Types of Log Siding for Sale
Species: We sell cedar log siding, pine log siding, fir log siding and redwood log siding.
We specialize in quarter log siding AKA 2x8 log siding for your exterior log siding or interior log cabin siding project (some people call it half log siding, which doesn't exist).
How to Order Log Cabin Siding with Buffalo Lumber
Get in touch with us via email at sales@buffalolumber.com, or call us at 877-960-9663, or fill out our contact form here.
All Buffalo Lumber orders are delivered MILL DIRECT to your JOB SITE. Our orders are custom milled and factory finished. All communication is handled personally - by phone and email.
Our normal lead time from order to door is 2 - 8 weeks.
Once your order is placed, we stay in email and phone contact with you throughout the course of your order. Your salesman will be available to answer any questions you may have along the way. Delays, though unlikely, do happen and you'll be the first to know if that's the case. Buffalo Lumber takes pride in our products and customer service and we are committed to making sure your wood and experience with Buffalo Lumber is the best in the industry...from forest to front door.
Quarter Log Cabin Siding
Quarter Log Cabin siding offers many other advantages over round log besides just price. Ease of installation is one. Many of our Log siding customers install the siding themselves saving the cost of custom professional installation. As I tell all my DIY customers "if you do this for a couple hours you will be an expert".
Sturdy & Durable Log Cabin Construction
Stick Built, Log Sided homes are more dimensionally stable than real log construction. There is no “Settling” to account for nor the costs that are associated with managing it. To put it in Buffalo Terms: CEDAR LOG SIDING HAS SEVERELY REDUCED PAIN IN BUTT FACTOR!
Buffalo Lumber Log Cabin Siding - no Reveal "no chink" - milling diagram
Buffalo Lumber Log Siding - Quarter Log with Reveal "with chink" - milling diagram
Chinking with Quarter Log Siding
Another savings is the cost and labor of "chinking" full logs. When you apply chink you are sealing any gaps between logs that allow air, moisture or critters to flow through. Our quarter log siding overlaps the next board forming a tight seal.
Log Cabin Siding with Reveal
If you select the log siding profile that includes a channel between the log rounds referred to as the "reveal" you can apply chinking in that groove to get a great design effect like our customer in North Carolina did - but that was a design decision only.
Factory Finished / Pre-Finished Exterior Log Cabin Siding
Another huge advantage of quarter log siding is the ability to pre-finish at the mill sealing all sides except end cuts. All wood needs to be protected from the elements in order to perform and continue to look beautiful. The nice thing about log siding is that we can factory finish - stain or prime it - BEFORE you get it. This saves even more time and money on jobsite especially for the Do it yourself owner.
How To Install Exterior Log Siding - Important!
The value of factory finished log siding vs. the risk and cost of problems is in the field after installation. The worst thing you can possibly do is to slap your log siding up and then just stain the face after installation.
This is an invitation to water and rot problems down the road, even with cedar log siding.
The risk is not worth the savings! ROT IS INSIDIOUS.
If water gets behind your exterior log siding and causes rot, the problems can be epic. It can go both ways, rotting your house wrap and getting into the studs behind the walls, causing entire wall sections that need to be cut out and replaced.
All of this occurs out of sight - you will have no way of knowing there is a rot problem until it is too late. Everyone who has ever called us with problems in the field has realized that their wood was not properly sealed on the backside.
Sealing Your Log Cabin Siding
The answer is to seal your log siding on all 6 sides prior to installation (front, back, side, side, end, end). This is where the real value of the FACTORY FINISH PROCESS comes in.
Our machines can seal the face, back and side edges, leaving only the butt ends to the installer on the jobsite for a fully sealed board.