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YakLady
True Blue Farmgirl
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Natalie
Montana
USA
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 Posted - May 07 2012 : 11:23:10 AM
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Anyone re-chinked a log home? What is the best king of chinking?
Our log home is in desperate need of re-chinking, and any advice/experience would be appreciated!
~Natalie~ Just a farmgirl in Western Montana. http://mtnme.blogspot.com
Starting a family and raising Tibetan Yaks, Highland cattle, Laying hens, Muscovy ducks, Silver Fox rabbits, and a few dogs. |
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Sheep Mom 2
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sheri
Elk
WA
USA
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Posted - May 07 2012 : 7:55:32 PM
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The chinking in my home is a mixture of cement, sand and lime. We built the house 30+ years ago (you can see it on my blog post) and I mixed the morter myself in a cement mixer. I pounded nails every 4 or so inches to help hold the morter in and in all these years, I have never had to replace it. The nails on the outside went up and the nails on the inside down to allow for expansion and contracting with heat and cold. The cement must have something to hold on to. I don't know if that helps.
Blessings, Sheri
"Work is Love made visible" -Kahlil Gibran
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YakLady
True Blue Farmgirl
652 Posts
Natalie
Montana
USA
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Posted - May 07 2012 : 10:18:27 PM
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Thanks for the response, Sheri!
Our home is 35 years old now- it was a "ordered a log truck, built it ourselves" deal by the original owners. The windows were cut out via chainsaw AFTER assembly (and poorly, at that)... The house is full of "character" ie mistakes and woopsies. They paid someone to re-chink 10 or so years ago. The guy put FOAM *like loose pool noodle material* in the middle and did less than an inch of actual chinking! It's so horrible.
We have a TON of red clay here on the property... wondering if I could mix the clay with lime... Perhaps I can find some 'old time' recipes online. I checked the commercial chinking prices- oh man! $$$$$$
Thanks again :)
~Natalie~ Just a farmgirl in Western Montana. http://mtnme.blogspot.com
Starting a family and raising Tibetan Yaks, Highland cattle, Laying hens, Muscovy ducks, Silver Fox rabbits, and a few dogs. |
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Sheep Mom 2
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sheri
Elk
WA
USA
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Posted - May 08 2012 : 09:11:27 AM
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I think if you use clay, you must mix with straw - like for adobe for it to continue to hold together. I think cracking with the clay would be inevitable without it.
Blessings, Sheri
"Work is Love made visible" -Kahlil Gibran
http://farmsteadfripperies.blogspot.com/ |
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