Installing Real Cedar Shake Siding

Flashing intercepts and directs the flow of water away from the building to designed drainage paths.

Installing real cedar shake siding.

Flashing is an important line of defense in controlling moisture in wall assemblies. For curb appeal that will make your house stand out in the neighborhood consider installing shingle siding. Cedar shakes install on the existing wood siding or a plywood. Although cedar shingles take more time to install than most other types of siding they lend a rich textured look to your exterior.

Certainteed offers a cedar shake style siding in our cedar impressions polymer siding and northwoods product lines the most realistic of polymer shakes and shingles certainteed s cedar impressions employs a process called truetexture in which real cedar shake boards are used to transfer their exact textures to the cedar shake siding product. Staggered cedar shingles also known as cedar shakes add a rustic look when used as siding on one of more exterior walls of a house.