Does your log home show signs of structural damage or rotting? Is it infested with insects such as carpenter bees? Do you need caulking, chipping, or sealing without losing your home's original look? Then you have to find a restoration company in Kentucky that would best serve your home restoration need.
Using your local Kentucky yellow pages, look up log home restoration services. You can also search for log home restoration services in Kentucky online. Find as much information as you can about a company and their services. How long have they been specializing in log home restoration? Is it company that has satisfied previous clients?
Arrange an initial meeting. Find out which company charges no fee for initial client-contractor consultation. In fact, many don't.
What typically happens during the initial meeting is that the company will introduce to you their services. They will ask your needs, wants, and objectives as well as your budget and design ideas. The company would be able to tell you then whether their services are apt for your home. During the initial consultation, you will also be provided with a cost estimate for the entire process.
What type of services can you expect from a Kentucky log home restoration company?
* Log/timber frame repair or replacement: If your home has been damaged by fire and insect, neglect, and failure finish are some of the common reasons why your home should have cosmetic repair or log replacement.
Because many log home manufacturers are no longer operating, make sure that the company you hire has a large database of profile and wood species in order to aid you in locating the closest match to the wood used in your log home. You don't want, of course, your home to end up looking like a patchwork of woods or quilt.
* Cob blasting, stain removal, and cleaning: Cob blasting is used to provide a "brand new" look to an old log home by remove existing finish of your log home without damaging the structure. After the old finish is completely removed, this allows the restoration specialists to coat your home with a new finish. Stain removal and cleaning of log surfaces have to be done as well before a new coat can be applied.
* Sealing and application of log home finishes: If left without any finish, your Kentucky home is readily susceptible to structural damage caused by UV rays and water. In order to protect best your log home, the company must consider factors like species of log and moisture content where your home is located before using any coat finish.
Finishes are usually of two types: oil-based and water-based. Oil-based stains penetrate the wood deeper, while water-based stains only work on surfaces. You can typically choose from semi-transparent stain, clear transparent stain, solid stain pigment, and semi solid stain pigment.
* Caulking and chinking: These methods are used to prevent infiltration of water and air by sealing joints and cracks in your Kentucky log home.
After consultation, your home will be inspected by the Kentucky restoration company in order to provide you the best design consideration.
