Oak shakes has anyone heard of or installed them/

I had a person ask me about oak shakes I have been around cedar shakes. Any comments would be helpfull. Thanks Chuck>>>

Do oak shakes exist as a viable roofing covering? This is the question that I posed on various search engines, most notably, GOOGLE, in a valiant attempt to find an answer to this simple question. The answer, as far as I could determine, is that there is no current existence of an oak shake currently being used as a viable roof covering in this nation.>>>

I've installed Oak Shakes. They go on differently then Cedar. We torch them down.>>>

good one ed..... hey if TRG's accounts too busy ...you can use MY account also>>>

The Roofing God Said:go to my account and change your colors

Why should he go to Your Account instead of his own?

Ed>>>

The tower in Greenbush (Scituate) MA was resided with cypress shingles.... now those were some tough things to cut with a stanley knife.>>>

Pine shakes weree utilized around here a few years ago.....I don't believe oak would hold up as compared to cedar....What is the claimed benifit?>>>

http://www.carpenteroakandwoodland.com/products/timber-shingleshere it is>>>

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http://www.carpenteroakandwoodland.com/products/timber-shingles>>>

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There all a bunch of jokers, and yes there comments are amusing, i don't think a Oak Shake exists. If it did how could you charge by the Sq.... it would be astonishing, must admit it would look very nice, but you can't cost justify it?>>>

Yes. Got them from Virginia. (not shakes...these were wood shingles)

Hard to cut with a knife.

Butt them tight, they shrink.

BTW, I would post here more often but the color and design are hard on my eyes.

:(>>>

I'm guessing this is not a standard roofing product, I will be meeting with the person on Monday and try to talk them into something different like Decra steel Shake profile.>>>

Oak is easier to spell than cedar

Remember..... you DID say ANY comments :laugh:>>>