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It is very common.Happens a lot more in a cold climate.

It’s to late to apply a borate treatment. You can have it sprayed by a pest control company for spiders and bees, but it will not help if you have wood boring bugs.

You must still have a void somewhere around a door orwindow,possible up along the roof line. We like to stuff any opening with fiber glass insulation and then caulk or chink over it.

90% of the time you do not have to remove the chink. you might have to remove the really loose portions and fill in with Grip Strip or knock back any rough edges. If you are going to pay to remove it, it should be done BEFORE the corn blasting.… Read More »Archive-7828

It does sound like a dry rot issue. I would fill them with Energy Seal.

Sounds like something you are going to have to have custom cut at a local sawmill.

You will have to brush the borate and finish on.

I would recommend using a solid color stain. It looks like paint, but allows the wood to breathe.

The millipedes mean that there is moisture somewhere. You should walk around the house with a hammer and tap on the logs looking for any hollow sounding wood that could be rotten. As for the heat, I’m not sure if that is a lot for that size house, but caulking… Read More »Archive-7838

Sounds like it needs some caulking or chinking around the windows outside. This may still not stop it if the chink lines (seams between the logs) are allowing them in. You will need to caulk or chink the exterior complete if this is the case.