Cedar Shake Roof

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BrowningBAR

Minister of Fire
Jul 22, 2008
7,607
San Tan Valley, AZ
1. Makes awesome kindling. These things make restarting the stove ridiculously easy.
2. I will NEVER have another Cedar Shake roof due to statement number one. It's like having a bunch of damn match sticks on my roof.
 
Yep. Our house had shakes on it when we bought it. I replaced them with a composition roof when they started wearing and showing gaps. Makes for very good kindling indeed! They also make for very slippery roofs in the NW. Now I can go up there even in the rain and not worry.
 
I search Craigslist for them and get a bunch when I can--they're free, they're light, they're super easy to split, and they burn GREAT!


NP
 
... and so does Cedar siding.

Early last year ('09) we spent a metric ton of money on the "new" house (built 1919).

Old siding = Cedar @ 10-12" exposure over homasote(sp?) installed in the early to mid '70s - so weathered you couldn't tell which was the butt end on the southern exposure.

New siding = #1 Cedar @ 4 3/8" exposure over (the name escapes me now - plastic mesh about 1/2" thick) over Tyvex.


Old roof = Interlocking asphalt OVER original Cedar - looked like . . . .

New roof = GAF Slateline over 30# felt/ice barrier, Copper valleys/step flashing (I supplied 20ga Copper) over 3/4 CDX plywood (I insisted or no job)


All in all, I've enough Cedar kindling for the next millennium from the tear off + cutoff/scraps.
And we've just bought the house in May, '08.

EDIT - Wrong gauge of Copper.. 16ga is kinda (very much) overkill
 
Since lathes were mentioned, is there any problem with burning lathes with nails in them, other than having nails in the ash? These nails are 100+ years old, and therefore do not have galvanized coatings, etc.
 
Northeaster1 said:
Since lathes were mentioned, is there any problem with burning lathes with nails in them, other than having nails in the ash? These nails are 100+ years old, and therefore do not have galvanized coatings, etc.

No issues . . . just as mentioned . . . be careful how you dispose of the ash . . . probably wouldn't want to throw the ash down on the driveway. ;)
 
Northeaster1 said:
Since lathes were mentioned, is there any problem with burning lathes with nails in them, other than having nails in the ash? These nails are 100+ years old, and therefore do not have galvanized coatings, etc.

Removing the nails goes pretty quickly so we've always done that. Besides, we put ashes where, if there were nails present, might come into contact with some rubber that needs to hold air. But the lathe surely makes excellent kindling.
 
Northeaster1 said:
Since lathes were mentioned, is there any problem with burning lathes with nails in them, other than having nails in the ash? These nails are 100+ years old, and therefore do not have galvanized coatings, etc.
tile nippers are best tool for pulling nails= grab nail from back, rotate for leverage & pull the head thru the wood
 
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