The Rekounas Blog » Home http://www.rekounas.org/blog A blog about the fun and interesting things in my life Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:43:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Maintenance and Repairs on a Log Home http://www.rekounas.org/blog/2008/05/06/maintenance-and-repairs-on-a-log-home/ http://www.rekounas.org/blog/2008/05/06/maintenance-and-repairs-on-a-log-home/#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 14:01:42 +0000 rekounas http://www.rekounas.org/blog/?p=1118 Continue reading →]]> We have lived in a log home for a year now and we have learned a lot about maintenance to log homes. I have learned that two things scare me to death; dry rot and carpenter ants. Tomorrow I am replacing some rotten log siding (not the real logs, just the siding running along the foundation). The rot runs along the side deck where the ledger board for the deck is. So, we are free standing that portion of the deck and removing the rot and replacing it with a 2×10 pressure treated board. Then we are attaching the deck back to the house.
Deck Railing in progress Deck Railing Log Home Pool Dry Rot
We also had a small colony of carpenter ants. Little bastards go into a hole in one of the logs and chewed there way through to the other side. Normally, the wood is wet or rotten for them to nest in. That was not the case with the log. Anyhow, I got rid of them with a Raid foam that I injected straight into the hole and the foam expanded. Then I called a pest control professional and got him to spray the affected area with a micro injector and the foundation of the home. I will probably be repeating the treatment yearly.

In the winter, from all the snow and ice, the vinyl ripped on our pool. It was actually good fortune because caring for that pool was a bitch. The area did not get enough light and turning that pool blue from the green was awful. Because the lack of direct sunlight, the pool was also very cold. We are taking the pool down and replacing it with a _________. (Fill in the blank)

In the last week, I have been putting up a new rail on the deck as well. The previous one didn’t have balusters, so I am basically added balusters to the existing rail.

After all that is complete, I will be planning on stripping the existing stain and going with something lighter, but ever since we put up the new rail, we are starting to like the dark stain in contrast with the light railing. Should we go with a lighter stain? (Yes/No)

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