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The Complete Guide to Building with Logs & Timber
Whether you're putting up a new log structure, adding a room, or replacing logs that have seen better decades, the materials decisions come down to a handful of questions: full log or siding? Which profile? How much, and how does it ship? This guide walks through all of them in plain language.
We mill these products ourselves in Wisconsin Rapids, and the same people who answer our phones have built with them. Where a decision really depends on your specific wall, we'll say so — and you can always call a log home pro at 1-800-426-1002.
In this guide
- Full logs vs. half-log and quarter-log siding — when each makes sense
- Log profiles explained: #143, #135, #132, #139 and what the numbers mean
- Posts & beams: sizing the structure
- Estimating quantities (and why we add a waste allowance)
- How big items ship: LTL freight, in plain terms
- species & grades (coming in the full draft)
- fastening schedule basics (coming in the full draft)
Two-minute answer, one phone call
Sizing, matching, freight — talk to someone who has actually built with this stuff.
Draft status: outline + introduction. Full sections are written during the content phase — structure, titles and CTAs are final for review.