Exterior beauty, comfort, and strength.
Our customers build some of the best-looking homes around with our natural exterior wood lumber. Seeing how they take our types of siding and create amazing living spaces inspires our entire team. We currently carry 2x8 half log siding, 1x8 poplar German lap, and 1x10 chink log house siding options for our customers. If you’re looking for log siding for a house or dutch lap siding to cover your home, you’re going to love your options. For details, pricing and any other questions, give us a holler. Our team is always ready to help.
Half Log Siding
Kentucky Lumber’s Half Log siding for homes is a Pine and Fir mix of woods, making it affordable, lightweight, easy to install, and easy to finish. Siding like this has many wonderful advantages. The “cabin look” is and likely will always be popular, but constructing a true log home can be very expensive, laborious, and comes with many complications.
This 1-1/2” thick wall covering makes for easier compliance with local building codes, allows you to insulate your house in any number of ways, and gives you the ability to run your utilities inside your stud walls like you would in a traditional stick-built home, all while getting to enjoy the pleasures of a log-home look!
We sell our log siding as a 2x8 in varying lengths. This option comes in our run of the mill grade and starts at $3.25 per sq ft. This grade is technically still low grade lumber, but will have a little less of the missing knots, cracks, and character that you might see in a cabin grade lumber.
For more details and current pricing, feel free to contact us.
Dutch Lap Siding
Dutch lap siding is a traditional style of house siding. It was an economical option for people who wanted a plank-style siding where one side of the boards had a cupped face, or a concaved edge that laid under the board above it.
The style was made popular in the late 1800s and the German wood lapped siding was used on homes in the United States through the mid 1900s regularly. Today, many people have transitioned to a vinyl Dutch siding, but still others have kept a place in their hearts for the old lapped wood siding and the character that comes with it.
Poplar is great as an outdoor shiplap application. This is normally available in our run of the mill grade poplar as noted on the shiplap page, and starts at $2.25 per sq ft. This grade will still have cracks, barky edges, and loads of character, but it also will have fewer missing knots than our lower grades. It can be great for painting or clear coat, but can be tricky to stain as a species. We have heard that gel stains can make the staining process easier for poplar.
For more details and current pricing, feel free to contact us.
Chink Log Siding
This siding is a hot item for folks who are building homes. There is a limited availability, but our customers love this pattern because it gives them the old, square log look. It comes in our Run of the Mill and starts at $1.49 per sq ft. This grade will have more knots and character, but it also has more missing knots, cracks, barky edges, and other things that amount to waste.
We sell our chink log siding as a 1x10 shiplap. For more details and current pricing, feel free to contact us.
NEED EXTERIOR WOOD SIDING WITH CHARACTER?
We would be happy to help answer your questions about real wood siding. Tell us about your project or simply ask your questions. We would love to help you find the perfect character for your home! Send us a message below or call one of our lumber specialists for more information.
Where and How to Use: FLOORING
Wood flooring should bring uniqueness to a room and be installed where every board has a chance to show off its distinct character. When installed correctly, character-grade flooring is the ideal way to contrast and compliment a room.
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Take the time to lay out and plan at least ten rows ahead of yourself to ensure you capitalize on each boards full potential in both length and appearance. A little planning will go a long way to set the foundation for your great-looking floors.
