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1. Types of Roofing Shakes
Handsplit & Resawn
Taper Sawn
Shingles
Ridge & Hip Caps
3. Grades of Shakes # 1 Grade Lengths 18-inch, thickness ˝" (medium) and ľ" (heavy) minimums; length 24-inch, thickness 3/8", ˝" (medium) and ľ" (heavy) minimums. Width 4" minimum. Clear heartwood; 20% maximum flat grain in each bundle. Premium Grade Lengths 18-inch and 24-inch; width 4" minimum, thickness ˝" (medium) and ľ" (heavy). Clear heartwood; 100% edge grain; no defects
5. Grades of Shakes TAPERSAWN CEDAR SHAKES # 1 Grade
Nominal lengths 18" and 24" shakes shall be of random widths, minimum width shall be 3 ˝".
Tapersawn shakes less than 4" in width shall not constitute more than 5% of each bundle.
Thickness shall be nominal 5/8" or ľ" with a minus tolerance of 1/16" in 10% of the bundle.
Face 100% clear.
Flat grain 205 maximum per bundle.
1/8" sapwood allowed to exposure line. Additional sapwood permitted above that point.
6. Grades of Shakes Nominal lengths 18" and 24",
Minimum width shall be 3",
shakes less than 4" width shall not constitute more than 10% of the running inches of each bundle.
Thickness shall be nominal 5/8" or ľ": with a minus tolerance of 1/16" in 10% of the bundle.
Limited defects are allowed 9" above the butt in 18" shakes and 12" above the butt in 24" shakes.
Unlimited flat grain is allowed.
Sapwood is restricted it 1" in width for the first 10 inches.
8. Tapersawn Hip & Ridge Caps Manufactured from quality Number 1 Grade shakes.
Lengths 18-inch; 24-inch;
Thickness 5/8", ľ";
Widths not less than 9" (measured on the inner surface at the butt end).
20 units per bundle.