How much wind damage is needed to replace an entire woodshake roof?

Hi everybody. I am currently working on a woodshake claim where farmers insurance company has agreed to pay for the repairs of the ridge of the house but not the entire thing. The only issue I have is that when I replace the ridge the new wood is going to look funny up against the old warped wood. It seems to me that it would be unfair to the customer to replace just the ridge in this case... I mean, I wouldn't want just the ridge replaced if I were the homeowner. I would be the laughing joke of the neighborhood... Thoughts????

I just looked at a 5 year old shake roof with the same problem, plus there was hail with this storm about 2 weeks ago. QUite a few ridges were broken up and the homeowner found multiple pieces of shake on the grounds. Only damage to the field I can see is just small pieces of shake edges missing or loose on the roof. Also many hail spots on the shakes themselves. Doesnt really look like damage, just brought out some of the original color. SHould they get a new roof?

Woody left out the silver stage and the green stage. We get five stages here. Those are #2 and 5, but 5 is restricted to north slopes. I slipped in four 2X6 deck boards on a repair of my old back deck. I got a bargain on cedar, very yellow color on these boards. The existing were heart redwood turned grey/black. Cedar went silver and I kept thinking I'd have to change them because they would never come together. Can't tell the difference now. Of course my vision is not what it once was. Maybe if I just shut my eyes altogether and crawl around on my hands and knees I will be able to feel the difference. You never know.

Shake and wood shingle ridge replacement was a frequent thing up to several years ago along with a "tune up", which is just spot replacement of bad shingles, cleaning off debris, resealing flashings, etc. When the ridge is replaced you often have to replace the final shorty course as well, because it's trashed.

Then came the treatment of the entire roof with a chemical solution that temporarily changed the color back from gray to a brown, somewhat resembling the original cedar color. This was sold with the dubious expectation that it prolonged the overall service life, and often went for $2500-3500. or more.

Since insurance companies began denying coverage on non-treated wood roofs due to fire liability, most times the wood roof is converted to comp shingles these days, especially since the several thousand dollars that can be spent repairing an old wood roof is better spent on a whole new one.

How much wood could a wood chuck,chuck?if a woodchuck could chuck wood!It all falls back on the policy,what does it cover and is there visible wind damage to the roof.Insurance companys dont pay unless theres verifyble damage to the roof.Meaning that adjuster has to be able to get pics of wind damage to prove his claim.