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The back story - our home is about 35 years old and in all of that time we
have not done a lot of what you might consider routine maintenance. In the early years after our house was built, we did apply preservatives, but that was only within the first 5 years or so. After that - the house pretty much just aged as log homes age. That all went well for a lot of years. But... at a point we began to notice some things - a bit of log rot here and there, failure of stains, and a general aging look of the home. So, we properly deferred any action on those things, until now. This year we decided it was time to pull the trigger on addressing these issues and restoring our home to its proper condition. We have a contractor moving on today (7/7/14) to undertake the following action items - 1) cob blast the entire structure - some of which is real log construction and some of which is stick built with lob slab siding, 2) discover and repair any log or log slab rot - this can be partial log replacement or complete log replacement, 3) apply preservatives and stains, 4) re-chink as necessary , 5) re-paint trim around windows/doors, and facia, 5) anything else that is required upon discovery. Here's a link to where we start from. This is something of a walk-around of our house, trying to depict the current state of things. Wouldn't you know that today - as the contractor is moving on... it's freakin' raining like hell. Oh well... Here's the link all the same... http://s1259.photobucket.com/user/mi...?sort=3&page=1 Will keep this link updated and anyone interested can take a look over the next several weeks, for progress -- -Mike- |
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On Monday, July 7, 2014 11:10:42 AM UTC-5, Mike Marlow wrote:
Will keep this link updated and anyone interested can take a look over the next several weeks, for progress -- -Mike- Sounds like a major job, to me. Wish my maintenance projects, home and shop, took only a few weeks to accomplish. Maybe, I should hire a repair crew, for some things. Your home looks inviting. Very nice! Sonny |
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Sonny wrote:
On Monday, July 7, 2014 11:10:42 AM UTC-5, Mike Marlow wrote: Will keep this link updated and anyone interested can take a look over the next several weeks, for progress -- -Mike- Sounds like a major job, to me. Wish my maintenance projects, home and shop, took only a few weeks to accomplish. Maybe, I should hire a repair crew, for some things. It is indeed a major project! Way more than I was willing to take on by myself. Those days are gone for me. What they are going to accomplish in weeks would take me months. They started cob blasting this morning at 7:30 and have the back of the garage done and are moving across the back of the house now. They figure 3-5 days of blasting - depending on rain. Your home looks inviting. Very nice! Thank you Sonny. We can't wait for this work to be done - all of the rot repaired, new preservative, new stain and a brand new looking house. It will be very uplifting to see that. Keep an eye on that link - I'm trying to update it daily. Certainly at each phase of the project. -- -Mike- |
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The back story - our home is about 35 years old and in all of that time we
have not done a lot of what you might consider routine maintenance. In the early years after our house was built, we did apply preservatives, but that was only within the first 5 years or so. After that - the house pretty much just aged as log homes age. That all went well for a lot of years. But... at a point we began to notice some things - a bit of log rot here and there, failure of stains, and a general aging look of the home. So, we properly deferred any action on those things, until now. This year we decided it was time to pull the trigger on addressing these issues and restoring our home to its proper condition. We have a contractor moving on today (7/7/14) to undertake the following action items - 1) cob blast the entire structure - some of which is real log construction and some of which is stick built with lob slab siding, 2) discover and repair any log or log slab rot - this can be partial log replacement or complete log replacement, 3) apply preservatives and stains, 4) re-chink as necessary , 5) re-paint trim around windows/doors, and facia, 5) anything else that is required upon discovery. Here's a link to where we start from. This is something of a walk-around of our house, trying to depict the current state of things. Wouldn't you know that today - as the contractor is moving on... it's freakin' raining like hell. Oh well... Here's the link all the same... http://s1259.photobucket.com/user/mi...?sort=3&page=1 Will keep this link updated and anyone interested can take a look over the next several weeks, for progress Mike Marlow Nice home Mike. Hope the log restoration goes well. Looking forward to seeing after pictures. Thought about building one of those once but, like many things in life, it got away from us and time slipped past. |
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Casper wrote:
Nice home Mike. Hope the log restoration goes well. Looking forward to seeing after pictures. Thought about building one of those once but, like many things in life, it got away from us and time slipped past. Thank you! It was always a dream for both of us, so our first (and only) house was what we both always wanted. It's great seeing how well the logs are cleaning up with the cob blasting, but what a mess it makes! They clean up after themselves outside, every night before leaving and they re-use the cob one time, so things aren't so bad at the end of each day. Inside - we have to clean up. It's amazing how much infiltrates the house! Guess we know what we'll be doing every night for the next week. After that - not very messy at all. -- -Mike- |
