Sat, 2007-12-01 18:20 — jjohn
I am trying to understand how this mortar chinking is going to function in the winter. Its my understanding that mortar has a very low r value.
I have looked through the pics of the student built homes under construction and see sometimes small gaps, some times much larger ones, and I imagine this space filled with mortar. In my climate a winter a temp of -30 or -40 is not uncommon.
The width of mortar between the logs is 4,5 mabey 6 inch's thick at most(correct me if I am wrong, I am only going by the pics).
Isn't this a serious thermal bridge? Do you get condensation on them at such extreams of temp? Arn't they a source of heat loss? has anyone viewed the structure in such extreams with a thermal camera?
John
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The short answer is, the
The short answer is, the mortar doesn't continue all the way through. Believe me, in all the years he's been at it, Skip has thought of everything.
Ok, that makes more sense to
Ok, that makes more sense to me if there is some thermal break. I take my heating serious, It was -25c this morning.