Finding Rots and Decays in your Log Home

Oct 11, 2008 Log home maintenance

A simple technique to help you locate any areas of rot or decay is by tapping the logs with a hammer every few feet. Sound wood will have a nice resonate tone. Rotten wood will have a dull thud. The best preservative for your logs are the borates. They are less toxic to humans than table salt, they don’t change the color of the wood, they have no smell and they poison the wood as a food supply to just about every wood destroying organism know to man, including decay fungi, beetles, and termites. However, there are limitations. Wood needs to be retreated about every 5 years, the wood needs to have some moisture to allow for proper diffusion and you must apply and maintain a water repellent finish over the borate treated wood to keep them from leaching out. Given these few limitations, Borates become very inexpensive insurance against a host of problems. Borates disperse into wood through a process called diffusion. Better that you can Consult Experts to do this. Click here for More Info on Maintenance of your Log Home.

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