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Bear Creek Log Home Restoration specializes in repairing log homes and cabins throughout the Cherry Log area. We have extensive knowledge and experience in repairing hundreds of log homes, cabins and buildings. Logs needing replacement can be matched using the same method, building style, and precision as the original building!
Our Cherry Log log home restoration contractors use the best equipment and products we can find to work on your North Georgia home. That alone sets us apart from many Cherry Log painters that profess to "specialize" in log homes. The services we perform all require special equipment and procedures to work correctly. We invest in equipment and software every year to make sure we can serve our customers as good as possible. We'll tell you exactly why we have each piece of equipment, and how that really does make your log home restoration job better.
For quality log home restoration results, contact Bear Creek Restoration!
Bear Creek Log Home Restoration - Cherry Log Cabin Staining
Our log home restoration company offers a full line of Cherry Log log home services. We have a great group of friendly people that enjoy the hard work evolved in restoring Cherry Log log homes to their original beauty. When it comes to our business, we offer our customers experience and a strong desire for your satisfaction and trust.
It may seem obvious, but staining is very different from painting. Sure we use many of the same tools, but so do framers and trim carpenters. The difference in procedure and quality is obvious. With Cherry Log wood staining, every imperfection in the surface becomes magnified after stain is applied. We take a very careful look at each side before we begin staining to make sure we don't' stain over something that should be removed.
At Bear Creek Log Home Restoration, we make sure to work with the run of the logs or siding to ensure we don't get lap marks. We also make sure to apply the proper number of coats, even when the surface looks great after only one coat. The purpose of multiple coats is to build protection up to a sustainable level, not just to look good for a year and then fail.
Cherry Log Pressure Washing
Pressure washing your Cherry Log log home involves using special chemicals designed specifically for wood care. These chemicals must be used in a system, and it takes practice to do it right. The first is stripper/emulsifier, designed to soften the stain, and break it down, just like soap dissolves grease. While it does this, it also raises the pH level of the wood, causing it to darken, sometimes dramatically.
This brings us to the second step, which is a wood conditioner/neutralizer. This brings the pH level back down to normal, which causes the wood to lighten dramatically. It also conditions the wood to accept more stain by opening the wood pores up about 20%.
The more stain our Cherry Log log home restoration contractors can get into the wood, the longer it will last, stretching your dollar as far as possible. For great results when it comes to pressure washing your Cherry Log log home, contact the experts at Bear Creek Restoration - we know how to take care of your log home.
Cherry Log Carpenter Bee Treatment
To get rid of carpenter bees, you must think long term. The nuisance male bees are easy to kill with wasp spray or a badminton racket. Unfortunately, killing the male bee will do nothing to stop the cycle. You must treat the nest with some material which will last a long period of time so it will effectively stop the current active bees as well as the larva. If you spray liquid residuals in their hole, you may kill the female. The eggs are protected, however, and six to twelve months later the larva will emerge. Since liquids are absorbed by porous wood, the treatment will be gone when the larva finally hatches. This means the larva have a strong chance of survival. To insure complete control, we use a dust that has a desiccant (dehydrating) action and when the larva emerges, they will be killed quickly. We recommend that entry holes are treated with the dust and then left unsealed. When they do finally emerge (which will be either later this year or early next year), the bees will crawl over dust and die soon after leaving the nest, stopping the cycle.
Of course, to get rid of carpenter bees that are foraging to start new nests, you must consider all exposed wood that meets the criteria for carpenter bee nest locations. Some people recommend painting wood to protect against carpenter bees, but I have seen them drill right into freshly painted wood with repellant added. Also, if you own a log home, painting the exterior wood surface is NEVER recommended because of the likelihood of paint causing rot formation within the logs.
At Bear Creek Log Home Restoration, our carpenter bee treatment is very effective. It is also repellant, so usually you should expect them to show up, buzz around, and eventually leave. The carpenter bees that have nests already will probably enter their nest anyway, even with the repellant spray. After all, this is their home! The dust in the holes will make short work of them, only taking a day or so for them to exit and die. Remember, as the repellant insecticide slowly wears off over the next 2-3 months, the dust in the holes will keep killing the carpenter bees that show up to take advantage of the free drilling already done for them!
We are the only log home company in Georgia that employs a licensed pest control operator to treat for carpenter bees. Having a pest control operator that specializes in carpenter bees gives you peace of mind that we can deal with these annoying pests. If you are having trouble with carpenter bees eating away at your Cherry Log log home, contact Bear Creek Restoration today.
The Services We Provide in Cherry Log, GA
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Gilmer County - East Ellijay, GA | Ellijay, GA | Cherry Log, GA | Whitestone, GA | Cartecay, GA
Fannin County - Blue Ridge, GA | McCaysville, GA | Morganton, GA
Union County - Blairsville, GA | Suches, GA
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