Cedar shingles

[Squaredy]

I have been asked if I can produce cedar shingles.  I can’t and have no wish to try but I wondered if anyone in the UK does make cedar shingles commercially.  I have never heard of a UK manufacturer; but do any of you arbtalkers know better?

[Macpherson]

1 hour ago, Squaredy said:

I have been asked if I can produce cedar shingles.  I can’t and have no wish to try but I wondered if anyone in the UK does make cedar shingles commercially.  I have never heard of a UK manufacturer; but do any of you arbtalkers know better?

 

Hi,  my village on the West coast of the Highlands was originally a forestry village with typical forestry type houses which are / were roofed with Cedar shingles.

 

As a friend and neighbour of mine has such a roof { maybe 60 ish years old } I can say that the shingles available today and back then are sawn as opposed to traditionally cleft.. the basic forestry house back in the day was , believe it or not, a 2x2" kit clad with Larch so I'd expect that the very light roof would have been a necessity of this skimpy design.

 

With a quick search  you'll find that shingles are readily available.. but regardless of that perhaps you might enjoy watching this video of the traditional craft, cheers.

 

 

[Squaredy]

7 hours ago, Macpherson said:

 

Hi,  my village on the West coast of the Highlands was originally a forestry village with typical forestry type houses which are / were roofed with Cedar shingles.

 

As a friend and neighbour of mine has such a roof { maybe 60 ish years old } I can say that the shingles available today and back then are sawn as opposed to traditionally cleft.. the basic forestry house back in the day was , believe it or not, a 2x2" kit clad with Larch so I'd expect that the very light roof would have been a necessity of this skimpy design.

 

With a quick search  you'll find that shingles are readily available.. but regardless of that perhaps you might enjoy watching this video of the traditional craft, cheers.

 

 

Thank you for that, and I will watch the video.  My father also lived in an ex forestry house until he died two years ago.  This was a substantial brick house but roofed with cedar shingles, produced the other side of the Atlantic. What I was asking was whether there are any shingle manufacturers in the UK.

[slack ma girdle]

Ere ya go

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[Squaredy]

58 minutes ago, slack ma girdle said:

Ere ya go

Western Red Cedar Shingles, Shakes, Ridge Caps | UK Certigrade Supplier | Silva Timber

WWW.SILVATIMBER.CO.UK

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Cedar shingles are renowned for their insulation qualities, dimensional stability & natural resistance to the elements. Silva...

 

Cedar Shingles from Vincent Timber

WWW.VINCENTTIMBER.CO.UK

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Cedar Shingles Cladding and Cedar Shingles Shakes supplied nationwide by Vincent Timber.

 

Thank you Mr Girdle.  I believe that again these are made in the USA and/or Canada.  Unless you know otherwise? 

 

The customer was trying to source UK made shingles.  It is quite a common request these days to have locally sourced materials - especially when there is grant money going into the mix of a new build.

[Mr. Ed]

From Maple Ridge Canada. 

[Mr. Ed]

https://www.hortonsgroup.com/log-cabins/cabin-extras-amp-roof-options/roofing-options/cedar-shingles-per-square-metre
 

these chaps in Horsham say they’ll do it for you. A bit of a ghost website but maybe that’s because they’re busy riving. 

[Mr. Ed]

Why dont you make some yourself and tell us about it. I’ve got a wood shed to make this summer and would love to roof it in something other than zinc  …. I’d saw not rive I’m afraid. 

[trigger_andy]

Norwood does a Shingle adapter for their/a Bandsaw. I was gonna buy them for s customers project that never got off the ground. 

[Macpherson]

4 hours ago, Squaredy said:

Thank you for that, and I will watch the video.  My father also lived in an ex forestry house until he died two years ago.  This was a substantial brick house but roofed with cedar shingles, produced the other side of the Atlantic. What I was asking was whether there are any shingle manufacturers in the UK.

 

Aye, apologies for not addressing the question. It would seem from a quick search that most of the shingles available are a bi-product of the Canadian BC  lumber industry, although I did find this company advertising 'home grown' in the UK shingles.

 

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