"Wood is the only naturally produced renewable structural material. It requires the least amount of energy to manufacture and has the lowest impact on air and water quality."

Prized for its dependability, durability and beauty for centuries, cedar shakes and shingles are a roofing material of choice among leading architects world wide!

Cedar is not only an environmentally sound choice for roofing material, cedar is also a renewable resource; cedar can be harvested and planted again, and again! Cedar does what cedar-substitutes cannot do....while these trees grow; they absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen, cleaning the very air we need to exist!!

Cedar provides insulation value therefore lower energy costs.

The wood's cellular structure creates interior air spaces that give it an insulation value higher than all other roofs. 

High resistance to thermal loss, so it keeps your house cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter.

Durability - natural wind and moisture resistance - since air is allowed to flow freely around the wood, mold growth is prevented.

Cedar survives 130 mph hurricane force winds!

Properly installed and maintained cedar product roof can last from 20-50 years.

Beauty aside, the practical dollars-and-cents value of cedar offers other benefits:

Cedar is highly resilient in earthquakes

Interwoven application of shakes and shingles help to hold the roof together in an earthquake.

Cedar withstands pounding hailstorms 

It has excellent sound suppression and absorption qualities.

Cedar can be treated with fire retardants & preservatives...Class B fire, Class C Fire.

Cedar is a renewable resource:

Recyclable, biodegradable & 100% reusable.

Shakes & Shingles can have a preservative treatment that extends the natural durability 2-3X.

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