We have been having trouble with some of the delivery companies finding our cabin out here (directly across from Mitchell Mountain, on Mitchell mountain Rd, and the ONLY buildings with copper colored roofs in the entire subdivision....) so we had a chunk of granite from Telluride Stone in Denver cut for an address marker, then used stone from the property to "dress it up". What uses do you find for rough stone?

Having trouble uploading pics - the way I did it before is not working - they will be coming......

Managed to get them to load now....

I like!

That looks fantastic! very artistic!

Thanks, guys!

More things we used stone from the property for:

Very nice Caveman, I really like stone fireplaces and chimneys, looks like it should last for years to come.

They have been here since 2005 - The guy who did the work was a true artist, but doesn't work for himself anymore.

That is super cool Scott! You have a really nice place.

Fantastic cabin Scott!! I love it, great place to enjoy life and all it's beauty!
Great use of the rocks at your place! I also really like the horses on your marker sign!!

Careful.......someone might call you fancy!

Thanks, guys - and fancy is as fancy does!

A little chinking on that exterior wouldn't hurt. Corner lacing joints in particular. Stay away from silicone for anything on those logs!
When you make it up to the claims I'll teach you how to seal tight logs like that and recommend some good products and suppliers. I think you'd do well at it if you wanna give it a go in the future. I'd do it for sure but you're too far away.

Thanks - I was going to go with "Logjam" chinking this summer.

Hold off on that product... it's designed for applications where the average joint width is 1" wide or wider. It doesn't perform well on narrow joints. It performs extrememly well for joints where the average width is greater than 1".
From what I see in that pic your joint widths will average narrower than 1". Consider Sashco Conceal for that application or Permachink Energy Seal which will give you far better performance in that situation and a wider variety of colors to choose from. Both are great products and not too difficult for your application.... you could even do it in tubes.

Got lots of places where it is 1"plus, and lots 1"minus. Some new air leaks too - living here this winter changed some things.... Is ther a product that will perform well under both conditions?

Moss and seal blubber crammed (hammer and chisel) into the cracks? Works for the alaskians!

True, but not so much here - no seals!

Lol anyway you could have called me out would reveal I cant back that up.....


Fine, fine.... Bacon fat!

You are going to have to determine an "average" width to determine which product to use.

Each of these joint situations may require a different product. Your brain will have to determine the averages. Fill in the blanks.

Average width of typical horizontal log joints:
Average gap width where soffit connects to log terminations (including gables):
Average width of log lacing corner joints:
Purlin penetration gaps (support/structural logs which penetrate the structure):

.... you don't have to mathematically figure out the averages, doesn't have to be precise. There will always be radical +/- variations in each case, those are treatable. Just a rough estimate of those locations by eyeballing the gaps all around. One or two laps studying the gaps and your brain will know.

I got it..... It's just going to take some time to get it done....