Hi. I was wondering what is the best way to store logs over the winter? We purchased a hand crafted log home but do not have the foundation in place yet. What is the best way to store the logs over the winter in Western Pennsylvania with ice and snow?
Storing Logs in the Winter
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12/02/2008 - 19:36
I have a bunch stacked
I have a bunch stacked through the MN winter right now...I hope they'll be good in the spring. I didn't tarp them due to fear it might get a few days of suana weather in the spring and they'll turn instantly into fungus...they are hundred year old logs, they will spontaneously combust into mold ( I found that out this fall when I had them on the ground :) ).
12/02/2008 - 23:30
storing cut/milled/notched logs?
These are "hand crafted" logs? I am assuming your logs were cut, notched, milled and built at the manufacturers place, dissasembled and then shipped to your location.
I would be very concerned about what to do with them. There are so many factors that could alter them (sun, heat, moisture, freeze etc, how wet/ dry were they when the home was "crafted etc,etc
What if you go to reassemble these logs next spring and they are bowed, distorted and don' t fit together.. due to shrinkage etc?
I would call the company who did the work and ask them what they recommend you do? Maybe I am being over-cautious but I would be VERY
concerned about storing them. IMO, you need to find out the best and the safest method. The folks who sold them to you should be willing to help you.
If you were doing it the LHBA way, it would be much easier in terms of winter storing but there are still some precautionary measures. IMO, your situation is quite different.
You probally got quite a few bucks invested already ("mucho clamolas"). IMO, protect your investment.
Kola
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12/04/2008 - 23:59
Nice Catch
Kola wrote:
These are "hand crafted" logs? I am assuming your logs were cut, notched, milled and built at the manufacturers place, dissasembled and then shipped to your location.I would be very concerned about what to do with them. There are so many factors that could alter them (sun, heat, moisture, freeze etc, how wet/ dry were they when the home was "crafted etc,etc
What if you go to reassemble these logs next spring and they are bowed, distorted and don' t fit together.. due to shrinkage etc?
I would call the company who did the work and ask them what they recommend you do? Maybe I am being over-cautious but I would be VERY
concerned about storing them. IMO, you need to find out the best and the safest method. The folks who sold them to you should be willing to help you.If you were doing it the LHBA way, it would be much easier in terms of winter storing but there are still some precautionary measures. IMO, your situation is quite different.
You probally got quite a few bucks invested already ("mucho clamolas"). IMO, protect your investment.
Kola
Nice catch on the "Hand Crafted" logs there Kola!! Can't agree more with everything you said!!
If it were a LHBA style B&P Home I'd say no problem with the logs... I seasoned mine for 2 years out in the weather to get the most shrinkage out of them and minumize future checking. We now have a completed home with very little checking at all! Only advice I'd give if seasoning logs like this is to roll them weekly while stacked off the ground.
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