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Definitely sauna weather.

#Sauna #Homestead #Winter #Snow #Firewood #Building #LogHouse

A small log building with a chimney emitting smoke. A covered firewood store with a dwindling store of firewood is in front of it. Both are covered with snow. The sun shins at a low angle. Around both sides, some trees, a fence with a gate, a corner of a well and a giant steel tank.

There are usually 5 basic steps to finishing your log home:

1. Prep the surface
2. Preserve against rot, bugs and fire.
3. Apply the stain, clear coats if using
4. Apply the chinking and sealants
5. Relax and enjoy your work!
Photo credits to Perma-Chink.

#loghomes #logcabin #logbuilders #loghouse

There are usually 5 basic steps to finishing your log home:

1. Prep the surface
2. Preserve against rot, bugs and fire.
3. Apply the stain, clear coats if using
4. Apply the chinking and sealants
5. Relax and enjoy your work!
Photo credits to Perma-Chink.

#loghomes #logcabin #logbuilders #loghouse

A log shaper, for shaping logs so they fit together snugly to build a log house.

https://www.skelbiu.lt/skelbimai/rastu-apdirbimo-stakles-su-15m-begiais-82238834.html

Similar to a thicknesser, but with shaped blades. One for the convex top and one for the concave bottom of a log.

#LogHouse #Machinery #Woodworking #Construction #Planer #LogShaper #Skelbiu

Last good weather, maybe. Replaced a rotted out windowsill before winter. This window will be replaced with a much smaller one, but we didn't get around to that this year, so I'm patching it for now.

Used reclaimed wood from the stash I've been collecting from around the farm.

#DIY #Repair #LogHouse #Renovation #Homestead

Side of an old log house painted in mostly yellow. A window is open, the panes removed. Two wooden shutters rest on the ground left and right of it. A fixed third, upper pane remains in place. The bottom is covered with new black plastic foil instead of the crumbling old tar paper under the windowsill.

There's various tools strewn around, a table saw, an improvised table from two sawhorses and an old chair with a blue bucket next to it. The sun shines around the corner at a low angle and a pesky religious symbol lurks next to some trees.

Mortar cart attacks.
And fills the cracks.

Since we didn't get around to doing the full foundation job, I'm at least patching the cracks with lime mortar so it doesn't get worse in winter.

Not aiming for a pretty job, just need to finish it today as the weather will soon be too cold. It will get cast into concrete anyways 😱

#Stone #Foundation #Lime #Mortar #Repair #DIY #LogHouse #Homestead

A large builders bucket (not Sir Cracksalot this time) in a self built cart. Inside is a greyish white mortar mixed not too sloppy so it can be smeared deep and not fall off a vertical wall. Some mortar tools are also on the cart. Nearby a cable drum and an electric hand mixer.

A stone foundation on the north side of a log house with yellow planks. The soil is recently disturbed from fixing the grade and the gaps between the stones are filled with fresh grayish white lime mortar. The mortar cart stands on the far corner, now less full.

Log house for sale, buyer must arrange transport. Some stability issues.

If the roof was removed only recently, many of these beams will still be good and it used to be normal to construct or repair other buildings with recycled logs from previous ones.

We're looking for some (old house) logs ourselves, but cannot do a deal where we have to disassemble and remove a whole house for obvious reasons.

#LogHouse #Recycling

An old log house. The roof panels have been removed. The walls still stand, but one window frame is collapsing due to a broken or slipped vertical beam that held the logs in alignment. The wall section is bowed out and barely held together with some beams and cargo straps, making it an extra risky deconstruction.

[Photo from a Skelbiu ad]

Limewash is an interesting material. It's not paint, you just throw a bunch of slaked lime into water and keep it there. The longer you keep it under water, the finer it gets.

When you need it, dredge out a quantity of the stuff with enough liquid so it's like creamy yoghurt.

Best applied with a thick brush, likes to splash everywhere and is caustic enough to etch an aluminium ladder, so protect yourself.

It goes on looking thin but hardens by absorbing atmospheric CO2 (yup, carbon capture, or recapture at least) and turns whiter as it does.

Unlike cement and many modern paints, it is moisture permeable and so lets the log "breathe" and not rot underneath.

It's also antibacterial, so used to be applied regularly in animal barns.

#LogHouse #Lime #Limewash #DIY #Calcium #CarbonCapture

Too hot outside, so tackled some work in the kitchen.

The wall where we tore out a rotten old shelf looked ugly. The logs are in reasonable shape for their age but the limewash was due for renewal about half a century ago, mostly flaked off and mixed with a few spills.

There were also gaps where the logs had shrunken from drying.

Last winter we gathered some sphagnum moss in the forest and dried it in the sauna.

Great material, as evidenced by the original moss still being intact after 90 years. Nature's spray foam, minus the cancer.

I used a piece of scrap metal to push it in, which worked well, bit like caulking a wooden boat, although it took the entire bag of moss as it compresses a lot.

#Homestead #DIY #Renovation #LogHouse #Moss #Repair #Limewash

A white sack about half full with sphagnum moss, with a lump spilling out. The moss is dry but still green. There's an angled piece of steel on the floor next to it, the stuffing tool.