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So uh... this picture here...... http://s1259.photobucket.com/user/mi...g.html?filters[user]=128273756&filters[recent]=1&filters[publicOnly]=1&sort=1&o=18 did they find that some if was just not worth saving? ;~O |
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On 7/8/2014 11:28 AM, Leon wrote:
So uh... this picture here...... http://s1259.photobucket.com/user/mi...g.html?filters[user]=128273756&filters[recent]=1&filters[publicOnly]=1&sort=1&o=18 did they find that some if was just not worth saving? ;~O Well any way, it is the picture of the trailer full of fire wood, l~) |
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Leon wrote:
So uh... this picture here...... http://s1259.photobucket.com/user/mi...g.html?filters[user]=128273756&filters[recent]=1&filters[publicOnly]=1&sort=1&o=18 did they find that some if was just not worth saving? ;~O Actually - they loved that wood but said something about short joints... -- -Mike- |
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"Leon" lcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote did they find that some if was just not worth saving? ;~O You are a sick, sick man, Leon! g -- Jim in NC --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com |
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"Mike Marlow" wrote: Here's the link all the same... http://s1259.photobucket.com/user/mi...?sort=3&page=1 Will keep this link updated and anyone interested can take a look over the next several weeks, for progress ------------------------------------------------------ Any updates? Lew |
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Lew Hodgett wrote:
"Mike Marlow" wrote: Here's the link all the same... http://s1259.photobucket.com/user/mi...?sort=3&page=1 Will keep this link updated and anyone interested can take a look over the next several weeks, for progress ------------------------------------------------------ Any updates? They moved on to chinking last week and I have to post a few pictures of that. The log rot/bug damage is all repaired and that is documented on the photobucket site. I hope to upload some chinking pictures tonight. That process will continue for the coming week, at which point they should be able to move on to stain and trim paint. The above link no longer works, because I reorganized the library to make it more logical. Here's the link to the top level library for the restoration work - beneath this are intuitive sub-levels. http://s1259.photobucket.com/user/mi...?sort=3&page=1 -- -Mike- |
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Mike Marlow wrote:
Lew Hodgett wrote: "Mike Marlow" wrote: Here's the link all the same... http://s1259.photobucket.com/user/mi...?sort=3&page=1 Will keep this link updated and anyone interested can take a look over the next several weeks, for progress ------------------------------------------------------ Any updates? They moved on to chinking last week and I have to post a few pictures of that. The log rot/bug damage is all repaired and that is documented on the photobucket site. I hope to upload some chinking pictures tonight. That process will continue for the coming week, at which point they should be able to move on to stain and trim paint. The above link no longer works, because I reorganized the library to make it more logical. Here's the link to the top level library for the restoration work - beneath this are intuitive sub-levels. http://s1259.photobucket.com/user/mi...?sort=3&page=1 Very interesting! Keep us up to date with the pictures. -- GW Ross We find the defendant innocent by reason of being generally clueless. |
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G. Ross wrote:
Mike Marlow wrote: Lew Hodgett wrote: "Mike Marlow" wrote: Here's the link all the same... http://s1259.photobucket.com/user/mi...?sort=3&page=1 Will keep this link updated and anyone interested can take a look over the next several weeks, for progress ------------------------------------------------------ Any updates? They moved on to chinking last week and I have to post a few pictures of that. The log rot/bug damage is all repaired and that is documented on the photobucket site. I hope to upload some chinking pictures tonight. That process will continue for the coming week, at which point they should be able to move on to stain and trim paint. The above link no longer works, because I reorganized the library to make it more logical. Here's the link to the top level library for the restoration work - beneath this are intuitive sub-levels. http://s1259.photobucket.com/user/mi...?sort=3&page=1 Very interesting! Keep us up to date with the pictures. Just got done uploading some pictures under the album title Chink Repair. Got a little behind this past week because this weekend our youngest daughter got married, and between that and my day job, i kinda slipped behind a bit with keeping the house pictures up to date. But - that's all passed now and hopefully I can keep a little more abreast of things as they develop. -- -Mike- |
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On Sun, 27 Jul 2014 18:47:00 -0400, "Mike Marlow"
