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Reader’s Question About Log Cabin Chinking Recipe, Insulation and Boric Acid

by Bearfort · 1 comment

in Reader Q&A

Mark just sent me an email asking about chinking, insulation, boric acid and preservatives for a log barn project he is working on.

Mark writes:

i have an old log open barn the logs are from 1-5 inches apart it is 18 by 20 by 10 feet high i would like your chinking recipe and your insulation idea and the purpose of using boric acid also what is a good sealer to use on the chink and logs to seal it after you are done

Hello Mark and thanks for the question!

I’m going to stick my neck out and assume that the logs on the barn are hand hewn. With that in mind you may want to check out the section on Hand Hewn Chinking for starters.

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Log Home Chinking: A Reader’s Amazing Work

by Bearfort · 2 comments

in Log Home Chinking, Log Home Restoration, Reader's Cabins

A reader of Bearfort Lodge recently sent me this wonderful email and photos of their beautiful work – Stunning! – Here is their email and photos.

Hand Hewn Chinking 1Hi there! Using your mortar mix suggestions and simple steps, laid back attitude, and easy tofollow article – we have finally re-chinked the logs under our porch!

Thanks to you – after two years of researching methods and what to use and how to do – yours was the simplest and best.

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Log Home Chinking: A Reader’s Question on Chinking – Dear Brian

Recently a reader asked a question about chinking a hand hewn log home:
Am trying to figure out what is best to seal between logs [our log home is 100+ yrs. old.]. Most important consideration is keeping rodents out. .. Am sealing from the inside because clapboards are still outside. How can I apply mortar without [...]

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A Reader Discovers Their Home Is Hand Hewn

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. [...]

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Log Home Chinking: Hand-Hewn Log Home Chinking

I received an amazing email from someone that had purchased a home and soon discovered upon beginning restoration and remodeling that underneath the clapboard siding was a hand-hewn log home. What an exciting find!
Some may grimace at such a find as it does open up a host of unanticipated situations with which they must [...]

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