A MESSAGE FROM TENNESSEE'S #1 CHATTANOOGA LOG HOME RESTORATION TEAM:
Chattanooga, TN homeowner,
We restore log homes — media blasting or sanding back to clean wood, replacing failed chinking and sealant, treating rot, and refinishing with a stain built for logs. Done on schedule it is maintenance; left too long it becomes carpentry. We work across Chattanooga and the towns around it.
The stain has failed on the weather side and the logs are going grey. Chinking has pulled away in places, and you have started to wonder what is happening behind it. Logs are forgiving right up until they are not, and the repair bill changes by an order of magnitude once water has been getting in for a few years. You want somebody who turns up, tells you straight what it needs, and does it properly the first time. The typical Chattanooga property dates to around 1975, so the housing stock here is mostly seventies and eighties. At roughly 52 inches of rain a year, damp is usually somewhere in the story.
Somebody comes out, looks at the actual condition, and measures what is there. No quoting off a photo.
You see what the work covers and what it does not, so you can hold any quote next to it and compare like for like.
If it does not need doing yet, we will tell you that. If it needs more than you were hoping, we will tell you that too.
You might know this as log home repair. Same work, either name. Everything below is work we handle directly, not passed to a third party.
Probing for soft wood, checking log ends, sill logs and any area below a roofline that dumps water. Rot found now is cheaper than rot found after the staining is done.
Old failed finish is removed with corn cob, crushed glass or similar media, which cleans the wood without the gouging a mechanical sander leaves. Containment and cleanup are part of this.
Rotted sections are cut out and repaired with borate treatment, half-log replacement, or Dutchman patches. Full log replacement is priced per log and is the expensive discovery.
Failed chinking removed and replaced, with backer rod sized so the sealant can flex correctly. Chinking is measured in linear feet of joint and does not scale with floor area.
Penetrating or film-forming stain applied in the specified number of coats, usually with a clear topcoat. The system matters more than the brand and determines the maintenance interval.
Log ends, sill logs and horizontal surfaces get extra attention because they are where water sits and where the next failure will start.
A cross-section of the jobs we handle around Chattanooga — different sizes, different conditions, same standard.
We work Chattanooga and the towns around it every week. We also cover Soddy-Daisy, Mowbray Mountain, Apison, Fort Oglethorpe, Collegedale, Middle Valley, Signal Mountain and East Ridge. We know what the buildings here are like and how they age.
Everyone who turns up is licensed, insured and ours. Nothing gets farmed out to a subcontractor we cannot vouch for.
Log Home Restoration is what we do, not a sideline bolted on to something else. Walls probed for soft wood, moisture read, and problem elevations identified. The survey should produce a written list of repairs before a price is fixed.
Quoted before we start, and held there. Anything that would move it gets shown to you and agreed before we carry on.
Anything to do with log home restoration. To start with: condition survey, media blasting, log repair and replacement, chinking and sealants, stain system, detail protection. If you need something that is not on that list, call and ask – we can usually quote it or tell you honestly who should.
We cover Chattanooga, TN and the surrounding towns – Soddy-Daisy, Mowbray Mountain, Apison, Fort Oglethorpe, Collegedale, Middle Valley, Signal Mountain, East Ridge, Fairview, Harrison, Red Bank, Lone Oak, Ringgold, Falling Water, Fairmount, Whiteside, Walden, Wildwood, Chickamauga, West Brow, Indian Springs, Lakeview, Rossville, Lakesite, and more. If you do not see your town listed, call anyway and we will tell you straight whether we can get to you.
Condition survey – Probing for soft wood, checking log ends, sill logs and any area below a roofline that dumps water. Rot found now is cheaper than rot found after the staining is done.; Media blasting – Old failed finish is removed with corn cob, crushed glass or similar media, which cleans the wood without the gouging a mechanical sander leaves. Containment and cleanup are part of this.; Log repair and replacement – Rotted sections are cut out and repaired with borate treatment, half-log replacement, or Dutchman patches. Full log replacement is priced per log and is the expensive discovery.. Which one is right depends on what we find when we look at it, and we will walk you through the trade-offs rather than picking for you.
Condition survey is the one we are asked about most often in Chattanooga. Probing for soft wood, checking log ends, sill logs and any area below a roofline that dumps water. Rot found now is cheaper than rot found after the staining is done.
Most jobs land between $2 and $40 per square foot of log wall surface, depending on condition and scope. We come out, look at it, and give you a written estimate at no charge. We are not the cheapest outfit in Chattanooga and we will not pretend to be – but you will know exactly what you are paying for before anything starts.
Condition of existing finish: A single weathered coat blasts off quickly. Multiple layers of old film-forming finish, particularly where previous coats have been applied over failing ones, take far longer to remove. That is usually the biggest single swing in a quote, which is why we look before we price.
Yes. We stand behind what we do and we put the terms in writing with the estimate, so the guarantee is not a handshake you have to remember later.
Call us at (423) 633-1291, or fill in the quote form on this page. We will get back to you, set a time that suits, and come look at the job.
Free estimate, in writing, from a Chattanooga team that does this every day.
Call us whenever suits. We handle every size of job, residential and commercial, across Chattanooga and the towns around it.
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Chattanooga Log Home Restoration