First let me say thank you for this site filled with enormous amounts of info. I have no past experience with construction or log home building, but decided to embark on this journey a couple of years ago and started building a log cabin addition 6 months ago to make room for my growing family. I basically used the internet and books for details on “how to” construct a log home/cabin. Although there is nothing exactly explained out there for what I am trying to accomplish, the internet has been the biggest help by far. Your site has been an extremely helpful teacher through many phases, for example I used your log treatment recipe with great results, and I am now ready to begin chinking. I will be using your recipe, but after reading through some of these chinking discussion I am a little confused… You say 1 pt portland cement, 3 pts, sand, 4 pts lime…is a “part” measured by a shovel full? Also in the discussion above you referenced that individual needing about a yard and a half of sand? I called around to price out the materials and someone told me a yard of sand is 2600lbs??? Is that correct? For a few bags of cement, and little less than 100lbs of lime, you would need 2600 lbs of sand? Once again even though I now know how to debark, cut and set logs, build a roof, shingle a roof, pour a foundation,etc..I am still completley new to all of this especially the chinking which is about to begin. Please advise in anyway you can, thank you so much for your time and dedication.

Dave

I have emailed you both my direct email address as well as my phone number so that we can discuss your questions — Please feel free to call me at any time — I sent to your gmail address