Re: OT/ Log Chinking (old method)

Posted by RMinVa on April 20, 2007 at 04:07:35 from (209.145.81.22):

In Reply to: OT/ Log Chinking (old method) posted by NE IA Dave on April 19, 2007 at 21:59:46:

We had 7 tobacco barns on our farm and 5 were log barns. After tobacco went down hill we sold the barns to an outfit in WVa. All of the barns had wood chinking. Three of the barns were built from 1913-1916. All the chinking in those three were nailed in with cut nails. The other two barns we had no idea when they were built but the chinking had wood pegs. I didn't know this until the barns were taken down. But I do remember those two barns, we never had any problem with the chinking falling out. The pegs held tighter than the nails.

Some of the chinking looked to be outside cuts from logs that were cut at a saw mill. Looked to be from the first cut when squaring the logs up. Some had the bark still on it. Then were split to fit between the logs and were almost triangle shaped.

The barns with the pegs had white dirt from one place on the farm that had that type dirt. This dirt was also used for whitewash. It would dry natural white. The white dirt was mixed with horse/mule hair and worked wet for the dobbing. The other barns we used red clay for dobbing. That had to be done almost every year but the white dirt dobbing was still in the older barns when they were taken down.

I'm sure different areas used different styles and different materials. What ever they had available in the area. Plus what part of europe they came from dictated they style they used.

Forgot to say all the loges were hand hewded/hewn (sp) The reason I know when the three barns were built is I talked to a gemtleman that help build those barns. He was born in 1900. He said the barns that had to wood pegs were already aged when he was working on the new barns.

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