In the last step I had finished up the first cleaning of the logs now it became time to begin insulating the the stick construction walls and floor.
The walls in had been previously insulated with wads of old newspaper which made great nesting material for mice but did little in the way of providing a thermal barrier.
The walls I needed to insulate are interior walls however the room in which the new bath projects is an unheated interior space. These walls are only 4″ thick so appropriate insulation was chosen. There is a portion of the wall that is only 2″ so closed cell insulation board was cut and shaped to fit with expanding foam used to fill in any gaps.
The last step was to attach a thick vapor barrier over the insulation.
Where the wall butted up against the logs wire mesh was inserted into the gaps and then I tucked in insulation before applying the vapor barrier.
On the exterior log walls most of the original chinking was in very good condition however wherever the chinking was loose I pulled it out, re-insulated and prepped the area for new chinking.
Next step would be to run new wiring up from below and behind the logs around the door frame. I’ll cover the new wiring in Part VI.
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how do you do external chinking of logs and internal? How do they differ.
Hello Almon –
I use the same process for both – please see the section on chinking under the categories. Chinking is not structural. The same material and methods are used both inside and out.