Faux logs and walls fitted with faux logs

Abstract

Techniques are disclosed for finishing roughed-in walls with faux logs such that the finished walls have the appearance of being made using actual square logs. In one example, such faux logs are fabricated using conventional 2× (two-by) lumber to produce the square log appearance. These faux logs are then stacked and attached to the face of outside and/or inside walls. Walls fitted with such faux logs appear to be built of square logs. Variations provide for chinking between courses of faux logs. The height of each faux log course can be as little as a few inches to well over a foot or more. With one variation, the height of a faux log course can appear to be several feet or more.

1 . A faux log comprising:
 a first vertical member of a length from one to thirty feet and a height from three to fifty inches and a thickness from one-half to six inches;   a second vertical member of a length from one to thirty feet and a height from one to twenty-six inches and a thickness from one-tenth to four inches, a front surface of the second vertical member fastened, via fastening means, length-wise to a rear surface of the first vertical member along the length of the first vertical member with a top surface of the second vertical member substantially parallel to a top surface of the first vertical member and with the top surface of the second vertical member extending a top reveal distance above the top surface of the first vertical member, where the top reveal distance is from one-tenth to four inches; and   a third vertical member of a length from one to thirty feet and a height from one to twenty-six inches and a thickness from one-tenth to four inches, a front surface of the third vertical member fastened, via the fastening means, length-wise to the rear surface of the first vertical member along the length of the first vertical member with a bottom surface of the third vertical member substantially parallel to a bottom surface of the first vertical member and with the bottom surface of the second vertical member extending a bottom reveal distance below the bottom surface of the first vertical member, where the bottom reveal distance is from one-tenth to four inches, and where the fastening means do not penetrate or are not visible anywhere upon a front surface of the first vertical member.   
     
     
         2 . The faux log of  claim 1  where the first vertical member is composed of 2× lumber. 
     
     
         3 . The faux log of  claim 1  where both the second vertical member and the third vertical member are each composed of plywood. 
     
     
         4 . The faux log of  claim 1  where both the second vertical member and the third vertical member have the same width. 
     
     
         5 . The faux log of  claim 1  where the first vertical member comprises a plurality of sections. 
     
     
         6 . The faux log of  claim 5  where all sections of the plurality of sections have the same thickness. 
     
     
         7 . The faux log of  claim 1  where the faux log is flexible, or where the front surface of the first vertical member is dressed. 
     
     
         8 . A method of constructing a faux log, the method comprising:
 fastening, via fastening means to a first vertical member of a length from one to thirty feet and a height from three to fifty inches and a thickness from one-half to six inches, a front surface of a second vertical member length-wise to a rear surface of the first vertical member along the length of the first vertical member with a top surface of the second vertical member substantially parallel to a top surface of the first vertical member and with the top surface of the second vertical member extending a top reveal distance above the top surface of the first vertical member, where the top reveal distance is from one-tenth to four inches, and where the second vertical member is of a length from one to thirty feet and a height from one to twenty-six inches and a thickness from one-tenth to four inches; and   fastening, via the fastening means to the first vertical member, a front surface of a third vertical member length-wise to the rear surface of the first vertical member along the length of the first vertical member with a bottom surface of the third vertical member substantially parallel to the bottom surface of the first vertical member and with the bottom surface of the second vertical member extending a bottom reveal distance below the bottom surface of the first vertical member, where the bottom reveal distance is from one-tenth to four inches, where the third vertical member is of a length from one to thirty feet and a height from one to twenty-six inches and a thickness from one-tenth to four inches, and where the fastening means do not penetrate or are not visible anywhere upon a front surface of the first vertical member.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8  where the first vertical member is composed of 2× lumber. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 8  where both the second vertical member and the third vertical member are each composed of plywood. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 8  where both the second vertical member and the third vertical member have the same width. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 8  where the first vertical member comprises a plurality of sections. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12  where all sections of the plurality of sections have the same thickness. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 8  where the faux log is flexible, or where the front surface of the first vertical member is dressed. 
     
     
         15 . A roughed-in wall fitted with a plurality of faux logs, the roughed-in wall comprising:
 the plurality of faux logs stacked length-wise one atop another with each faux log attached to the roughed-in wall at a second vertical member of the each faux log and a third vertical member of the each faux log via attaching means that do not penetrate or are not visible anywhere upon a front surface of a first vertical member of the each faux log, where the each faux log comprises:
 the first vertical member of a length from one to thirty feet and of a height from three to fifty inches and of a thickness from one-half to six; 
 the second vertical member of a length from one to thirty feet and of a height from one to twenty-six inches and of a thickness from one-tenth to four inches, where a front surface of the second vertical member is fastened, via fastening means, length-wise to a rear surface of the first vertical member along the length of the first vertical member with a top surface of the second vertical member substantially parallel to a top surface of the first vertical member and with the top surface of the second vertical member extending a top reveal distance above the top surface of the first vertical member, where the top reveal distance is from one-tenth to four inches; and 
 the third vertical member of a length from one to thirty feet and of a height from one to twenty-six inches and of the a thickness from one-tenth to four inches, where a front surface of the third vertical member is fastened, via the fastening means, length-wise to the rear surface of the first vertical member along the length of the first vertical member with a bottom surface of the third vertical member substantially parallel to a bottom surface of the first vertical member and with the bottom surface of the third vertical member extending a bottom reveal distance below the bottom surface of the first vertical member, where the bottom reveal distance is from one-tenth to four inches, and where the fastening means do not penetrate or are riot visible anywhere upon the front surface of the first vertical member. 
   
     
     
         16 . The roughed-in wall fitted with a plurality of faux logs of  claim 15  where the first vertical member is composed of 2× lumber. 
     
     
         17 . The roughed-in wall fitted with a plurality of faux logs of  claim 15  where both the second vertical member and the third vertical member are each composed of plywood. 
     
     
         18 . The roughed-in wall fitted with a plurality of faux logs of  claim 15  where both the second vertical member and the third vertical member have the same width. 
     
     
         19 . The roughed-in wall fitted with a plurality of faux logs of  claim 15  where the first vertical member comprises a plurality of sections. 
     
     
         20 . The roughed-in wall fitted with a plurality of faux logs of  claim 15  where a space between the first vertical members of two abutting faux logs of the plurality of faux logs is filled at least in part with chinking.