For ease of installation choose tongue and groove type logs that fit together to form a solid.
Installing log siding indoors.
Make sure that you tap the tongue for it to fit properly.
Hardboard or fiberboard as it s also known is a smooth dense engineered wood product similar to particleboard.
Peter green owner of northern log supply demonstrates how to install log siding with saddle notch corners.
The siding should be stored in a dry environment until you are ready for installation.
Always start with the tongue up.
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Put the log siding on top of the foundation log.
If exterior storage is necessary be sure to cover the siding with plastic and keep the siding off the ground.
This will speed up installation and help prevent water.
Insulated siding acts as an added barrier keeping warm air from escaping in the winter and helping you maintain a comfortable temperature indoors come summertime.
In this video he uses white cedar half log sidi.
Sheathed with plywood or osb and wrapped with house wrap or tar paper prior to log siding installation.
Timber interior siding will often last the lifetime of your home so when you choose log siding you are getting incredible value.
Not to mention log siding is easy to install and maintain.
When manufactured as siding hardboard is.
How to use hardboard siding inside.
Here are some popular places we ve seen homeowners install interior log siding.
There is a 12 log siding that goes on the interior side of the exterior walls.
With the hammer and wooden block tap the tongue of lower log siding into the groove of the log siding you are installing.
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One way to jazz up an outdated painted or wall papered wall is by installing interior log siding.
The log siding boards are attached individually one row at a time working from the bottom up.
Installing log siding indoors can help create a natural lodge look throughout your home that complements your exterior siding.
We have been installing the interior log siding.