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You will need to get a structural engineer to give you the load rates for what you want to do.You will also need to check your local building codes for answers.

I would put a good bead of Stack-n-Seal from Perma Chink between the foundation and logs. Strapping it to the foundation should work but you may want to check with your local building codes.

You should look in the yellow pages for a saw mill in your area.

Call Ryan at 877-788-5647.

You should contact the manufacturer of your log home and ask them for help.

You should check with the local builders association for a contractor that knows foundations for the sloped floor. Any good window person should be able to fix that.

You should locate a log home builder that uses square logs and ask for a recommendation of a contractor.

Any good window company should be able to handle it if they were installed properly the first time.

More than likely you should be able to salvage these logs. You should number each log and dismantle it. You may have to draw knife the rot off or sand them. You can then reassemble the logs in their new location. I would highly recommend an application of Perma Chink… Read More »Archive-3836

Sand or corn cob blasting would be the best, but you would have to move just about everything out of the house since it is VERY dusty. Call Mike at 866-670-3020 for more information.