megavideolinks
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 Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 4:12 am Post subject: Why Cedar Roof? |
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It is hard to beat a wood shingle / shake roof in a beauty contest. When first installed the roof has a light brown-reddish color but then weathers over time and turns to gray or soft silver. Wood shingles and shakes are usually made from some species of cedar, treated pine or spruce. Cedar however is the best performing material for making shingles and shakes. Shingles are sawn by the machine and have relatively smoothed surface and uniform thickness but may vary in width. Shakes are manufactured by wood splitting and have a rather rough textured front surface and smooth back.
Beauty is not the only reason why people choose a wood roof for their home. Wood roof may help to greatly reduce your heating and cooling costs. The shingles and shakes with their natural wood fibres act as an additional layer of insulation to your home. Cedar prevents heat from escaping through the roof especially during a cold Canadian winter season. Therefore, the cedar roof will noursh your home with beauty and lower heating and cooling prices.
For the astonishing look, cedar shingles and shakes are more labour consuming than asphalt shingles and require some periodic maintenance usually in a form of washing away any mildew or moss and then re-oiling. Another obvious downside of the wood shingles we should mention is their vulnerability to fire exposure.
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