First pick a wood species, Hemlock or White Pine. Next pick a floor plan such as cabin 101 or cabin 102. Please note that the interior layout can be changed to fit your needs. Cabin 101 is 18 x 26 with a loft that covers about half of the cabin. You can have a staircase, circular stairs, or a ladder. Cabin 102 is the exact same structure as 101, but it has a stick built addition on the back. The stick built addition is less expensive than log cabin walls and it can have traditional materials such as insulation and wood siding. Cabin 102 can have a loft and two bedrooms on the back of the cabin. Either option can be built on a basement to add cheep square footage.

Next pick a log style. Either authentic chinking or dry stack. Authentic chinking cost a little more in the long run, but it offers the original Appalachian style log cabin. The dry stack does not require chinking between logs, but chinking can be added for aesthetics. The dry stack is a 6 x 12 log with a double tongue and groove with two strips of weather-stripping between the logs.

We strongly recommend that you hire a builder to oversee the construction project. However, some customers chose to handle the project themselves and perform much of the work.

Dovetail Cabins offers everything you will need to finish out the construction process. Such as: chinking, insulation, windows, doors, roofing, siding, and flooring.

 

CHINKING
Dovetail Cabins is a distributor for all Perma-Chink products. So we can provide any chinking, borate treatments, and stain you may need for your new cabin.

WINDOWS|
Dovetail Cabins can offer the windows for your project. We offer an all wood window that will match
the interior of your cabin. The exterior is aluminum clad that is available in many colors to add the  personal touch to your cabin.

ROOFING
Dovetail Cabins can provide the new roofing material for your cabin direct from the manufacturer. We have metal roofing in many different colors, including the classic galvanized tin roof. We also havewood shingles made from Western Red Cedar or pressure treated Pine.

PANELING
Paneling is available for porch ceilings, interior ceilings, and walls. Chose from Cypress, Yellow Pine, and White Pine.

INSULATION
We have foam insulation for the walls. The insulation is compatible with Perma-Chink so there willbe no problems. We also have SIPS panels for the roof insulation. SIPS panels are structural insulated panel system that has 6” of rigid insulation and a layer of ½” OSB already glued to the insulation panel.