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Log Caulking Basics For Your Cabin

Getting a head's up on log caulking for yourand other connecting pieces in your home are
new  log  cabinclean and ready to go before any caulk is
applied. If there is dirt or other
When you first see your new log cabin beingimperfections on the wood, it can reduce the
hauled in on the back of a truck in the formeffectiveness of the log caulking used by
of giant logs and other pieces of wood, ityour builder. Your builder will also likely
can be hard to imagine how all of that turnsuse backer rods to help create a seal that
into a beautiful new log cabin home, butwill 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 proofrod, 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 caulkingIf you are thinking about re-caulking your
since it is the step that truly turns a stacklog 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 caulkingeven 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 goingyou will need to do. Second, make sure that
to make sure that they choose a caulkingthe logs that you are planning on re-caulking
product that is made specifically for logare clean and dry and ready to take fresh
cabin homes. Not all caulk is made equal ascaulk. Finally, make sure that the log
you will see; the same caulk that would becaulking you buy is the right kind for the
used around a windowpane in a regular homelogs your home is made of. You don't want to
isn't the same kind of log caulking used tomake the large investment of palettes of log
piece together a log cabin home. Second, yourcaulking only to find out you bought the
builder is going to make sure that the logswrong kind.



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