Since homeowners Laurie and Randy Phillips designed and built this Craftsman - style house themselves the grey
cedar shake shingles, crisp white trim and transom windows are synonymous with its look.
If they really want to do more, I think
cedar shake shingles replacing / topping the diagonal boards might help even more (stained / painted the same color as the board and batten).
Not exact matches
The most recent estimates placed 50 independent license holders and 20 major forest companies in the
cedar salvage and
shake block /
shingle industry on the North Island, with an annual business value estimated at $ 40 million.
Asphalt
shingles are a reservoir for water and behave similarly to traditional wood
shingles and
cedar shakes in that regard.
With traditional wood
shingle and
cedar shake roofs, a receptor for this moisture is typically provided.
If your roof material is asphalt
shingles, which are less flammable, you'll usually pay less than if you had a
cedar or wood -
shakes roof.
Also called «
shakes,»
cedar shingle siding is usually found in the New England area among Cape Cod homes.
I would love to redo it in
shingle but have read that real
cedar shakes are costly and have a very limited lifespan.
I'll preface this — I'm a huge fan of
shake cedar shingle siding.
Shingles are real
cedar shakes painted Benjamin Moore's Edgecomb Gray (HC - 173)(They came natural and the builder hand - dipped each one in paint so that they would still have the «natural» look to them.)