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We’re in the process of prepping our log cabin exterior for staining and re-chinking. The original chinking was done poorly with a backer board that was too thick, therefore, the chink layer was too thin. In addition, there is batt insulation in between the logs (reference attached picture) that I know has to go. After pressure washing, we have these lovely water stains on our interior chinking. Should we repair the areas where the stains are, or redo the whole room? Thanks so much in advance🙏🏻

How do I hide them ?
They are on the right side of the cabin.

Full walkthrough vlog of my family's 228-year-old Appalachian historic cabin. My grandfather fell sick with bladder cancer was unable to care for the cabin and unfortunately it has some rotting damage to some wall structures that need replacing as well as the floor upstairs in the back bedroom is caving in really soft to walk over top of. I wonder if the Historic society would register it as a historic place? The original land grant was signed by the 5th president of the United States James Monroe as well as it was drawn by the well renowned Appalachian pencil artist Willard Gayheart. 228 years of Appalachian family history I also found out that one of the gravestones in the video is an ancestor of mine Thomas Williams who immigrated from Wales.

This is a 17 m² prefabricated spruce log cabin/ sauna assembled by me and a friend a few years ago.

Every old Himachali house looks like it has a thousand stories trapped inside it.

Built from wood and stone, shaped by the mountains, and passed through generations. Some are abandoned, some are hanging on, but all of them carry a certain character that modern buildings struggle to replicate.

Are these traditional homes disappearing faster than we realize?

Was told this was built from 3000 year old Western red cedar. Company from Canada shipped it to Colorado and built it. Builder gave me a tour. Insanely cool!

Hi reddit,

I'm just looking for some advice 🙂

We had a log cabin built by a very respected company last year, but they unfortunately didn't do a great job.

We've been extremely busy since then, so I haven't had time to deal with it properly, but since the day it was built, we've had massive gaps in the wood. Originally, we were told that once the wood settles, the gaps should close, but its been over a year, and if anything, they seem to have gotten bigger.

I have attached pictures of what it looks like. It's so big that a massive spider was able to sit in there!! You can literally look in and out through it. I originally covered it up with tape (I dont like spiders) to stop things from getting in and out, and now I have a chance to try and deal with it properly.

There are a few smaller gaps in other places, but this is the worst one, and the main one I'd like to fix.

Is there any way this can be fixed/sorted?

Many thanks 😊

Hello! Was just wondering if anyone on here has experience with this kind of build. I have run in to quite a few practical considerations/challenges/questions associated with the Butt & Pass style build, working with green logs, and working with Eastern Hemlocks.

I am just going to spitball a couple bullet points as any advice / suggestions would be much appreciated. Super grateful for any input.

• Dealing with shrink and affixing window frames to logs/compensating for shrink above window frame and log over window frame.
• Roof rafters designs / purlins for Butt & Pass
• Eastern Hemlocks and rot/using ones that were felled a year or so ago
• Best times to peel
• Age of tree and ease of peeling
• others I can't remember at the moment

Thanks for any insight. Would love to link up with someone who has a done a similar build. For reference the build is approx. 21' x 16' with a 5' deck.

I have a YouTube channel documenting the whole build if you are interested, the link is below.

https://www.youtube.com/@AdirondackLogCabin

Hi everyone. Im wondering about exterior log protection on my new build. Leaning towards Sashco stains and caulk products but would like to keep the red Pine as light in color as possible.

We bought a log house last year and it was build horribly and not maintained. We are trying to fix the transition from the tung and groove to the log wall. Any ideas how to make this look right? Thanks for the help!