From: Scott Frank <scott.frank@sharpeengineering.com> Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:56:31 -0700 Subject: RE: log cabin maintenance Message-ID: <8EC3B3C6B780E045836B014D83A30D7665B4C7AC@VA3DIAXVS5A1.RED001.local>
I would remove any loose chinking, seal the logs, replace the chinking, and
then seal the whole works after chinking dries completely. The historical
ly correct thing to do is nothing with the wood, chink it, and rebuild a ne
w one in a few years. It worked for the settlers - they only lived in the
log cabins long enough to get their house built - but it is not so reasonab
le for you to have to rebuild every decade.
Scott
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Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 5:06 PM
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Subject: log cabin maintenance
We have a historic log cabin that needs some maintenance work. My
question is, which should be worked on first; applying a sealer to the log
s or repairing the chinking?
Thank you!