The moss, stuffed into the gaps and also some into the checking (cracks), which is optional. It's hanging out in green bushels and looks like it grew there. In some areas the original moss from 1934 is visible, largely still holding onto the old lime.

Same area with the excess moss now trimmed off with a sharp knife. It looks smoother and no longer like a moss infestation.

Same area again, now limewashed, giving it an off white thick finish that soaks into the moss fibers and turns them into some kind of fibre reinforced mortar. The limewash will whiten further as it cures, but a second coat is needed here.

New record holder for biggest nail I pulled out of a wall yet.

Came out easy after sticking the crowbar through the ring and twisting it.

#Nail #DIY #Renovation #LogHouse #Homestead

A gloved hand holding up a giant rusty spike that was hammered into a log beam wall that's visible behind. It has a square cut pointy tip and the rear is bent into a ring. It's about 30 cm long and perhaps 12mm diameter.

Future bathroom clearout continues.

I pulled this many nails out of the walls (and ceiling) of that room.

Plus a few that got swept up into the compost and can provide iron for future spinach plants.

#DIY #Renovation #LogHouse #Homestead #Rust #Nails #House #Building #Restoration

The former storage room and future bathroom, now mostly cleared out and also freed of substantial amounts of spiderwebs. The two visible walls are made of thick log beams with moss between them. The floor is some kind of dodgy concrete and very uneven. In the left corner a temporary toilet cubicle from OSB is showing with a lightswitch. An old table with junk is in front of a window covered in an old mattress for insulation. On the floor a bathtub full of water. A lightbulb dangling from the ceiling illuminates the room.

A standard size pickle jar full of rusty old nails. Some are twice as long as the jar and sticking out far. There is also an old windshield wiper arm, which was also nailed into the wall!

Something going through my head as I work on this old log house. Most things here are made of natural materials.

Wood, hay, straw, chaff, cotton, flax. Iron nails. Things that can be composted on site, used for heating, recycled (iron/steel) or even used again (a lot of the wood goes into storage).

Compare that with modern houses made of every kind of plastic, adhesive, sealant, foam, etc.

Unrecyclable waste when end of life. Toxic sludge if it burns down.

#Building #Materials #LogHouse

Check out this video of a craftsman using Perma-Chink! 🛠️ For anyone into log home maintenance,🪵 Perma-Chink is a game changer, sealing gaps and enhancing durability.💯 It's fascinating to see how it keeps log homes looking their best!🏡
https://canadianloghomesupply.com/collections/perma-chink
#permachink #loghome #loghouse #permachinkapplication #logstain #logsealant

Discover how to keep your log cabin looking great with these 6 essential maintenance tips! From using the right wood sealants to pest prevention, learn how to protect your rustic retreat. 🌲🏡
https://www.editorstop.com/preserve-your-retreat-6-essential-tips-for-log-cabin-maintenance/
#loghome #loghouse #loghousemaintenance #woodsealants

Beautiful forest hideout.

#Lithuania #LogHouse

A grassy clearing, surrounded by forest. The setting sun shines a golden glow onto the forest and a log building. A pine branch hangs into the scene from above.

Viewed the 90 year old house.

The logs are in great shape for their age. It was built well, using only trees felled in winter (dry, no wood boring insects) and maintained since.

The owner, born in 1926, showed us the property and his photo albums. He's been living here for 40 years.

A good barn, a bad barn, sauna, two wells, grain store, beekeeping stuff, loads.

Loads of work, too. Original windows. No shower. The road is noisy. Single phase electricity.

We like it.

#HouseSearch #LogHouse

A very old log house, cladded in yellow painted planks with a newish metal roof styled in the shape of shingles. It's surrounded by mowed grass, some trees and plants.

Tyinholmen, Norway in October 23rd Shortly before the first snow comes, we drove from Bergen to Oslo and stopped at this wonderful place. The weather was very changeable, ranging from windy to sunny and snowy. I was able to capture this magical rainbow as soon as we arrived.

#norway #tyinholmen #jotunheimen #scandinavia #north #rainbow #roadtrip #woodenhouse #loghouse #nature #dramaticskies #dramaticsky #dramaticlighting #landscape #norge #jotunheim #jotunheimennationalpark #momentsofmine #seekmoments #adventureseeker #ontheroad #travellifestyle #travel

Intense rainbow over a wooden house in Norway. Our car is parked next to it. The sky is dramatically colored, with rain clouds and sunshine.

The snowman is almost finished!
雪だるまがもうすぐ完成！

#bingimagecreator #AIart #cat #catart #illustration #子猫 #kitten #ほのぼの #heartwarming #水彩画風 #watercolorstyle #雪だるま #ログハウス #snowman #loghouse

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(When was the last time you made a snowman? 雪だるまを最後に作ったのは何時ですか☺？)

Busy times in #renewable #energy projects here in the Baltics.
And stayed in a nice CO2 negative guesthouse in the Lithuanian countryside. #kalkhennep #loghouse #baltic #Lithuania #Litouwen

55 days to the start of #summer on #PEI. #CountdownToSummer2023
#BelmontRoad #LogHouse

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