How To Install Wood Shake Roof

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How to install wood shake roof.

Wood shingle wood shake roof installation specifications. Ensure the second shingle overhangs the edge of the roof by the same amount as the first shingle. 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. Tom silva shows the apprentices how to properly install wood shingles.

A good installer however can usually install a shake 1 roof as quickly as a shingle 3 roof. This leaves room for the shingles to contract and expand. This wood roof article describes the slope and exposure requirements for wood shake or wood shingle roofs and provides detailed instructions on how and where to nail or fasten wood shingles shakes on roofs. Before installing the shakes the roofer covers the roof deck with 15 or 30 pound roofing felt.

Lap rows of 36 inch wide felt using the provided lap lines as guides. Check the rest of the roof installation to ensure the cedar shakes or shingles laid on the roof up to the ridge are properly installed in straight rows. Low cost for installation is around 16 000 and high cost is about 27 000. Their manuals for sidewall and roof installations are invaluable resources and almost everything you need to know about a bundle of shakes or shingles is clearly printed on its label.

Most installers charge between 200 and 400 per square 100 square feet to tear off an old cedar shake 1 roof and install a new one. Attach the shingle to the roof with two nails driven in near its top edge. Trim any thin edges sticking past the roof.