Hickory Spring Log Homes Log Profiles / Log Siding

       Bruce & Jean Rafoth,
            Earlville, Iowa
Independent Log Home Dealers

   Hickory Spring Log Homes

  Log Profiles | Log Siding

An Independent Log Home Dealer

 
Because Hickory Spring Log Homes represents more than one manufacturer, we are able to offer you a more diversified product line-up. We feature Milled Log Homes, Swedish Cope Log Homes, and Handcrafted Log Homes as well as Timber Frame, Hybrid, and Panelized homes.

 
Hickory Spring Log Homes has carefully selected the manufacturers we represent for their financial stability, quality products, high level of service and track record within the industry. We offer many styles and profiles with a variety of wood species. Whether you plan to design and build a hunting cabin, lakeside vacation retreat, full-time home or luxury estate, we have the products and selections you needs.

Here are some of our options:

• 100% pre-cut, pre-drilled (including electrical) to random length logs
• Kiln or air dried logs or timbers
• White Pine, Cedar (Incense or Western Red), Douglas Fir, Logepole Pine, and Spruce Wood    
  
• Milled D-log, Double D, Dovetail, Flat, Swedish Cope, and Handcrafted Wood Profiles
• Timber Frame
• Panelized or Stick-built with Log Siding from a variety of profiles or conventional
• Log only packages available

We offer a variety of log profiles to meet your requirements. The following image shows each log wall style and matching siding. Each style is available in 6" x 8"/8". 7"x9"/9" and 8"x10"/10".



The following illustrations show a profile of each type of log and siding:




Log Corners

                           
                      Log Corner                                                                      Saddle Notch Option

                           
                      Swedish Cope Log                                                            Panelized Home Corner
                 with Saddle Notch Corner                                           with either Standard Insulation (left)
                                                                                                                    or SIPs Panel (right)
  

                             
                      Flat on Flat Log
              with Timber Corner Post                                             Flat on Flat Log with Dovetail Corner

D-logs are round on the exterior side and flat on the interior side. Also known as milled or machined logs, they come in 6"x8", 7"9" or 8"x10" radiuses, depending on desired look and budget. The advantage of D-logs is that the rounded exterior gives the traditional log home look from the outside, with the advantage of a flat interior side, which is easier to dust. Also, the smooth interior surface can be modified with paint or drywall, and it's simpler to hang things on the flat, interior.

          

Handpeeled Swedish Cope Logs

Logs are processed, hand-peeled, pre-assembled, and inspected according to strict quality standards. During the assembly at the manufacturing facility, the expert woodworkers ensure the log walls will remain tight throughout the natural seasoning and settling process. Each log is hand-peeled with a drawknife, hand-scribed, chiselled, and cut with chain saws to form a perfect fit to the log below. The logs are marked carefully according to the construction plan, disassembled, and then shipped directly to your location for reassembly.

          

Milled Swedish Cope Logs

The groove removed from the bottom of each log allows to the logs to stack firmly on top of each other. This groove is machined to exact specifications to create a load-bearing, weather-tight seal. The advantage of the Swedish Cope style is that it appeals to homeowners who prefer the rounded logs on both the exterior and interior sides of the home. Aesthetically pleasing, the Swedish Cope log can be used in both the internal and external walls to give the look of full, round logs.