of the assembly for an easily accomplished tight well mated join when applied to a conventional studded wall as shown being fastened to exterior wall 24 in fig4 the mounting screws 26 are placed so to penetrate studs within the wall which is common to be either 16 inches or 24 inches on center of each other when mounting screws 26 are placed on each stud in exterior wall assembly 24 maximum holding power is obtained a major benefit from securing at each point possible through mounting strips 4 is that with the network of horizontal braces formed from the repeated assembly of mounting strips 4 and half log siding 14 up the exterior wall 24 a dramatically stronger structure is created versatility is another major benefit from using mounting strips 2 amp 4 it can be realized in observation of fig5 which demonstrates the application of half log siding 14 to an existing block wall 60 the task of applying a half log siding to other than a conventional studded wall has been avoided because current designs do not allow for this to be easily accomplished the application onto solid surfaces such as block brick or stone is achieved with little extra effort of pre drilling the locations for mounting screws 26 amp 27 and inserting anchors 62 which securely retains mounting screws 26 amp 27 and thus mounting strips 2 amp 4 will also be securely fastened in place which will perform the duties of holding half log siding 14 in position this siding system is also capable of being applied to any interior wall and can be recognized in fig6 as an interior half log siding 48 there are no significant.