How To Chink A Log Cabin

[@1CathyHendrix]

What a beautiful home you have built for your family!

[@steveclark4291]

Thank you Jared for sharing this information with me and I'll share it with my friends that are restoring their cabin in Georgia !

[@deltonwatts9726]

Thanks for sharing the Chinking mixture and application process. Blessings!

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Thanks for sharing with us Jared, stay safe around there and keep up the good videos. Fred.

[@TheBeardedCarpenter]

Howdy Brother- glad the chinking mix is working well for you. I really like using the hardware cloth to hold the chinking. I don’t get hardly any hairline cracks anymore. When you get er Al chinked you won’t have to worry about it for a long time. I’m just like you, it ain’t my favorite thing to do. When I start I just stay with it till I get it done cause I want to be done lol. Looking good over there. Take care and God’s blessings to y’all

[@annapugh2222]

Happy New year & wishing your family blessings! I miss your Q & A with your wife. Anna in FL panhandle

[@suemcknight9051]

Good morning, Jared… it’s 6° in southern Vermont on this sunny Tuesday. Even too cold to snow! 😅 Laughing at your comment about putting this chore off 😂. Hoping you found my email about your apple(sauce) pies video that you did some time ago.🤞.

[@denislosieroutdoors]

Thanks for the update there eh! Been watching u and Paul the Bearded Carpenter for years.. planning in building my dovetail log cabin build this year here in my lake front property in Southeast Canada... thanks for sharing

[@denniswillie949]

Thanks Jared for sharing I had no idea of the process of chinking that’s good to know, stay safe , God Bless

[@jackww839]

Just great!

[@joeyhardin1288]

Thank you. I don't like anything to do with concrete, not that I can't, I have hundreds of times but just not fun. But you made that look really easy. And a hot cup of coffee on a rainy afternoon, can't beat it. God Bless, stay safe and warm.

[@lynniespencer6011]

Good job

[@francesheavner1498]

Thanks for sharing. That is a job. It takes lots of patience to get that done. Mine is not very good. Blessings

[@davidlpollard4025]

Good video

[@cynthiafisher9907]

This is very interesting! The log cabins I have seen here in Idaho are scribed to one another, so I don’t think they need chinking. It looks like you are doing a fine job!

[@FinnBearOfficial]

Here in Finland people would traditionally fill those gaps with peat or this very lose hemp rope. Chinking is pretty foreign as a practise here. I do remember seeing a house grow an inch higer after the hemp was beaten in the cracks.

[@notWL]

It’s been a while since you posted. Hope all is well. God bless you and your family.

[@94plumbing21]

When do we get another interior house update? I’ve been watching since the beginning and curious to see how it looks now. God bless!

[@zworm2]

I agree The Bearded one is good. What work time do you get with that mix? Good to see a video.

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

I’m not sure exact how long but When it’s not super hot it takes a while to set up I work at it slow and it stays great. When I’m in the hot sunshine it speeds it up

[@zworm2]

@@FlutyLickHomestead Slow and steady wins that race! Thanks for the great videos

[@ramirocapellino6499]

Hi Jared! What worked better for you, metal mesh or nails? And what sand do you use, coarse or fine? greetings from Argentina!

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

I like the mesh the best, also I buy masonry sand at the gravel yard!

[@dannyowensby2499]

Hey Jared off to something different what kind of tomatoes are you planting this year or what kind do yall like

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

I like celebrity tomatoes to can. The wife loves black krim and beef masters to eat

[@dannyowensby2499]

@@FlutyLickHomestead thank you for your time answering my question

[@lizzcomer2586]

I am working on a project to move and preserve a historical cabin. Do you ever work on those kinds of projects?

[@patrickcleburneuczjsxpmp9558]

Have you ever tried any kind of mix without cement? Something like clay with chopped straw and/or horse manure or anything of that sort? I saw an old log building in rather poor repair a year ago where most of the red clay chinking was still in pretty good shape. Based on how neglected the building (particularly the roof) was, I think the chinking must have surely been at least a few decades old, which makes me think clay-based chinking can potentially work very well.

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

I never have tried that kind, I would like to if I ever built just a log out building or hunting cabin! My cabin had old clay chink in it when we took it down

[@patrickcleburneuczjsxpmp9558]

@@FlutyLickHomestead What condition was the chinking in your cabin before you took it down? Did it seem like it mostly had pretty good longevity? Or had it been too long to even judge?

[@JimKernix]

Can't you use something other than fiberglass?

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

I’d say you could use any type you want

[@samd410]

You need to get your pretty wife involved.

[@larrysmith6499]

I don't envy you

[@steveclark4291]

Thank you Jared for sharing this information with me and I'll share it with my friends that are restoring their cabin in Georgia !