Product Description
Yellow Cedar Premium Tapersawn Shakes
Yellow Cedar, also known as Alaskan Yellow Cedar or Western Cypress, offers similar performance characteristics to Western Red Cedar. The shakes made of Yellow Cedar are a uniform pale-yellow colour when new but will weather to a light silver-grey patina.
The wood has a fine texture and straight grain, and it is heavier and denser than Western Red Cedar, which makes it stronger and more wear-resistant. Additionally, Yellow Cedar is naturally durable and insect-resistant, and like Western Red Cedar, it is exceptionally stable. It can be finished with a stain or left natural.
Yellow Cedar shingles and shakes provide high insulation, keeping buildings warm in winter and cool in summer. Cedar shingles and shakes are an eco-friendly roofing material with a low carbon footprint, and they are the only renewable roofing material. Shingles typically have thinner butts than shakes, which makes them lie flatter for a more tailored appearance.
Cedar shakes, on the other hand, create bolder shadow lines for a more rugged look. Shingles have a reduced exposure, which results in a 3-ply roof system. Shakes, on the other hand, have a larger exposure and are a 2-ply roof system. Tapersawn shakes are sawn on both sides for a semi-textured look with a defined shadow line. Hand-split & Resawn shakes are also available, which feature a rough split exposed face with a sawn back for a unique rustic appearance.
'Premium' is the highest grade shake available, made from the very best defect-free, old-growth, vertical grain cedar. Premium Grade Tapersawn Shakes are 18/457mm in length with a butt thickness of 5/8"/16mm.
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