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2. Shingle style architecture - Wikipedia

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   This impression of the passage of time is enhanced by the use of shingles. Some architects, in order to attain a weathered look on a new building, had the cedar shakes dipped in buttermilk, dried and then installed, to leave a grayish tinge to the façade. Shingle style houses often use a gambrel or hip roof. Such houses thus emanate a more ...

3. Wood shingle - Wikipedia

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   The sizes also vary from country to country; in North America shakes are usually made in 24-inch (610 mm) lengths - the most common, 18-inch (460 mm) barn shake, or even 48-inch (1,200 mm) shakes, which are typically used for siding. In Scandinavia shakes, traditionally used only for roofing, are generally smaller than in North America ...

4. Siding (construction) - Wikipedia

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   Highly decorative wood-shingle siding on a house in Clatskanie, Oregon, U.S. Siding or wall cladding is the protective material attached to the exterior side of a wall of a house or other building. Along with the roof, it forms the first line of defense against the elements, most importantly sun, rain/snow, heat and cold, thus creating a stable ...

5. List of commercially available roofing materials - Wikipedia

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   A shingle is the generic term for an individual roofing unit that is applied with other such units in an overlapping fashion. [2] Wood shingle, shingles sawn from bolts of wood such as red cedar which has a useful performance life expectancy of up to 30 years. However, young growth red cedar has a short life expectancy and high cost.

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7. Shingle weaver - Wikipedia

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   A shingle weaver (US) or shingler [1] (UK) is an employee of a wood products mill who engages in the creation of wooden roofing shingles or the closely related product known as "shakes." [ 2 ] In the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, historically the leading producer of this product, such shingles are generally made of Western Red ...