AZ ranch

[civilian]

Some typos just make me laugh

It took two replys for me to realize my typo. Thanks guys. Jon

 

[BoFuller]

I finished with the floor boards. I will resume with the railing when I get back in a couple days.

 

[fitter1]

What kind of chinking is that? Does it shrink much?

 

[EddieWalker]

Looks nice.

Are you putting your corner railing posts on the inside of your decking, and the stair post on the outside? How will you line up your railing?

 

[BoFuller]

What kind of chinking is that? Does it shrink much?

The chinking is concrete - 6 parts sand to 2 parts Portland cement to 1 part lime

This is one place where I disagree with the guy on Barnwood Builders - who says never use concrete.
It works, and is way less expensive than synthetic chinking. It does not shrink. The logs have shrunk a little bit over the past 5 years, so I am going around and sealing the crack with Permachink synthetic chinking. Much easier to squeeze it out of a tube for small cracks and not a huge financial burden when you just need it for cracks.

 

[BoFuller]

Looks nice.

Are you putting your corner railing posts on the inside of your decking, and the stair post on the outside? How will you line up your railing?

Good eye. I wanted the posts on the outside, and I will secure the cross pieces with either bolts or structural screws. I had two posts from the previous little porch that were on the inside corner, which I put up just to see what they look like. I think I will probably leave them there just to make it look tougher, stronger. I may run a screw through the end into the rail, or I may put a block under the rail and secure it to those corner posts. Either way they are not really contributing much to the strength. If they don’t look right, then I will take them out.

 

[fitter1]

The chinking is concrete - 6 parts sand to 2 parts Portland cement to 1 part lime. Thanks, but what does the lime do?

 

[BoFuller]

Lime gives it more strength, adds a little flexibility, and adds a little bit of moisture proofing.
The downside is that it takes longer to cure. Today, time is money, so the faster concrete dries the better, but for my build, I didn’t care how long it took.

 

[fitter1]

Thanks.

 

[BoFuller]

I had hoped to make some progress on the deck railing, but with temps going down into the teens this week, I decided that stocking up on firewood was more important.