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FREE SHIPPING on your material package. Take delivery by 12/1/12. Contact Jack for floor plan designing and other details. 800 767-4916.


Details announced:

• Log Home or Timber Frame Home Material Packages only

• No minimum dollar value specified 

• 48 continental states only or too the border

• Delivery must be taken by December 1, 2012

• Plans, Paperwork, Payment needed by Mid October **

• Delivery date at discretion of Honest Abe Log Homes

• This special offer MAY be discontinued at any time, so Act Now!

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PS: For those who are able to take advantage of this great offer, we must have the floor plans, paperwork done and 50% deposit settled by Mid October. It takes 30 to 45 days to go from finalized floor plans to delivery to your job site or storage area. Final payment of 50% due before we offload the truck[s]. We work quite well with/thru/by emails. Give Jack a shout . . . jack@LogHomesByJack.com

For ideas,
see Catalog of Floor Plans and Photo Gallery buttons at

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For answers to your questions,
contact Jack at

Jack@LogHomesByJack.com

800 767-4916

Note: We offer a very good combination of price, quality of materials and service. Serving Virginia, North Carolina, West Virginia and the Southeast including Florida. We work with many clients by email so we are not limited to our immediate home area. Need a builder. We can suggest builders who will travel The Great 48. A few will travel the Earth, anywhere.

Customer Alert: 60 gallons = free shipping

Customer Alert

Sansin Enviro Stain. 60 gallons = free shipping. 

We have a 30 gallon local order waiting for new orders for 30 gallons more. Can be smaller orders that total 30 gallons or more. Must be shipped to one location like Smith Mountain Lake.

Are you considering stain specifically for your log home, decks, docks, fences, interior walls? 

See the Stain button at LogHomesByJack.com for colors, data sheets, stains for specific purposes, etc. 

See Sansin FAQ here at "News from Jack"
• 200 sf per gallon is a general rule of thumb.
• SDF is a 2 coat product for log homes and fences.
• DEC is for decks. 2 coats for initial application.
• Purity is for interior walls = about 350sf per gallon.
• Time for Maintenance coats depends on which product you select.
• We know good people in VA and NC who can do the work for you.
• Yes. It is more expensive and holds up much better than what the big box stores sell.

Then call Jack if you have questions. We can go over your specific needs. 800 767-4916

LogHomesByJack.com 
Showroom in the Halesford Center 
at Smith Mountain Lake near The Bridge
16483-G Moneta Road on Rt 122
Moneta, Virginia 24104
800 767-4916
Jack@LogHomesByJack.com
www.LogHomesByJack.com
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Sansin Enviro Stains for your porch dock deck fence siding

Sansin DEC for dock, deck, fence
... is designed as a rugged two-coat formula that penetrates deeply, protecting your deck from within. Where film-building coatings can easily peel and scratch, exposing wood the the elements, DEC provides lasting protection from rain and UV exposure. Perfect for cedar, eastern white pine, Southern yellow pine, pressure treated lumber - regardless of the wood your deck features. Outdoor furniture too.

Sansin SDF for siding, logs, porch plus deck, dock or fence
... With just one coat, SDF provides tough, effective protection for your siding, logs, deck, dock or fence. SDF's specially formulated oils and resins penetrate deep into the wood, providing outstanding weather and UV protection that will not crack, peel or blister. Thanss to SDF's unique water-borne technology, it can be applied even to wood with a high moisture content.

DEC and SDF
• Penetrates
• Allows wood to breathe
• 80 colors
• Coverage is ±200sf per gallon
• Water clean up
• Color matching option

Sansin Classic and Classic+
• 2 coats of stain. 1 coat of Clear UV
• Longer time between maintenance coats.
• Classic+ for older wood
• Penetrates

• Allows wood to breathe
• 80 colors
• Coverage is ±200sf per gallon
• Water clean up

• Color matching option

Please visit the Stain button at LogHomesByjack.com for more information about all of the Sansin Enviro Stain products. You may also visit www.Sansin.com.

Contact Jack any time at LogHomesByJack.com
800 767-4916
Jack@LogHomesByJack.com

Jack Hutslar, authorized dealer for Sansin Enviro Stains. We ship anywhere. All orders must be paid in advance.
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This Sansin Enviro Stain information is brought to you by LogHomesByJack.com. Serving Virginia and the Southeast from Smith Mountain Lake and North Carolina from the Piedmont Triad. Offering a very good combination of price, quality of materials and service. When in doubt, give Jack a shout. 800 767-4916.

