Chinking

BigLog Homes can provide both highest quality chinkfree and chinked styles of log homes. If you prefer the look of a chinked wall, We welcome the opportunity to provide you with the Timberchink products that you can use.

When it it comes to appearance, the sheen
of Timberchink chinking products is roughly textured.

Use 30 oz or larger cartridge based applicators or a good refillable caulking gun if your material is in pails. You will need several types of paddles or trowels or putty knives or strikes to trowel the material into place. I would very highly recommend using masking tape to limit the spread of the materials, lower the cleanup effort and make for a crisp, professional appearance. Where excessive voids appear in the wood or the insulation, fill the voids with something, maybe, some of the styrofoam or some aerosol foam or backer rod (backer rod is round foam rope, in sizes ranging from 1/8" up to many inches.) Foam backer rod is an excellant filler behind caulking. Large bulky "pockets" of caulking and chinkng must be avoided.

Summary:

  1. prep: cleanup the wood & remove loose material stuff, fill voids in backing, use backer rods
  2. mask both sides of every lateral joint to caulked or chinked
  3. apply material with applicator
  4. trowel material firmly into place removing excess material
  5. Apply sand if desired
  6. IMMEDIATELY remove masking tape
  7. refinish walls with new sealant over
    8. the chinking & all. (if you don't want sealant on the chinking, prep & refinish the logs before chinking!!!)

OR Hire A PROFESSIONAL CHINKER
(OF COURSE WITH OUR BIGLOG HOMES, NO CHINKING IS NEEDED!)