Western Red Cedar Shingles & Shakes are a truly renewable and sustainable roofing and cladding material; with one of the lowest carbon footprints of any widely used building product. They are light to transport yet durable and offer a high degree of thermal insulation. Shingles and Shakes have been used for a wide range of structures from simple garden gazebos to domestic dwellings to major theme parks. Shingles and Shakes perform the same functions but are manufactured in different ways. A Shingle is produced by sawing a block of wood on both sides, giving a relatively smooth face and back. A Shake is hand split from a block of cedar along the natural grain of the wood and then resawn to produce one smooth surface. They can be used for both roofing and cladding. Cedar Shingles can be fixed to pitches as low as 14 degrees. PropertiesLength: 400mm. Width: random widths between 75mm and 350mm. Thickness: 10mm at the butt, tapering. Profile: sawn both sides, rectangular. Bundle: approx. 120 pieces. Colour: natural, varying reddish brown to pale yellow. Grade: blue label. Coverage: Vertical cladding, 90 - 3.47m2 per bundle.Roofs between 22 and 89 - 2.28m2 per bundle.Roofs between 14 and 21 - 1.73m2 per bundle.Minimum pitch: 14. Maximum pitch: 90. Minimum side lap: 38mm. Treatment: untreated shingles - clean. Fixings: silicone bronze nails. Life expectancy: 20 to 40 years in roofing applications. 40 to 60 years in cladding applications. FixingsFor maximum life, fixing should be made with 2 no. 31mm x 1.8mm silicon bronze annular ring nails per shingle. As a guide approximately 1kg of nails are required to fix 6 bundles of shingles. Hip and Ridge Capping require a longer 45mm x 2.65mm Silicon Bronze Nails. Each Hip and Ridge requires 4 nails. 144 nails are required for 1 bundle of Hips and Ridges. 1kg is required for 3 bundles of Hip and Ridge Cappings.