PATRIOT LOG HOME BUILDERS OFFERS Caulking and staining of a WARD LOG home

Mike Hompertz of Patriot Log Homes offers staining on all their log homes . On the last house, he stained and caulked.In the construction of a ward log home, the logs are cut with a natural caulking groove on all butt ends tops and bottoms. Therefore allot of caulking is required. Backer  rod is included in their kit. It makes a great seal which helps to eliminate possible leakages, especially around windows and doors and even the log tails.

Backer Rod

36 cases of TAN caulk produced by CONCEAL we used 30 cases , we used 360 tubes of caulk!!! We caulked for a total of five full days. In many ways I thought that this is somewhat like the old fashion chinking, most log homes do not require this step. I think that it looks very nice in the end.

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WATCH THIS  video to see  exterior caulking of a Ward log home by Patriot Log Home Builders

STAINING OF YOUR LOG HOME IS VERY IMPORTANT

Quick look at how to spray stain a log home by PATRIOT LOG HOME BUILDERS 

 

The homeowner on this WARD  log home chose NATURAL . Sikkens provides a Cetol SRD which  is a one-coat translucent exterior wood finish based on a special oil and alkyd resin combination, for use on a variety of exterior wood surfaces.

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Patriot Log home builders uses a GRACO spray gun  , we are certain to protective covering for our lungs and body, using a full body suit and air mask filter. We prefer to do staining before the windows and doors are installed, but in this case, as you can see the windows and doors are in, therefore we had to cover them with plastic and tape.