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How To Pressure Clean a Log Home

How To Pressure Clean a Log Home

Check out this video showing how to properly pressure clean your log home! For more information, subscribe to our blog and follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Youtube at TPC Log Home Restoration! You can also check out our website for more details about our work! Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/sky-toes/the-long-ride-homeLicense code: PLCPOBWAN4VXU6HN

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To Pressure Clean or Media Blast?

To Pressure Clean or Media Blast?

We have seen much debate over the years on whether to pressure clean or media blast a log home. Today we hope to settle this question for the homeowner, and help you make an informed decision on the proper care of your log home. So, whether you are staining your new log home for the

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Antique Log Cabins: Chinking

Antique Log Cabins: Chinking

Chinking as we know it today are the materials used between logs that “seal” the gap between two logs. The original builders of log cabins called this outer “seal” “Daubing”. Chinking was actually the material that was placed between the logs, behind the Daubing. So, in reality, Perm-Chink should be called Perm-Daub. Wordnik definition of

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Hail Damage: What You Need To Know

Hail Damage: What You Need To Know

There are as many different styles of log homes today, as there are different sizes and profiles of logs! People take pride in their beautiful and unique log homes! This is evident through the effort many people put into protecting and caring for the exterior of their homes, keeping them looking like new! One thing

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Antique Log Cabins

Antique Log Cabins

Most of today’s “packaged” Log Homes are making a play on the All American “classic” hand-hewn Log Cabin. The log home industry today wants to try and supply that rustic look and feel, while giving you the luxury of modern amenities such as large living space square footage, all-encompassing kitchens, and indoor and outdoor fireplaces.

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Smoked Venison Bacon Bites

Smoked Venison Bacon Bites

These Smoked Venison Bacon Bites are amazing! Enjoy these anytime but especially with family and friends. One of the best things about the log home lifestyle is the food. Barbeque and bacon! We will be sharing some of our favorite flavors and seasonings with you on our blog. This recipe has been a favorite of

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Tips for Choosing a Stain for your Custom Log Home

Tips for Choosing a Stain for your Custom Log Home

Choosing a Stain for Your Custom Log Home ZAR Platinum PRO takes the guesswork out of the equation as log or timber homeowners and professional contractors choose the fresh, vibrant look they want to achieve inside and out while blending in the best available durability characteristics, protection, and resistance to harsh weather. Jeff Brooks and

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Choosing the Right Stain for Your Custom Log Home

Choosing the Right Stain for Your Custom Log Home

ZAR® Platinum PRO Stain When Gerald B. Payne founded United Gilsonite Laboratories (UGL) in 1932, his big ideas were just that – big ideas. Soon enough, though, ideas became a reality. Hard work and commitment to the finest quality products available made the difference, and today, nearly 90 years later, these principles continue to guide

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Prepping and Staining a New Log Home Under Construction

Prepping and Staining a New Log Home Under Construction

We thought we would start off our blog with a post about prepping and staining a new log home under construction! When the logs are delivered to the build site of your new custom log home, the first thing to remember is that it is very important to keep the logs covered and protected from

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Welcome to the TPC Restoration Blog!

Welcome to the TPC Restoration Blog!

Welcome to our first blog post for TPC Restoration Blog for Log Home Restoration and Peakswood Custom Furniture! The goal with our blog is to help and inspire future and current log home owners. We desire to equip log home enthusiasts with the knowledge necessary to make wise and informed decisions. The TPC Restoration blog

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Construction

Restoring an Antique Log Cabin

Restoring an Antique Log Cabin

In this video, we are beginning the process of taking down and moving this antique log cabin/tobacco barn to restore and use for an AirBnB! For more information, subscribe to our blog and follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Youtube at TPC Log Home Restoration! You can also check out our website for more details about our work! Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/sky-toes/the-long-ride-homeLicense […]

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To Pressure Clean or Media Blast?

To Pressure Clean or Media Blast?

We have seen much debate over the years on whether to pressure clean or media blast a log home. Today we hope to settle this question for the homeowner, and help you make an informed decision on the proper care of your log home. So, whether you are staining your new log home for the

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A Log Home Story: From Dream to Reality

A Log Home Story: From Dream to Reality

Every log home starts with a dream… My love affair with cabins began when I was a little girl. I remember reading Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House in the Big Woods and thinking how warm and cozy cabin life must have been. There was something about the evenings by the fireplace, Pa’s fiddle playing, a

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Antique Log Cabins

Antique Log Cabins

Most of today’s “packaged” Log Homes are making a play on the All American “classic” hand-hewn Log Cabin. The log home industry today wants to try and supply that rustic look and feel, while giving you the luxury of modern amenities such as large living space square footage, all-encompassing kitchens, and indoor and outdoor fireplaces.

