Hand peeled

Structurally graded red cedar^* · Milled in Chico

Milled in Chico, California

Round logs

The classic, hand peeled silhouette.

The classic log home profile, with our standard hand peeled natural finish. Round logs create a warm, enveloping atmosphere with a timeless connection to nature. Their natural curves cast deep, shifting shadows that give a house an organic feel: this is the profile for the tucked-away, deep-woods retreat.

Produced in the classic Swedish cope profile, or the more modern tongue and groove R profile.

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A stacked wall of hand peeled round logs seen end on, each course coped over the one below, with handwritten size labels taped to the cut ends.

The materialHand peeled red cedar^*

The 10″ round log

Built in the Chico showroom, in both styles, and a good place to start.

StylesSwedish copeTongue and groove

10″ round log, Swedish copeWidth10″Overall9 1/2″Stack (face)9″
Most popular10″ round log, Swedish cope
Width
10″
Overall
9 1/2″
Stack (face)
9″
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10″ round log, tongue and grooveWidth10″Overall9 3/8″Stack (face)9″
Most popular10″ round log, tongue and groove
Width
10″
Overall
9 3/8″
Stack (face)
9″
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A round log wall in a Sierra log home — Round logs standing in a Sierra home

Below: the full lineup, every size we mill the round log in.

Round logs, standing up

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Sizes and specification

Finish: Hand peeled
Wall log sizes: 8″9″10″12″13″Swedish cope or tongue and groove.
Corners: Saddle notch · False tails for exterior siding
Structural grade: Every log home package is structurally graded as standard. How grading works
Matching siding: 3×8, 3×9, 4×10, 5×12, 6×13
Best for: Classic deep-woods retreat
Species: Red cedar^*, milled in Chico.

The wall is the part you choose. Everything that holds it together, keeps the weather out and carries the roof is the same whichever profile you pick: see what is in a package.

The profile cut through, with its matching siding

Gallery: Round logs

What it looks like

Corners for the round log

Available corner styles for this profile.

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Standard Saddle Notch Corner

The finish, close up

Hand peeled.

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Standard Hand Peel
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Heavy Hand Peel

Every round log section we mill

The mill’s own drawings, to scale, with the dimensions on them. Overall is the whole section, tongue to groove; stack is what one course shows on a finished wall, and what you multiply by the number of courses.

Download the full wall specification sheet (PDF) every round log section on one page, as the mill drew it

Swedish cope scooped underneath to sit down over the log below

8″ round log, Swedish copeWidth8″Overall7 1/2″Stack (face)7″
8″ round log, Swedish cope
Width
8″
Overall
7 1/2″
Stack (face)
7″
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9″ round log, Swedish copeWidth9″Overall8 1/2″Stack (face)8″
9″ round log, Swedish cope
Width
9″
Overall
8 1/2″
Stack (face)
8″
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10″ round log, Swedish copeWidth10″Overall9 1/2″Stack (face)9″
10″ round log, Swedish cope
Width
10″
Overall
9 1/2″
Stack (face)
9″
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12″ round log, Swedish copeWidth12″Overall11 1/2″Stack (face)11″
12″ round log, Swedish cope
Width
12″
Overall
11 1/2″
Stack (face)
11″
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13″ round log, Swedish copeWidth13″Overall12 1/2″Stack (face)12″
13″ round log, Swedish cope
Width
13″
Overall
12 1/2″
Stack (face)
12″
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Tongue and groove a machined tongue on top, a matching groove beneath

8″ round log, tongue and grooveWidth8″Overall7 3/8″Stack (face)7″
8″ round log, tongue and groove
Width
8″
Overall
7 3/8″
Stack (face)
7″
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9″ round log, tongue and grooveWidth9″Overall8 3/8″Stack (face)8″
9″ round log, tongue and groove
Width
9″
Overall
8 3/8″
Stack (face)
8″
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10″ round log, tongue and grooveWidth10″Overall9 3/8″Stack (face)9″
10″ round log, tongue and groove
Width
10″
Overall
9 3/8″
Stack (face)
9″
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12″ round log, tongue and grooveWidth12″Overall11 3/8″Stack (face)11″
12″ round log, tongue and groove
Width
12″
Overall
11 3/8″
Stack (face)
11″
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13″ round log, tongue and grooveWidth13″Overall12 3/8″Stack (face)12″
13″ round log, tongue and groove
Width
13″
Overall
12 3/8″
Stack (face)
12″
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Round log siding, ship lap the same outer face, as a board

