Log Cabin Notching Styles

Log cabin construction styles and types.

Log cabin notching styles.

Logs are cut flush at the corner intersection and capped with trim lumber for a conventional wood siding appearance. Available in appalachian round and double bevel profiles. There are several options when using full logs including dovetailing the logs together saddle notching them or allowing them to butt and pass. In this instance full logs are used to create the walls and frame of the.

Crafted mortise and tenon joints reinforce the intersection of this popular style. Our craftsman enjoy the challenge and precision workmanship required for dovetail log homes. We offer many variations of the dovetail corner notch which is most suited to traditional slab side log or timber style homes and is available in a smooth finish or textured with a traditional adzed look. A full scribe non chinked dovetail log home is extremely rare but available when requested.

The dovetail notch is less common in modern day log home construction but is a very intricate and beautiful design which when finished displays true craftsmanship. The half dovetail and the v notch are found on log homes and barns and even often on barns and other types of outbuildings. There are three different types of corner notches on log cabins found here in the mid atlantic states the half dovetail the v notch and the square notch. A dovetail notch is used for appalachian style log cabins.

See more ideas about log homes log cabin log cabin homes. Available in double notch double v v notch and frontier round profiles. However there is another method of construction as well called the corner post.