wrote: G. Ross wrote: Mike Marlow wrote: Lew Hodgett wrote: "Mike Marlow" wrote: Here's the link all the same... http://s1259.photobucket.com/user/mi...?sort=3&page=1 Will keep this link updated and anyone interested can take a look over the next several weeks, for progress ------------------------------------------------------ Any updates? They moved on to chinking last week and I have to post a few pictures of that. The log rot/bug damage is all repaired and that is documented on the photobucket site. I hope to upload some chinking pictures tonight. That process will continue for the coming week, at which point they should be able to move on to stain and trim paint. The above link no longer works, because I reorganized the library to make it more logical. Here's the link to the top level library for the restoration work - beneath this are intuitive sub-levels. http://s1259.photobucket.com/user/mi...?sort=3&page=1 Very interesting! Keep us up to date with the pictures. Just got done uploading some pictures under the album title Chink Repair. Got a little behind this past week because this weekend our youngest daughter got married, and between that and my day job, i kinda slipped behind a bit with keeping the house pictures up to date. But - that's all passed now and hopefully I can keep a little more abreast of things as they develop. Now you'll have time to catch up on your house pictures as your wallet catches up. (Only one son and they're cheap anyway ;-) |
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On 7/27/2014 5:47 PM, Mike Marlow wrote:
Got a little behind this past week because this weekend our youngest daughter got married, Congratulations! We should all be so lucky. -- eWoodShop: www.eWoodShop.com Wood Shop: www.e-WoodShop.net https://www.google.com/+eWoodShop https://plus.google.com/+KarlCaillouet/posts http://www.custommade.com/by/ewoodshop/ KarlCaillouet@ (the obvious) |
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Mike Marlow wrote:
Lew Hodgett wrote: "Mike Marlow" wrote: Here's the link all the same... http://s1259.photobucket.com/user/mi...?sort=3&page=1 Will keep this link updated and anyone interested can take a look over the next several weeks, for progress ------------------------------------------------------ Any updates? They moved on to chinking last week and I have to post a few pictures of that. The log rot/bug damage is all repaired and that is documented on the photobucket site. I hope to upload some chinking pictures tonight. That process will continue for the coming week, at which point they should be able to move on to stain and trim paint. The above link no longer works, because I reorganized the library to make it more logical. Here's the link to the top level library for the restoration work - beneath this are intuitive sub-levels. http://s1259.photobucket.com/user/mi...?sort=3&page=1 What do they use for chinking log homes? -- GW Ross We find the defendant innocent by reason of being generally clueless. |
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G. Ross wrote:
What do they use for chinking log homes? It's a synthetic compound that has excellent adheasion properties as well as elasticity so that it is not affected by the normal movement of the logs through weather changes. The chink that we are using is a Sashco product. It is applied by a gun resembling a large caulk gun, and then tooled in using wet foam brushes in a manner much like pointing up mortar joints in a block wall. Properly applied, today's chinking compounds are supposed to last 40-50 years. Of course the products in use today have not been around for 40-50 years, so there is no real world evidence of these claims. -- -Mike- |
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Mike Marlow wrote:
G. Ross wrote: What do they use for chinking log homes? It's a synthetic compound that has excellent adheasion properties as well as elasticity so that it is not affected by the normal movement of the logs through weather changes. The chink that we are using is a Sashco product. It is applied by a gun resembling a large caulk gun, and then tooled in using wet foam brushes in a manner much like pointing up mortar joints in a block wall. Properly applied, today's chinking compounds are supposed to last 40-50 years. Of course the products in use today have not been around for 40-50 years, so there is no real world evidence of these claims. Sounds like a great improvement. The one my dad was born in probably used clay and Spanish moss. -- GW Ross It is the journey that matters, in the end. |
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On Tuesday, July 29, 2014 8:25:35 AM UTC-5, Mike Marlow wrote:
G. Ross wrote: What do they use for chinking log homes? It's a synthetic compound I'm ignorant of log homes, for the most part.... their construction, repair, etc. Chinking and rot repair are obvious, but I don't have a clue as to what cob blasting is. *Almost all I know, about logs, is to mill them into lumber. Sonny |
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"Lew Hodgett" wrote:
"Mike Marlow" wrote: Here's the link all the same... http://s1259.photobucket.com/user/mi...?sort=3&page=1 Will keep this link updated and anyone interested can take a look over the next several weeks, for progress ------------------------------------------------------ Any updates? Lew What's up with the dudes, one shirtless, holding hands in the corner? :-) |
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Leon wrote:
"Lew Hodgett" wrote: "Mike Marlow" wrote: Here's the link all the same... http://s1259.photobucket.com/user/mi...?sort=3&page=1 Will keep this link updated and anyone interested can take a look over the next several weeks, for progress ------------------------------------------------------ Any updates? Lew What's up with the dudes, one shirtless, holding hands in the corner? :-) Youthful indiscretion. -- -Mike- |
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