The Log Home Maintenance Guide: A Field Guide for Identifying, Preventing, and Solving Problems

The definitive guide to the unique maintenance issues faced by log home owners.

America has hundreds of thousands of log homes from the Great Lakes region to the West, from the Great North Woods to the Deep South. Indeed, several national magazines cater to the log home crowd for design and decorating ideas. Now Gary Schroeder offers this world the first guide to the unique maintenance issues these homes present. Many log home owners do further damage to their expensive homes by incorrectly treating their problems. No more. With detailed full-color photos and clear instructions, The Log Home Maintenance Guide will help you identify, diagnose, and resolve problems ranging from dry rot to carpenter ants. The Log Home Maintenance Guide is an investment that will protect your investment. No home repair section should be without it.. 150 full-color photographs, 50 full-color illustrations

Gary Schroeder, a former forester, was for many years a builder of custom handcrafted log homes as well as a log home restoration contractor. Since 1986 he has been president of Schroeder Log Home Supply, Inc. He is the author of Muir's Original Log Home Guide Millennium Issue and The Log Home Maintenance Guide. He lives in Deer River, Minnesota.