Cedar Shake Roofers for Wood Roofs in Beaumont
We pull split and rotted shakes, fix the wood under them and set matched cedar back in, and we tell you plainly when a shake roof is past patching.
Free, no-obligation estimates. We answer the phone or call back the same working day.
Cedar Shake Roofers in Beaumont
We work on cedar shake roofs on residential and commercial buildings in Beaumont, replacing split and rotted shakes before "dry rot" weakens the wood structure under them.
Rot is the part you cannot see from the yard. Dry rot can weaken a wood structure by half even when the damage looks minor, so a few soft or cracked shakes are worth a look while the fix is still small.
We look at the shakes and the boards under them before we quote, so the repair covers what is actually wrong.
Wood Shake and Composite Shake
A shake roof is repaired with matching cedar or replaced with a composite product made to look like wood.
These three are the shake roof materials, and they differ most in thickness, texture and the shadow each course casts.
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Cedar shakes
Split from the log, thick at the butt and rough on the face, so every course throws a deep, uneven shadow line.
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Cedar shingles
Sawn smooth on both faces, thinner and more regular than a shake, laid in tighter, flatter courses.
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Composite shakes
Molded tiles in place of wood; DaVinci and Brava make them in shake, slate and clay profiles.
Repairing Split and Rotted Shakes
The failed shakes and any rotted wood under them are replaced with materials matched to the roof.
A shake repair takes in the wood damage and the carpentry behind it, not only the shakes you can see, so the price you get covers the whole fix.
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Mark the failures
Every split, cupped or soft shake on the slope is found and marked, and the wood around it is probed for give.
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Pull the bad shakes
Failed shakes come out with their nails, without breaking the sound shakes that lap over them.
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Fix the wood below
Rotted boards in the "roof deck" or framing under the gap are cut out and replaced before anything goes back on top.
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Set matched cedar
New shakes cut to the thickness, width and exposure of the courses around them are slid up and nailed in line.
Seeing split shakes from the yard?
No charge to come look.
How Cedar Shake Roofers Is Priced
Shake work is priced by roof size, pitch, access and the material you choose.
- Roof sizeRoofers measure in "squares", 100 square feet of roof each, and every square adds wood and labor.
- Pitch and accessA steeper slope costs more, and so does a tall house or a roof that is hard to reach.
- MaterialLabor and premium materials drive the cost, so matched cedar and a composite swap price differently.
- Wood underneathRot found under the shakes adds carpentry to the job.
What shake repairs typically run
- Most repairs fall in this band
- $350 to $1,500
- Replacing a run of shakes
- $500 to $1,000
- The average job
- $750
Nationwide figures. The price for your roof comes from the free estimate, quoted in full before we start.
Call for a Free EstimateWhen a Shake Roof Needs Replacing
A slope patched three times, or shakes too brittle to lift without snapping, makes repair uneconomical.
Leaks that keep coming back, or shakes cracked and curling across the whole roof rather than in a patch, point the same way. At that stage we say so, and the estimate covers a "tear-off" and a new roof instead of another round of patches.
Not sure which side of that line your roof is on?
- Free, no-obligation estimates
- We show up when we say we will
- We quote the whole job before we start, with no surprise charges after
What our customers say
These are our Google reviews, as our customers wrote them.
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Chilo was super quick to respond and come by for a quote. I only needed minor repairs, but the work was done quickly (within the day) and for a fair price.
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I am so happy I called IH roofing. My new roof looks great. I called 5 roofing companies and the bid from IH roofing was very competitive. $1000's less than the big companies. I told them my need was dire and they put me right into their calendar. They worked from 8am to dark and had my roof completed in under two days. The crew was courteous and they left my yard cleaner than they found it. I recommend I H roofing without any hesitation.
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Professional and did an outstanding job on replacing shingles and bad areas that was found on my roof. I highly recommend IH Roofing.
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Split shakes or a soft spot on a wood roof?
Call and we come out, look at the shakes and the boards under them, and put the whole job in writing at no charge.
We clean up when the work is done.