choose a caulking | | | | the logs that you are planning on re-caulking |
| product that is made specifically for log | | | | are clean and dry and ready to take fresh |
| cabin homes. Not all caulk is made equal as | | | | caulk. Finally, make sure that the log |
| you will see; the same caulk that would be | | | | caulking you buy is the right kind for the |
| used around a windowpane in a regular home | | | | logs your home is made of. You don't want to |
| isn't the same kind of log caulking used to | | | | make the large investment of palettes of log |
| piece together a log cabin home. Second, your | | | | caulking only to find out you bought the |
| builder is going to make sure that the logs | | | | wrong kind. |