Siding Over Log Home

Our patented log siding design combines an amazingly realistic log looking exterior with a worry free high strength and easy to install log siding.

Siding over log home.

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. Cover with the siding of your choice. Once applied our log siding products instantly transform the look and performance of any structure. Installing vinyl siding over wood siding wood must be sound.

Some materials in the kit can be overpriced or unwanted. If the wood siding is beveled or lapped you. I m not a vinyl guy for a living but he wants a price from me to do this job. Existing wood siding must be in good shape with no rot or mold and fastened tightly to the wall.

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

Everlog siding solves the traditional issues associated with wood log siding. 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. The initial construction cost is less for stud walls and siding.

3 thick r value of about r21. Log siding requires less maintenance over the years. Covering up logs with siding issues with log homes. Then put on the siding of your choice.

Vinyl siding must be installed against a flat surface. 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. So i would say fur out around the house with maybe 2x4 s and then have an insulation company come and blow closed cell foam against the house approx. The first and easiest is log siding.

Cabin kits come with full logs that are awkward to use.