Wood Shingles and the Advantages

The Advantages of Wood Shingles

Rodd Roofing and the advantages of wood shingles

If you're searching for a natural-appearing home that will blend in well with woodland regions, wood shingles are a fantastic alternative.


Wood shingles, usually referred to as shake roofs, offer homeowners two significant benefits:


  • A lovely and genuine appearance

  • The ability to withstand strong winds and hail


Wood roofs are popular because of their beauty and organic appearance among homeowners, architects, and construction professionals. Wood shingles can complement the structure's landscape and mix in well with the environment. Wood shingles might be the ideal aethetic choice for homeowners who want their roofing to blend in with the neighborhood or stand out with a natural appearance.


Wood shingles not only have a lovely natural appearance, but they can also function better in places with frequent high winds and hail damage. Western red cedar (Thuja plicata), which offers excellent wind and hail resistance as well as several other amazing benefits, is the primary ingredient in the majority of wood shingles. When used as roofing, western red cedar offers incredible qualities such a straight grain that is defect-free, dimensional stability, low weight (low density), and impermeability to liquids. Finally, due to the organic materials present in wood, decay resistance is the most significant quality that wood shingles possess.

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