Lynchburg Symphony, Things to do at SML

The Lynchburg Symphony

About 45 minutes from The Halesford Bridge at Smith Mountain Lake
Head to Bedford
Go right on Rt 460 into to Lynchburg

2012-2013 LSO Season

Olympic Journey
Sunday. September 30, 2012. 
3:00 pm
EC Glass Auditorium

Date Night with Strings Attached
Friday. November 2, 2012. 
7:00 pm
James River Conference Center

Home for the Holidays
Saturday. December 8, 2012. 
7:00 pm
Academy Warehouse Theater

Four Seasons to Fiddlers
Sunday. February 3, 2013.  
3:00 pm
St Thomas More Catholic Church

Festival of Brass
Saturday March 16, 2013. 
7:00 pm
Court Street United Methodist Church

Glorious Voices II

Sunday. April 21, 2013. 

3:00 pm

EC Glass Auditorium

2012 Season

Winter Evening Feast

Jan. 10, 2012

Country Villa Dinner Party
Jan. 21, 2012
(This dinner is SOLD OUT)

Cupids & Cuisine
Feb. 18, 2012

Piano Concert and Buffet Dinner
March 30, 2012

Afternoon Tea
April 29, 2012

Bike Tour
June 9, 2012

Donations Accepted

For more info: (434) 525-9058 or (434) 845-6604

To see their schedule of events for 2012, FAQ, directions, how to contribute and what to wear, go to ...

www.LynchburgSymphony.com

Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra
621 Court Street
Lynchburg, Virginia 24504
Email LSO at lso@ntelos.net

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Tip: Tools and their uses

Toolology 101 for Log Homes

DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, denting the freshly-painted project which you had carefully set in the corner where nothing could get to it.

WIRE WHEEL: Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes fingerprints and hard-earned calluses from fingers in about the time it takes you to say, ‘Oh sh — ‘

ELECTRIC HAND DRILL: Normally used for spinning pop rivets in their holes until you die of old age.

SKILL SAW: A portable cutting tool used to make studs too short.

PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in the creation of blood-blisters.

BELT SANDER: An electric sanding tool commonly used to convert minor touch-up jobs into major refinishing jobs.

HACKSAW: One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board principle. It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your future becomes.

VICE-GRIPS: Generally used after pliers to completely round off bolt heads. If nothing else is available, they can also be used to transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.

OXYACETYLENE TORCH: Used almost entirely for lighting various flammable objects in your shop on fire. Also handy for igniting the grease inside the wheel hub out of which you want to remove a bearing race.

TABLE SAW: A large stationary power tool commonly used to launch wood projectiles for testing wall integrity.

HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK: Used for lowering an automobile to the ground after you have installed your new brake shoes, trapping the jack handle firmly under the bumper.

BAND SAW: A large stationary power saw primarily used by most shops to cut good aluminum sheet into smaller pieces that more easily fit into the trash can after you cut on the inside of the line instead of the outside edge.

TWO-TON ENGINE HOIST: A tool for testing the maximum tensile strength of everything you forgot to disconnect.

PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally used to stab the vacuum seals under lids or for opening old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splashing oil on your shirt; but can also be used, as the name implies, to strip out Phillips screw heads.

STRAIGHT SCREWDRIVER: A tool for opening paint cans. Sometimes used to convert common slotted screws into non-removable screws and butchering your palms.

PRY BAR: A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or bracket you needed to remove in order to replace a 50 cent part.

HOSE CUTTER: A tool used to make hoses too short.

HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

UTILITY KNIFE: Used to open and slice through the contents of cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly well on contents such as seats, vinyl records, liquids in plastic bottles, collector magazines, refund checks, and rubber or plastic parts. Especially useful for slicing work clothes, but only while in use.

Source: One of those emails that show up from a friend periodically.
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Question for Log Man Jack - stain maintenance

Q Hey Log Man Jack, How often is it necessary to stain log homes.
ANSWER. Maintenance of the exterior of log homes is done by a process called staining. Conventional wood sided homes are commonly painted. Paint does not allow the wood grain to show and that is an attractive feature of log homes.

The number of years between maintenance coats of stain varies with the product used. Some products require repeated staining every year or so. Other products require two coats of stain plus one coat of clear coat with maintenance coats over a longer interval of time – usually three to six years. Yet other products suggest that two coats of the same product be applied initially. Then add a maintenance coat in 3-4-5 years.

Staining can be done with a bucket and brush or a sprayer. When a sprayer is used, the stain penetrates into the cracks and crevices more evenly than with a brush. It should be noted that when a sprayer is used, the windows and doors should be covered with a plastic wrap. The specialists seem to prefer brushing.

This initial staining will begin to wear off due mostly to sun, rain and snow. The need to apply maintenance coats of stain is most evident on the afternoon and evening side of log homes. It is necessary to restain weathered logs or wood to keep them looking fresh. Depending on the stain product used, this might need to be done again in three, four, five or six years. That is, your log home will need a new coat of stain plus clear coat. There are products on the market where the stain and clear coat can be mixed. Obviously, this reduces your work load and two-coat products are usually less expensive than three coat products.

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Moneta VA 24121



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