Old Wood Shake Roof

Historically shingles were split from straight grained knot free bolts of wood.

Old wood shake roof.

On both sides like a wood shingle only thicker. This was possible because wood shakes are stiff planks of wood and would overlay these gaps without posing any sort of issue. Shakes or shake shingles have been used for roofing and siding for centuries. Tom silva shows the apprentices how to properly install wood shingles.

Wood shakes are also thicker than wood shingles. It s the most popular type of wood roof. Chances are your old wood shake shingle roof was installed over what s called an open spaced deck. Typically it s composed of 1 6 deck boards spaced about 4 5 inches apart.

Traditional wood shakes were created by splitting logs wood along the grain. Today shingles are mostly made by being cut which distinguishes them from shakes which are made by being split out of a bolt. This shake gives a naturally tailored look of a shingle accented by the sharper shadow line of a shake due to the thickness of the butt. Available thicknesses are 1 2 and 5 8.

It produces a roof with a very textured appearance. Cedar shake roof cost the average price range to install a 3 000 square foot shake roof is between 18 000 and 20 000 or about 600 to 670 per square. Cedar wood shakes have been used in america since colonial times having been the primary roofing system installed for.