Wood Shake Residential Roofing

SMART Roofing, Inc. has installed hundreds of wood shake and shingle roofs in its history. These roofs are beautiful and can enhance the appearance of almost any home or building. Wood roofs come in a variety of styles, sizes, cuts, etc.

Wood shakes and wood shingles are manufactured from western red cedar, cypress, pine and redwood trees. Shakes are split from logs and reshaped by manufacturers for commercial use. They are thicker at the butt end than shingles; generally one or both surfaces are split to obtain a textured effect. A split and resawn shake has a split face and sawn back. A taper sawn shake has a natural taper and is sawn on both sides. Wood shingles are sawn on both sides and have an even taper and uniform thickness. When applied to shingles, the industry terms "Perfection" and "Royal" mean 18 inch and 24 inch lengths, respectively.

Cedar shakes and cedar shingles are also available pressure treated with fire retardants and chemical preservatives for increased fire resistance and to prevent premature rot and decay in some climates.

Please feel free to call us at 847.797.0404 or email to contactus@smartroofers.com.

 

 

 

 

 

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