Roof Wood Shake

Featuring a reddish brown color that complements a variety of home designs these cedar wood shingles offer durability and an appealing look.

Roof wood shake.

Wood shingles are thin tapered pieces of wood primarily used to cover roofs and walls of buildings to protect them from the weather. A wood shake is a premium product costing around 3 50 per square foot versus 2 50 a square foot for wood shingles. We are a red cedar shake manufacturer. Skip to main content 800 328 4624.

Interlayment is acceptable on a shake roof but never on a wood shingle roof. These 25 year medium cedar roof shake shingles are energy star qualified to offer year round energy and money savings. In harsh weather where freeze thaw cycles are common or in wet weather climates they may not last as long. Tapersawn shakes tapersawn shingles direct cedar supplies is a major world supplier of cedar shake and shingle roofing and tapersawn shakes.

You can choose heavy split and resawn shakes this design is where the back is sawn but the front is split in a method to show the natural wood. Climate can affect its life expectancy. By red house architects the most expensive option for shingling a roof is wood shakes between 7 50 to 12 50 per square foot or 750 and 1 250 per square 100 square feet installed. Various types of shake roof styles.

Brava composite shake roof costs are going to be comparable to their natural counterpart but in the long run you will save money by installing a synthetic roofing product. Wood shakes can be split or sawn in multiple ways each of which leads to a unique look and feel. Tapersawn wood shakes are sawn on both sides for a semi textured look with a stronger shadowline than a wood shingle. Today shingles are mostly made by being cut which distinguishes them from shakes which are made by being split out of a bolt.

Used for both roofing and sidewalls. Brava composite cedar shake tiles are not only energy efficient they are far more durable than wood shingles and require virtually zero maintenance. Recommended for use on pitches of 4 12 and steeper. Interlayment is the installation of an underlayment typically felt paper between each course of shingles.

The roof in this photo installed five years ago needs to have all the shingles removed and new shingles installed correctly at the contractor s expense. Historically shingles were split from straight grained knot free bolts of wood. Composite shake roofing tiles have the craftsmanship of natural hand split cedar shake with the advantages of color stability a lifetime warranty. A wood or composite shake roof can last around 30 years except pine which lasts around 20.