What do you use on the logs of an old log house to protect them?
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Laura Paine
We bought an old log house and want to expose the logs. What can we put on them to protect them from the weather? Thanks in advance! Laura
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The simplest protection is a good roof. Having a large roof overhand ensures anything that does fall from the sky lands far away from your cabin. This keeps the amount of rain that does hit your timber to a minimum. It also protects your logs from the sun. Water-based borate wood preservatives are effective against termites, boring beetles, carpenter ants and wood-decay fungi. You can get this in spray form for easy application.
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