Now I have a three-year-old granddaughter and (being a bit smarter in my old age, and having heard from her grandmother that this house better not take 5 years), I'm starting to formulate my plans. *But I just can't see myself buying shingles :-)

Larry-


I've never done this, but just a thought - For shingles or shakes:
Cut your own thicker than normal veneer and either pencil in the
shingles/shakes over a whole sheet or cut strips (from the veneer),
then small kerf cuts to resemble shingles/shakes and overlap/stagger
the strips. Easy to replace, maybe, if any get broken.

Sonny