Making Wood Roof Shingles

Each eight foot piece will be cut into thirds lengthwise.

Making wood roof shingles.

As the shingle or the sawn shake use less wood they are financially preferred for large areas such as roofs today. Of course since only the heartwood has any decay resistance of note and sapwood is more prevalent today with smaller logs most shingles or shakes used for roofing are treated to resist decay and may be fire retardant treated as. Cut a piece of rolled roofing eight feet long. Then use a mallet to split them out further.

Make a template piece that will be used to mark all the others out with. Prep a wood shingle roof for reroofing a synthetic mesh underlayment allows continuous airflow between the roof deck and the shingles. Boards that allow air to circulate under the. Take the limbs off and move it to a cleared area where you can make your wood shingles.

How to make your own shingles. Make sure to use clean and straight grained oak to do this. Once you get halfway through the tree then start at a downward angle above your original cut. Cover the length of the cedar shingle roof peak that the new layers of shingles have made.

One side will be straight and one side will be wavy. Cut until the tree starts to lean and fall. Pa mac demonstrates how to make wood shingles otherwise known as wood shakes for roofing material to go on his new log chicken house. Keep your eyes on the tree as it falls and move quickly out of the way.

Make sure all shingles on each side are covered. Now remove the bark from the wood and split into thin sheets. Turning out handmade wooden shingles isn t difficult in itself the hard part is finding the right material. Lay down a layer of shingles with a second layer over the top until the shingles meet at a single straight peak.

Cover all of the nail heads with roofing cement. In this video we learn how to make wood roof shingles by hand. Shingles are cut from blocks of wood shake bolts split out of a whole trunk of cedar.