8″ round log siding, 3×8 ship lapThickness2 1/2″Overall7 3/8″Stack (face)7″
8″ round log siding, 3×8 ship lap
Thickness
2 1/2″
Overall
7 3/8″
Stack (face)
7″
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9″ round log siding, 3×9 ship lapThickness2 3/4″Overall8 3/8″Stack (face)8″
9″ round log siding, 3×9 ship lap
Thickness
2 3/4″
Overall
8 3/8″
Stack (face)
8″
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10″ round log siding, 4×10 ship lapThickness3 1/2″Overall9 3/8″Stack (face)9″
10″ round log siding, 4×10 ship lap
Thickness
3 1/2″
Overall
9 3/8″
Stack (face)
9″
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12″ round log siding, 5×12 ship lapThickness4 1/2″Overall11 3/8″Stack (face)11″
12″ round log siding, 5×12 ship lap
Thickness
4 1/2″
Overall
11 3/8″
Stack (face)
11″
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13″ round log siding, 5×13 ship lapThickness4 3/4″Overall12 3/8″Stack (face)12″
13″ round log siding, 5×13 ship lap
Thickness
4 3/4″
Overall
12 3/8″
Stack (face)
12″
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How many lineal feet will it take?

Square feet of wall into lineal feet of material, on the mill's own coverage figures. It opens on the 10″ and lists this profile's products first, but every wall log and siding we carry a coverage figure for is in there.

Product

Square feet to cover

The area you actually want covered, with windows and doors already taken out. Nothing here deducts them for you.

The answer will be here

Two figures: the bare conversion, and the same with the 15 percent waste allowance Sierra prices packages at. Pick a product and type the square footage.

What the number assumesfour things

Coverage is the mill's own figure for each product: the face left showing once it is installed, not the nominal size it is called.
The bare conversion is area divided by coverage. It assumes every foot of material lands on the wall, which no job ever does.
The quoted figure adds fifteen percent for waste and rounds up to a whole foot, which is the allowance Sierra prices packages with. It is not a rule for every job: a wall full of openings wastes more, a plain gable less.
Nothing here is rounded to a purchasable length, and there is no minimum order in this arithmetic. What lengths the mill runs, and what a load looks like, are part of a quote.

Wall logs13 products

One course of wall. The same figure the shop drawings call stack height.

Product	Covers	Per 1,000 sq ft
8 round swedish cope or t&g cedar log	7″	1,715 lf
9 round swedish cope or t&g cedar log	8″	1,500 lf
10 round swedish cope or t&g cedar log	9″	1,334 lf
12 round swedish cope or t&g cedar log	11″	1,091 lf
13 round swedish cope or t&g cedar log	12″	1,000 lf
6x8 timber or D t&g cedar log	8″	1,500 lf
7x10 timber or D t&g cedar log	9″	1,334 lf
8x8 timber or D t&g cedar log	7″	1,715 lf
8x10 timber or D t&g cedar log	9″	1,334 lf
8x12 timber or D t&g cedar log	11″	1,091 lf
10x10 timber or D t&g cedar log	9″	1,334 lf
4x8 timber t&g cedar log	7″	1,715 lf
6x10 timber t&g cedar log	9″	1,334 lf

Siding, paneling and decking18 products

The face left showing once the piece is installed and the next one laid against it.

Product	Covers	Per 1,000 sq ft
3x8 log cedar siding	7″	1,715 lf
3x9 log cedar siding	8″	1,500 lf
4x10 log cedar siding	9″	1,334 lf
5x12 log cedar siding	11″	1,091 lf
6x13 log cedar siding	12″	1,000 lf
2x8 (smooth) log cedar siding	7″	1,715 lf
3x10 log cedar siding	9″	1,334 lf
5/4x8 channel timber cedar siding	7″	1,715 lf
5/4x10 channel timber cedar siding	9″	1,334 lf
1x10/1x3 Board/Bat cedar siding	10″	1,201 lf
1x10/1.25x3 Board/Bat wui compliant (1" is full sawn) cedar siding	10″	1,201 lf
1x12/1x3 Board/bat cedar siding	12″	1,000 lf
5/4x12 channel timber cedar siding	11″	1,091 lf
1x8 rabbeted bevel cedar siding (rough sawn)	6 3/4″	1,778 lf
1x6 t&g "v" groove reversible cedar siding	5″	2,400 lf
2x6 cedar decking (lite radius)	5″	2,400 lf
2x6 decking, kiln dried (lite radius)	5″	2,400 lf
2x6 t&g "v" groove cedar siding	5″	2,400 lf

The other two profiles

Hand peeled outside, hand hewn insideD-logsThe best of both worlds.Sizes, corners and siding →

Hand hewnTimber logsA bold, architectural presence.Sizes, corners and siding →

Quote a round log package

We will quote on anything: a napkin sketch, plans from another architect, or a design you sourced somewhere else. We do not need to have drafted the house.

Or call (530) 899-0680 and speak to somebody at the mill, or email info@sierralogandtimber.com.

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