Hi All,
My wife an I just moved into a log home in Southwestern British Columbia. We sort of fell into this as it was the only place we could find in the community in which we were looking to live. We had never really considered living in a log home and so, as you might imagine, we don't know the first thing about them.
So, now that we've gotten settled in, we are trying to prioritize and schedule projects for next spring.
What we know:
The house was built in 1982
The logs are hemlock
The previous (not original) owner does not seem to have done any exterior maintenance
The roof needs to be replaced ASAP (which will be next spring in these parts)
The existing overhang is too small
For now I want to focus on questions related to exterior log sealing and protection:
1) how does one know if logs are too far gone to just reseal (i.e. how do you know if logs need to be cob blasted or similarly resurfaced)?
2) why is there no exterior chinking on this building (the interior chinking seems well done)?
3) It appears that the (seemingly) insufficient overhang does not seem to be causing too many issues? Will it be worth the cost (and loss of interior sun light) to extend the overhang when we reroof?
in general my proprieties are ensuring a long life for the building at a minimal cost, aesthetic considerations are secondary.
Thanks in advance for your time and input (and, if we've made a terrible investment, please be nice there is no going back now)
for reference:
Here is an image of the most protected log as an example of what I guess I want the building to look like:
Here are some of the worst case logs:
Here is the overhang and lack of exterior chinking:
Interior chinking:
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