Someone else had previously repaired this corner. Notice there the exposed remaining rot and the lack of a scribed fit.
Log restoration and replacing rotten logs is what we specialize in.
Sometimes we get calls from people who have hired other contractors do work on their log homes. We inspected this home this summer, where another contractor had replaced a crown a few years previously. As you can see, there are a few problems with this installation.
First of all – the log was not properly fit into the space. Sections of rot were not removed and the log chosen for the replacement was not as big as its predecessor. Also pine was used as the replacement log.
Notice carpenter ants already working on this pine log. A dried cedar log is best used here.
In the short time since the log was installed, the wood boring insects have taken up residence. The rot has begun here and the efforts made to remove and install the new log were in vane.
The work needed to be done right the first time. Replacing rotten crowns is a time consuming process and the right size and species of replacement log needs to be used.
Here is an example of a stack of crowns we replaced.
We use cedar kiln-dried logs because they will not rot or shrink. We can also match the stain on our replacement logs to the surrounding logs, unlike this example.
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