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Teal, thanks for sharing. Interesting story and beautiful home.

All this talk about rotting logs made me chuckle. While in college I worked summers and weekends for a local log home builder and there were a couple of competitors that would out bid the owner on several buildings.

Several of the buildings the competitors put up developed problems immediately and long term. The four main reasons:

1) They did not allow sufficient room for the movement of the logs in the door and window openings.

2) Sill logs were laid directly on concrete.

3) Log wall corners and window and door openings were pinned with steel drift pins (large nails or rebar).

4) The exterior of the logs were sealed.

I have owned two log homes and two cabins built the correct way and encountered no evidence of rotting. The only complaint I have with log buildings is all the vacuuming that needs to be done on the inside, plus removal of the dust that collects on the outside walls.

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