The existing cedar shakes around the mansard roof below the flat roof were in poor condition, resulting in leaks on the rear mansard.  Our client decided to have new cedar shakes installed on the mansard in addition to the installation of our two ply modified flat roofing system.

The cedar shakes installed were Western Cedar handsplit medium resawn shakes of premium grade.  The Premium grade is 100% clear and 100% heartwood with a 100% edge grain.  These shakes have split faces and sawn backs.  Cedar shakes are manufactured by cutting back cedar logs into desired lengths.  Blanks or boards of proper thickness are split and then run diagonally through a bandsaw to produce two tapered shakes from each blank.  This shake is produced with both faces sawn.  It gives the neat, tailored look of a shingle but with the rugged shadow line of a shake, caused by the thicker butt.

The cedar shakes were installed with ice and water shield underlayment along with all new metal flashing on the ledge and the small parapet around the flat roof.  The cedar shakes were tied in with the existing cedar on the neighbour’s adjacent roof.  For more examples of our cedar shakes and shingles projects please visit our cedar shakes and shingles blog category and our portfolio.

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