Half log siding mounting system
OwnerKen Civelliinventor
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Abstract
A system of and manner for applying half log siding to a pre-constructed wall with the use of a separate piece of interlocking material. Having a specific shape, this interlocking piece allows for easy assembly and will securely hold the bottoms and tops of the positioned half logs to the wall. This assembly is repeated up the wall until the desired amount of wall is covered with the siding. This separate interlocking piece is capable of being fastened to a wall constructed of any building material while remaining hidden within the completed assembly. The final appearance of the siding gives the illusion of full logs, the drawbacks related with their construction and settling is not experienced.
Claims10
In a building wall structure, a siding system covering an expanse of a wall of said structure, said siding system comprising vertical rows of horizontally disposed elongated siding pieces, a siding piece in any given row being fixed against said wall with a mounting strip extending longitudinally coextensive with the siding piece and having a top locking tongue received loosely in a lower face groove of said siding piece, said mounting strip having a bottom locking tongue received loosely in an upper face groove of a siding piece in a row next below said given row and said mounting strip fixing said next below row siding piece against said wall, said given row siding piece having a front facing side provided with generally straight lowermost edge that lies in abutment with a generally straight uppermost edge of a front facing side of said next below row siding piece, the lower face groove of said given row siding piece and the upper face groove of said next below row siding piece being located rearwardly of the respective front facing sides of said given row siding piece and next below row siding piece whereby said mounting strip is fully concealed from view behind the said respective front facing sides.
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