Siding Over Log Home

Log siding on the outside allows more options for the inside.

Siding over log home.

Cover with the siding of your choice. Vinyl siding must be installed against a flat surface. Then put on the siding of your choice. Our patented log siding design combines an amazingly realistic log looking exterior with a worry free high strength and easy to install log siding.

Cabin kits come with full logs that are awkward to use. However if you are looking at purchasing an existing log home and are otherwise unable to put drywall up there are other ways to update or transform the dated look and give you a more modern home. The first and easiest is log siding. 3 thick r value of about r21.

If the wood siding is beveled or lapped you. Everlog siding solves the traditional issues associated with wood log siding. Covering up logs with siding issues with log homes. Some materials in the kit can be overpriced or unwanted.

Cedar log siding is the perfect fit for your cabin or country home. 2x8 cedar log siding allows you to integrate the rustic charm of a log home with conventional frame construction. So if the plan is to remove some of the rot and fit the log siding over that area you typically cannot remove all of the rotted wood because all that you have to put back in its place is siding that is only 1 5 2 thick. Installing vinyl siding over wood siding wood must be sound.

It looks exactly like log but requires 75 less wood and will cost you at least 50 less than actual log construction. Covering up logs with siding on your log home or cabin may feel tempting but the problems can stack up quick. This option allows you to apply siding which looks like a log to be applied to a stick build house where you can have drywall on the inside too. Existing wood siding must be in good shape with no rot or mold and fastened tightly to the wall.

He has no emailed me and wants to investigate into installing timbermill vinyl wood looking siding on the exterior of his log home. I d like to find out how others have approached this his logs are pretty uniform in size and shape from row to row but there is. Once applied our log siding products instantly transform the look and performance of any structure. I m not a vinyl guy for a living but he wants a price from me to do this job.

The initial construction cost is less for stud walls and siding.