Installing Log Siding Corners

These deck screws have mini heads that are easily hidden.

Installing log siding corners.

Attach the log sidings to your studs using the 3 inch lag screws. Start at the bottom and work your way up the wall. The vertical log corners are easily secured with oly log fasteners thru the face of the corner into the stud wall behind. Be sure to use exterior galvanized nails or 2 coated deck screws to install the log siding.

It will look the way you imagined. Log siding can be easy to install with the right tools. Available in a smooth or hand hewn finish. Vertical log 6 and 8 diameter vertical log corners are easy to install and an inexpensive option for a real log look.

Corner and d trim pieces should be installed before the siding. In this video he uses white cedar half log sidi. We also carry a large selection of matching log siding including d log siding. Snap lines with a chalk line or use a story pole to ensure your log siding stays level and evenly spaced.

All of our log siding corners are compatible with each style and profile of log siding that we offer. We carry dovetail saddle notch as well as butt and pass false corner designs. Install log siding. Leave a inch space between the floor and the log siding as well as the ceiling and the log siding.

Don t forget windows doors need log trim too. New log home construction. False corners give homes constructed with log siding the same rustic look as traditionally built log homes. We offer a variety of trim and corners to match quarter log half log and full log siding installations.

Our versatile log siding trim is shaped like a d for a full log look. Butt n pass authentic log look custom made to coordinate with any of our log siding styles in pine or cedar and in a smooth or hand hewn finish. New construction is a piece of cake. We have butt n pass log corners saddle notch corners and various sizes of vertical log siding corners for our half and quarter log siding.

Peter green owner of northern log supply demonstrates how to install log siding with saddle notch corners. We have the installation manual for the original log home corner on pdf and video for the newer log corner. A few minutes of instruction and you ll be an expert and your project won t look like siding. Achieving a full log look without the expense is easy with the right trim and corners.

Follow the manufacturer s instructions on how to cut and install the corner log sidings. Cut the corner log sidings to fit the corners of your walls. Each piece of our false corners is milled from high quality eastern white pine.