Old Wood Shake Roof

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Old wood shake roof.

Low cost for installation is around 16 000 and high cost is about 27 000. Thisoldhouse asktoh subscribe to this old house. On both sides like a wood shingle only thicker. 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. Chances are your old wood shake shingle roof was installed over what s called an open spaced deck. Historically shingles were split from straight grained knot free bolts of wood. This was possible because wood shakes are stiff planks of wood and would overlay these gaps without posing any sort of issue.

Traditional wood shakes were created by splitting logs wood along the grain. Wood shingles are thin tapered pieces of wood primarily used to cover roofs and walls of buildings to protect them from the weather. Shakes or shake shingles have been used for roofing and siding for centuries. 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. Typically it s composed of 1 6 deck boards spaced about 4 5 inches apart. Wood shakes are also thicker than wood shingles.