Old Wood Shake Roof

Cedar wood shakes have been used in america since colonial times having been the primary roofing system installed for.

Old wood shake roof.

Chances are your old wood shake shingle roof was installed over what s called an open spaced deck. It s the most popular type of wood roof. It produces a roof with a very textured appearance. Wood shingles are thin tapered pieces of wood primarily used to cover roofs and walls of buildings to protect them from the weather.

This was possible because wood shakes are stiff planks of wood and would overlay these gaps without posing any sort of issue. On both sides like a wood shingle only thicker. Historically shingles were split from straight grained knot free bolts of wood. 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.

Shakes or shake shingles have been used for roofing and siding for centuries. Typically it s composed of 1 6 deck boards spaced about 4 5 inches apart. Available thicknesses are 1 2 and 5 8. Traditional wood shakes were created by splitting logs wood along the grain.

Wood shakes are also thicker than wood shingles. Today shingles are mostly made by being cut which distinguishes them from shakes which are made by being split out of a bolt. Tom silva shows the apprentices how to properly install wood shingles.