Hello,
I’m a carpenter from Ireland. Building with timber is not common here, but I just completed a medium sized workshop built from reclaimed railway sleepers, lying horizontally.
I installed a backer rod between the timbers, and am now ready for chinking. Sadly, caulking/chinking products are not readily available here. The only sealant type products which adhere to this old, treated timber are very expensive.
I’m wondering if a sand/cement/lime mixture might be best? I could easily poin
Daubing Mixes
parts (volume) material
MIX A
1/4 cement
1 lime
4 sand
1/8 dry color
hog bristles or excelsior
MIX B
6 sand
4 lime
1 cement
MIX C
1 portland cement
4-8 lime
7-10 sand
One more that I have.
Chinking:
By the shovel:
1 portland cement
3 strained sawdust
4 fibered plaster
2 masonry sand
2 masonry cement
mix dry add water