Best ski jump shake

[Denray]

There were about 10 shakes like this on this roof. What makes them do this?

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[Nolan Kienitz]

The little "blue" pill []

[Denray]

Thanks. I had to finish up my report. Now off it goes.

[Bill Kibbel]

There were about 10 shakes like this on this roof. What makes them do this?

Too much exposure, nailed too high, flat grain and/or those shakes had considerably more sapwood than the other shakes of mostly heartwood.

[John Kogel]

There were about 10 shakes like this on this roof. What makes them do this?

Too much exposure, nailed too high, flat grain and/or those shakes had considerably more sapwood than the other shakes of mostly heartwood.

Right. The top quality shake wood is scarce, so they are picking up wood that in the past would have gone for sawn shingle or siding. That is a pretty extreme warp tho. Some of the other curled shakes may have been split from the same block, probably a butt end.

Good shake wood comes from old growth cedar. It is a thing of the past now, all gone.

[kurt]

If it stays that way more than 4 hours, call a roofer......(apologies to kibbel for stealing his line).

[Tom Raymond]

I don't think the curls are that big of a problem. They'll be knocked off when the rest of the cover is mowed.

That cover is whooped.

[Denray]

Fortunately someone had to tell be about that blue pill thing. At one of my physicals I asked the doc "How do you get ED"? He started explaining all the ways to cure it. I said, "No, you misunderstood, my wife wants me to get it".[:-party]