Read More
Prepping and Staining a New Log Home Under Construction

Prepping and Staining a New Log Home Under Construction

We thought we would start off our blog with a post about prepping and staining a new log home under construction! When the logs are delivered to the build site of your new custom log home, the first thing to remember is that it is very important to keep the logs covered and protected from

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Maintenance

How To Pressure Clean a Log Home

How To Pressure Clean a Log Home

Check out this video showing how to properly pressure clean your log home! For more information, subscribe to our blog and follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Youtube at TPC Log Home Restoration! You can also check out our website for more details about our work! Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/sky-toes/the-long-ride-homeLicense code: PLCPOBWAN4VXU6HN

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To Pressure Clean or Media Blast?

To Pressure Clean or Media Blast?

We have seen much debate over the years on whether to pressure clean or media blast a log home. Today we hope to settle this question for the homeowner, and help you make an informed decision on the proper care of your log home. So, whether you are staining your new log home for the

Read More
Hail Damage: What You Need To Know

Hail Damage: What You Need To Know

There are as many different styles of log homes today, as there are different sizes and profiles of logs! People take pride in their beautiful and unique log homes! This is evident through the effort many people put into protecting and caring for the exterior of their homes, keeping them looking like new! One thing

Read More
Tips for Choosing a Stain for your Custom Log Home

Tips for Choosing a Stain for your Custom Log Home

Choosing a Stain for Your Custom Log Home ZAR Platinum PRO takes the guesswork out of the equation as log or timber homeowners and professional contractors choose the fresh, vibrant look they want to achieve inside and out while blending in the best available durability characteristics, protection, and resistance to harsh weather. Jeff Brooks and

Read More
Prepping and Staining a New Log Home Under Construction

Prepping and Staining a New Log Home Under Construction

We thought we would start off our blog with a post about prepping and staining a new log home under construction! When the logs are delivered to the build site of your new custom log home, the first thing to remember is that it is very important to keep the logs covered and protected from

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Outdoor Spaces

Create a Memorable Outdoor Space with a Firepit and Custom Log Pavilion

Create a Memorable Outdoor Space with a Firepit and Custom Log Pavilion

Welcome to our first blog post for TPC Restoration Blog for Log Home Restoration and Peakswood Custom Furniture! The goal with our blog is to help and inspire future and current log home owners. We desire to equip log home enthusiasts with the knowledge necessary to make wise and informed decisions. The TPC Restoration blog

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Recipes

Smoked Venison Bacon Bites

Smoked Venison Bacon Bites

These Smoked Venison Bacon Bites are amazing! Enjoy these anytime but especially with family and friends. One of the best things about the log home lifestyle is the food. Barbeque and bacon! We will be sharing some of our favorite flavors and seasonings with you on our blog. This recipe has been a favorite of

Read More

Sealing

Antique Log Cabins: Chinking

Antique Log Cabins: Chinking

Chinking as we know it today are the materials used between logs that “seal” the gap between two logs. The original builders of log cabins called this outer “seal” “Daubing”. Chinking was actually the material that was placed between the logs, behind the Daubing. So, in reality, Perm-Chink should be called Perm-Daub. Wordnik definition of

Read More
Prepping and Staining a New Log Home Under Construction

Prepping and Staining a New Log Home Under Construction

We thought we would start off our blog with a post about prepping and staining a new log home under construction! When the logs are delivered to the build site of your new custom log home, the first thing to remember is that it is very important to keep the logs covered and protected from

Read More

Staining

To Pressure Clean or Media Blast?

To Pressure Clean or Media Blast?

We have seen much debate over the years on whether to pressure clean or media blast a log home. Today we hope to settle this question for the homeowner, and help you make an informed decision on the proper care of your log home. So, whether you are staining your new log home for the

Read More
Choosing the Right Stain for Your Custom Log Home

Choosing the Right Stain for Your Custom Log Home

ZAR® Platinum PRO Stain When Gerald B. Payne founded United Gilsonite Laboratories (UGL) in 1932, his big ideas were just that – big ideas. Soon enough, though, ideas became a reality. Hard work and commitment to the finest quality products available made the difference, and today, nearly 90 years later, these principles continue to guide

Read More
Prepping and Staining a New Log Home Under Construction

Prepping and Staining a New Log Home Under Construction

We thought we would start off our blog with a post about prepping and staining a new log home under construction! When the logs are delivered to the build site of your new custom log home, the first thing to remember is that it is very important to keep the logs covered and protected from

Read More

Stories

A Log Home Story: From Dream to Reality

A Log Home Story: From Dream to Reality

Every log home starts with a dream… My love affair with cabins began when I was a little girl. I remember reading Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House in the Big Woods and thinking how warm and cozy cabin life must have been. There was something about the evenings by the fireplace, Pa’s fiddle playing, a

Read More