I'm on here this evening looking up photo's to help me define our new log house in what style and color, and this isn't easy! I'm really appreciating how encouraging everyone is on color, changing your environment if you need and to dive in to painting the logs if you desire. The rear addition looks very old as well, but perhaps this is the place to add some color if you want, and the front door of course. Changing from a standing seam roof to composite slate-look is a major change-perhaps they thought you were just painting it a slate color. I would double-check to make sure since the house probably had cedar, not slate, originally. New synthetics may not be appropiate, and would require careful preparation-I would check with the state historic preservation office for advice and consult a very experienced contractor (the state might have lists) Changing color of trim is often not regulated locally, but totally changing the material of the roof would be, and the rear usually has fewer restrictions than the front. It probably was originally coated with lime whitewash or clad in clapboard early in its life to protect the logs and to give a more high-styyle appearance. Using a preservative needs careful study because it is so old and the logs are so dried out. Here is are some great resource on historic log homes (Preservation Brief 26) And I would carefully look through the documentation you probably have from the Historic Register application and any past maintenance records and documentation. Really this place is worth hiring a preservation architect for consultation, and perhaps the trouble of going through the Rehabilitation Tax Credit process.
The landscaping is already nice-kind of a softer version of traditional colonial terraces to the front door that you find in some Tidewater mansions. Wow! what a beautiful place! It has lasted this long, so it is worth taking some time to plan any major changes. I see that Omega has a 2007 logsplitter model. And any lawsuits could complicate things. I haven't ruled out the RamSplitter H16E, but some of the negative emails on SellCom's website are quite troublesome to me. Perhaps my usage will not be as severe as your woodlot would. I do like their log tray, which holds and returns the big piece of the wood for convenient repositioning for another split. I am a bit concerned by your observation about the Bachtold's sheet metal construction. If they did fail, they could be replaced easily enough. At first I was "put off" by the bicycle wheels, but like on a high-wheel mower, they would be a bit easier to move over rough terrain. I am still considering the Bachtold HE-21. I notice that your original link regarding SellCom dumping RamSplitter has been updated to include that September 1st was a deadline for the instigation of a lawsuit against SellCom by Rockford Fabrications (makers of RamSplitter), to be followed by a possible counter suit.
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