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Reader’s Question: Log Chinking in a Bathroom

by Bearfort · 0 comments

in Reader Q&A

Sue recently asked a question with regard to chinking and exposed logs in a bathroom.

Hi there,

I just discovered your Bearfort website and want to thank you for the interesting reading and the recipe and process for chinking.

I want to ask your advice regarding my old farmhouse. Unless you went to the attic, you wouldn’t know that it is an original hand hewn log house since it is covered with brick and clapboard externally. I am not certain of the exact date of construction, but the PA deed goes back to 1810.

My dilemma comes with the need to replace plaster walls due their extreme deterioration. I have salvaged plaster in all the public rooms but then we come to the current downstairs bathroom which the previous owner “remuddled” in the 1970’s. Log home magazines never seem to dwell on bathroom interiors.

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A Reader Discovers Their Home Is Hand Hewn

by Bearfort · 2 comments

in Hand Hewn/Dove Tail, Reader's Cabins

It is always exciting to hear from readers of Bearfort Lodge.

Not too long ago I heard from the Ryans who had left a comment on a previous post– [Just purchased and starting to renovate an 1830's log "dog-trot" farm house. Can't tell you how much your articles on log restoration and chinking have helped us. We don't feel quite so overwhelmed now. Thanks.]

I contacted them to thank them for their comment, express my excitement over their project and offer further chinking information should they need it. I learned that they had purchased what they thought was a standard construction 1830s farmhouse with the desire to restore. It was when they started to dig in that they learned what they actually had was a log home….

Below is the email and photos -

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Breaking Out Carley Brook Farm to a Separate Site

I have been working on two different projects. One here a the lodge – and the other at the farm.
Recently I have been spending quite a bit of time working on the restoration of Carley Brook Farm, an 1820s farmhouse and farm.

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To the Farm: Dangerous Knob and Tube

Back a while ago I had discovered old knob and tube wiring in the farm house.
When I had opened up the kitchen ceiling to access the source of a leak I revealed the ancient wiring. It looked like it was in pretty good shape – soft and supple after all those years. I [...]

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To The Farm: Knob and Tube Update and More Discoveries

I have been busy busy busy – Have been in the process of ripping out old knob and tube wiring and rewiring – a tedious job. The old knob and tube throughout the house was divided simply by two circuits. One for lights and one for sockets. YIKES.
The kitchen rewiring is complete as well [...]

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To The Farm: Plaster Ceilings, Wall, More Discoveries – and Decisions Made

I’ve been out at the farm again working on fixing plaster. I did get quite a bit accomplished. All the fiber ceiling tiles that were put up sometime in the 70s and the furring strips were completely removed and taken out to the burn pile. I lit them up and stood back and [...]

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To The Farm: Plaster Ceilings and More Discoveries – a Medallion

At some point in the past the plaster ceilings had been covered over by fiber tiles. I believe that the previous owner, instead of fixing imperfections (cracks and of the like) decided to just tile over them.
The ceiling in the main parlor and stairwell had furring strips nailed up and then the tiles. [...]

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To The Farm: A Discovery in the Attic and a History Lesson

I had a major discovery in the attic at the farmhouse. I had been in the attic before but didn’t pay much attention to the pile of additional insulation in the corner. There under the pile was a window, the gable window. It measure 4 1/4 feet tall by almost three feet wide. [...]

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A Walk Through the House at Carley Brook Farm

Trying to incorporate some video into the site here – and first up is a walk through of the house at Carley Brook Farm
 

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A Roof Over My Head: The Rains Cometh

It has been raining steady now here at Carley Brook Farm for the past week. My attention to fixing these plaster walls and ceilings keeps diverting to the poor shape of the roof on this old farmhouse. I know the roof needs replacing. Luckily it is not leaking however, the asphalt shingles are [...]

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