Providing practical, cost effective restoration, maintenance and chinking DIY tips for log homes and cabins

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About

Hello and Welcome to Bearfort Lodge. I hope that you enjoy your visit and find the information you seek. Please feel free to leave a comment. -- Bearfort

What is this site about?

The celebration of living in a log home.

Bearfort strives to provide practical, cost effective log home restoration and maintenance tips for the do-it-yourselfer.

Restoration and maintenance can seem like a daunting task however take a deep breath and explore the site and you may find that some of those tasks are not as overwhelming as the first appeared. You will also find many home spun recipes for wood cleaners, chinking, wood preservatives to mention a few.

Over time you will find helpful articles and links with information on chinking, replacing logs, fixing logs, chinking recipes, refinishing logs, log cleaning, mildew and mold control and much more.

There are many step by step guides for many of the projects that you may want to tackle.

This site also provides information on log products reviews of some log home products and sensible approaches.

The site will feature galleries from time to time of reader’s cabins, the work of artisans, and resources for rustic details.

I hope that you enjoy your visit and come back often for updates. Please register with Bearfort and make sure to comment and ask questions or share your thoughts, suggestions and experiences. We love to hear about your projects or questions you have about log home living.

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