Log siding gives the "Log Look" to your home, cedar siding is more contemporary - preference in taste AND appearance is the deciding factor of difference... Log siding is a horizontal siding, so it must be prepped and installed after you get it - making Log Siding vs Cedar Siding a choice of convenience vs. personal needs or tastes..

Yes, but most times you need to install additional window and door trim to ensure that the product lies flush with windows and doors. Sometimes this additional trim requirement makes it less expensive to tear off the old siding and start from scratch. Look at the diagram in the CSSB's Exterior and Interior Wall Manual for more details.

Western Red Cedar contains natural oils that act as a wood preservative to resist insect attack and decay. It exhibits high dimensional stability and contains no pitch. Properly pre-treated, installed, and maintained Western Red Cedar siding can enhance a home's exterior for 50-70 years.

Hand split and re-sawn cedar shakes have a split face, which allows the natural grain to be exposed to the elements. They are thicker than shingles. Our BC cedar shingles are sawn on both faces and have a smooth face. Taper sawn shakes are sawn as well but are thicker than shingles and are applied like shakes.

Assuming local Building Official approval for this type of installation is obtained, you should use the length of nail recommended for that specific material. Add the thickness of the existing insulation and this gives you the nail length required for the fastener to penetrate ¾" or more into the sheathing. Refer to the CSSB's Exterior and Interior Wall Manual.

Although cedar is a natural durable species, leaving it untreated is not recommended because a finish or protective coating will greatly increase it's service life. Cedar is free of pitch and with its high degree of dimensional stability, it is the best of the softwoods for accepting paints, stains, oils and other coatings. Lakeside Lumber recommends an initial coat of high quality oil based primer on all four sides of the siding, followed by two coats of high quality 100% acrylic latex paint.

Our sheds normally come with a 5/8th inch pine siding, but if you plan on putting on vinyl or some other type of siding, we can put on OSB siding. OSB (chip board) is a little cheaper and better for vinyl siding. Just let us know when ordering that you plan on putting up your own siding.

This helps the performance of the stain on the side you do see. It controls the absorption of water on the backside, which not only helps the front side stain to look nice longer, but it also helps to avoid dimensional problems such as cupping and warping.

Maintenance and durability do not have to be a concern. We recommend the Sikkens Wood Coatings for protection and preservation of Log Siding. We support the Akzo Nobel "Sikkens Wood Coatings" products for a good reason -- there simply are no products available that even compare. This is not just our opinion -- check these superb products out with publications like Consumer Reports - and many other resources, including anyone who knows and works with wood.

The CSSB only deals with cedar shake and shingle roofing and sidewall queries. You should contact the Western Red Cedar Lumber Association at www.wrcla.org for more assistance.

Cedar tends to produce a warmer sound and ages faster than spruce. Spruce is brighter and ages more over a longer period of time. Visually, cedar is darker in color with a fairly tight grain pattern. Spruce tends to be very blond with a slightly wider grain pattern.

We use high quality Western Red Cedar as a very economical alternative to redwood. A consistent quality of Redwood has become increasingly more difficult and expensive to find. Western Red Cedar is non-aromatic and has no odor that can penetrate your cork and cause odd flavors in your wine, it is not the kind of cedar typically used in closet linings, etc. The cedar is very moisture and temperature tolerant, resists rot and pests and does

Northern White Cedar has the highest insulating value-per-inch of any native construction wood species. This is a result of its unique cell structure, in which large, less dense cells trap pockets of air to create natural insulation.

Number one reason: it's more economical! Prefinishing can save you as much as half the cost of having your siding stained on site. Plus prefinishing in a controlled factory environment allows a much more uniform coating that penetrates deeper than field coating. This gives you a finish that will last longer. As little as two weeks exposure to weather and sunlight can negatively affect wood siding's ability to hold a field-applied finish.

One of the variables we control in order to assure a high-quality prefinished stain job is the water content of the wood. Too much water and the stain doesn't penetrate as well. Note that not all kiln-dried wood is the same; differing percents of wood water content all are referred to as "kiln-dried". We specify our wood kiln-dryed to a specification that is ideal for the staining process.

Our unique three-coat process consists of one coat of sealer and two coats of tinted top coat, for a finish that is beautiful and will last.

Yellow cedar is about 15% stronger than red cedar, lasts longer in the ground, holds nails better and is more bug resistant. It is also more difficult to stain because of its tight grain and oil content. Red cedar is a much more porous wood and accepts a greater variety of stains. Red cedar also has less of a tendency to warp than yellow cedar. The cost is about the same for both in smaller dimensions, but yellow cedar timbers are considerably more expensive than red.

Most people use a transparent finish that protects and brings out Cedar's natural beauty. Finishes may be oil or water based. Click on http://www.timberprocoatings.com/ or http://www.nam.sikkens.com/ for further details.

Very! Ward Cedar Log Homes offer superior energy efficiency. In fact, log homes surpass frame homes in energy efficiency. We employ the latest technology to engineer and build homes that meet the most rigid conservation standards for a year-round residence even in locations that endure harsh seasonal changes. The National Bureau of Standards conducted independent tests on six buildings of identical size using various construction methods.

We offer all of the above and more. There is an increasing trend towards adding log detail to new or existing conventional homes. In addition, many homeowners are mixing timberwork with log work and the result is very pleasing. If you want to simply add some log or timber as a focal point for your home we can build fireplace mantles, decorative or structural trusses, ridge beams, purlins, post columns, stairs, etc,.