Hello
I am looking at buying a log cabin home in California. It was built in 1997 out of milled logs. The entire interior is built out with 2X4s, insulated and dry walled. I have a few concerns; the home has not been taken care of and the logs have some cracks and look dry, there is no chinking or caulking of any king and there are a lot of short logs (shortest being about 2 feet) intermingled with the longer longs which makes for a considerable amount of butt joints.
How concerned should I b
You should have a qualified log home restoration company in your area look at it. Sounds like it could have some rot. Go around it and tap on the logs with a hammer. You will learn the sound of the good logs, when you hit a bad one it will sound hollow or fell soft to the hit.