What are the steps to installing a cedar shake roof?
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You first have to have furring strips running parallel to the ridge. Place felt paper down. Start at the bottom with good shingles work your way up.
First contact your local fire department and get their opinions about whether they are safe in your area. In our area where there is little rain and occassionally fires are a problem in summer we are advised against wood shake roofing.
You take the old off and put up the black paper and then put the cedar squares overlapping on the roof, there is a pattern
on the black paper that should guide u.
Use a hammer , nails, hold the hammer at the bottom.
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