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We made some more head way this week. The rest of the SIP panels came and got them in place Friday afternoon.

It was a big day the last couple of days on the new job. yesterday the logs were delivering today Eagle SIP Panel Systems delivered our panels for the roof. These are the structural style panels. 2x12 roof joist are installed every 2 ft with solid styrofoam core. The roof has two dormers so we had panels designed with two 12-in LVLs built right in to support the dormers. This home will be stout. ... See more

Around 6 years ago we did some rot repairs and re-stained this home. This home was built in 1978 and several logs were completely rotten through and the only option was complete log replacement. Almost 7 years later and these repairs are still in perfect condition. We're now going to be applying some maintenance staining.

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Another stain restoration is completed. After blasting we located several sections of rot. We ended up cutting out 4 corners and replaced them with a vertical corner timber. The ultra-7 cedar tone finished well with the gloss UV coat. ... See more

The crew has been working hard on this project. This older log home had some extensive amount of rotten logs on this back side. The homeowner wanted something permanent to stop and fix the rot. We added a covered porch to protect the lower logs from any more moisture. The upper logs we installed cedar siding to protect the upper logs from any more moisture.

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Here is a time lapse video of building a timber roof with SIP panels. Unfortunatley my camera corrupted some of the files and I wasn't able to include all footage.

Check out this quick little video showing the steps in stripping old stain from a log home. We first sand blasted with crushed glass and finished by hand polishing with a 60 grit osborn brush.

Stripping off old finishes on wood homes is a very tricky trask. Each wood home and old finishes have their unique challenges and proper removal and log reconditioning. Sand blasting removes majority of the finish, but we finish the wood perfectly with hand sanding all the wood after blasting.

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We finished up stripping all the logs for this cabin in 2.5 days. We sand blasted, hand sanded and power washed ever square inch of every piece of wood on this home. Proper preparation work goes a long way in a great finished project. ... See more

Check out what the city of Sidney Iowa made. They purchased some large hand peeled logs from us for a welcoming entrance into their town. Great work from their local contractor that put it all together. ... See more

Day two and we have the panels up. This is some amazing handcrafted log timber work. We pre cut all these logs in our shop to make it easy to install on site. The beautiful SIP panels from eagle panel systems made it a breeze to get the roof completed in one day. We decided to now use the panels all the way on the covered porch, so I'll be ordering a couple more to finish the exterior porch. ... See more

We had a productive day today setting roof beams. Everyone worked hard as a team and taking advantage of the great weather. Tomorrow's task is setting the all the SIP panels. At then end of tomorrow we'll have a finished roof. ... See more

That right there is a trailer load of roof timbers. And this load is just for the living room! All the logs were hand peeled and hand cut with a chainsaw right in our shop. Everything will be assembled on site with a crane.
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