The hollow Air-Lock Log system is designed to protect your home or cabin from natural elements, preserving its original beauty and your continuing investment. The logs must fit together tightly to eliminate both air and moisture infiltration. Wood can be protected from natural elements with proper design, and care.

 

The Air-Lock Log system features precision pre-cutting and allows for settling over windows and doors. The joinery methods used; tongue and groove, butt joint, notch and spline, and saddle corner are designed to eliminate moisture and air infiltration. The overlapping, saddle notched corner design is far superior to the butt and pass corner design which allows log surfaces to collect snow and rain. The full round Air-Lock system sheds water naturally by draining it down and away. There are no ledges or cavities where water or snow can accumulate and begin to soak in. The gasket material seals the space in the tongue and groove. Caulking is placed strategicly between the log courses to insure against moisture penetration. Window and door openings are designed with special spline joints and are caulked and flashed to seal them tightly. Other system features that are designed to protect the wood include a standard two foot roof overhang on all sides, half log trim around windows and doors, and use of a recommended exterior sealant with ultra violet protection and moisture barriers.