We live in a Lincoln Log home built in 1981. The logs have a 100 year warrantee. The southeast and northwest corners have severe water damage. Lincoln Log has agreed to replace the logs(?!?)but we have to do the labor. Can you advise the best way to accomplish this in a two story home? Appreciate your comments and advise.

You need to be asking them this question.
This will not be a simple DIY job and your going to need someone that builds and repairs log homes on this one.
If you key word search "log home repair" there's lots of companys that do this.

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Great idea, however, we have priced a professional and find that it isn't anywhere close to our budget.

Other suggestions from anyone who has had a similiar problem (and we have seen several with same issues) would be greatly appreciated.

That is SO typical of warranties. They protect the manufacturer, not the customer. And they do that by limiting the manufacturer's liability. Lincoln Log Homes knows that the cost of those logs is peanuts; it's the cost of replacing them that's substantial.

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So true and with a warrantee like that, at the time one would think they had the better of the deal.

Would certainly entertain feedback from anyone who might have had similar problem and how they dealt with it.

post a photo of the damage (as close as you can get it and still know what we're seeing) then maybe somone can help with a repair suggestion' My first thoughts is to get the replacement logs, then splice in a repair. I will go further after a photo is posted
The damage is alredy there, so trying to fix it cannot make it any worse, but doing nothing will make it worse.
Comisurating with you wont help either.

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Damage includes ends of southeastern and northwestern facing side only. Beyond corner, damage on southeastern corner includes 5-7 feet where you can probe 5+ inches and not hit anything solid.

Does the warranty exclude labor provided by Lincoln Log and/or require the homeowners to provide the labor?

If not, have you consulted an attorney? If Lincoln Log is obligated to provide the labor for the repair and is refusing to do so, you may have a claim for breach of warranty.

Also, have you or a home inspector/contractor determined how the water damage was caused? Was it because of a defect in construction?

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Does the warranty exclude labor provided by Lincoln Log and/or require the homeowners to provide the labor? labor is not included in the warrantee.

If not, have you consulted an attorney? If Lincoln Log is obligated to provide the labor for the repair and is refusing to do so, you may have a claim for breach of warranty.

Also, have you or a home inspector/contractor determined how the water damage was caused? Was it because of a defect in construction? It may be a defect in construction, but it doesn't explain why onlt two of the four corners are affected.

Ihave done a lot of log home restorations all over the country type and style of log will be a major as to how u continue because the style of log used on your home if the style of log used on your home creates shelves at every course of logs your talking a lot of work that will look a little dauting when you startbut once you get the concept and do it correctly you will realize how import and necasssary maintenance will be to make your home and a beautiful place to enjoy if the description at start matches the style of log you have and its a kiln dried log you have several things to address 1rst if kiln dreid log depending o type of wood you will be looking at as much as 3/8 of an inch shrinkage in first three yrs and if spikes used to stack logs were not predrilled and counter sunk at least 3/8 of an inch you will be seeing seperation between logs which has caused the chinking to fail and allowed water in and caused everything from a face peel to rought in log if deteration is not to deep on this style of log log can be reshaped useing a combination of chainsaw hand planes and sanders to do away with ledges to a minimum of 15 degree angle if not a full role at top of log then any cracks or checking that would allow water into log must be cut out to fresh and clean wood then filled with butal rubber caulk that goes with the color of finish for larger cracks use packer rod to fill and then caulk leaving no holes so first caqulk and 24 hrs later come back and check hole wall sounds like a lot and excecesive but is verry important so you dont create more problems average restoration of the log homes ive done is 50 to75,000.00 dollars but have worked with homeowners to teach them to a comfort level which usually runs about 20 grand sorry that you had these problems and believe it or not most of your problems were probably causeed by the builder that errected your log home to start with due to lack of knolledge

I have done a lot of log home restorations all over the country type and style of log will be a major as to how u continue because the style of log used on your home if the style of log used on your home creates shelves at every course of logs your talking a lot of work

RESPONSE: there is not a shelf at every course. Logs are still pretty tight
...a kiln dried log you have several things to address

RESPOMSE: Not kiln dried and yes, there are spikes but we did pre-drill
log can be reshaped useing a combination of chainsaw hand planes and sanders to do away with ledges to a minimum of 15 degree angle if not a full role at top of log then any cracks or checking that would allow water into log must be cut out to fresh and clean wood then filled with butal rubber caulk that goes with the color of finish for larger cracks use packer rod to fill and then caulk leaving no holes so first caqulk and 24 hrs later come back and check hole wall sounds like a lot and excecesive but is verry important so you dont create more problems average restoration of the log homes ive done is 50 to 75,000.00 dollars but have worked with homeowners to teach them to a comfort level which usually runs about 20 grand sorry that you had these problems and believe it or not most of your problems were probably causeed by the builder that errected your log home to start with due to lack of knolledge

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