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Locate your exterior studs: chalk vertical lines up your structure wall for nailing location, layout and chalk a horizontal level line clear around and along the bottom edge of your structure. We recommend ring shank nails, however it’s your option. Start with your first piece of Pioneer Log Siding and continue installing around the total perimeter of your home, making sure you meet as closely as possible on the same level. The great thing about old hewn cabins: they were never perfect. Just stay as level as possible so they meet on the same plane.

Just repeat this installation process until you reach your gable ends or soffit depending on your architectural plan. If you choose to pre-stain finish by touching up your cuts with stain color then your home is done. You are ready for the finish chinking. The Pioneer builders had few rules to follow so the point is: have fun and don’t be too perfect!