"tom" wrote in message
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PrecisionMachinisT wrote: Now, these aren't shingles.....mind you
they're shakes--and there is a
definite difference...and nobody in his right mind would even consider
installing cedar shingles on a roof, at least not around here.


Where in the OP's message did you read "shakes"? Tom


Tom,

Your mistaken, I didn't "read" shakes, and that should have beeen quite
clear to anyone except an utter moron of a troll.

I mentioned "shakes" because folks do quite often get the two
confused....add that to the that FACT shingles are virtually NEVER used as
roofing in my area and it seemed likely he was perhaps one of those confused
folks.

Also, around here, "shingles" are indeed sometimes used as siding, but they
are virtually ALWAYS applied onto a more or less solid underlayment rather
than onto "slats"...while on older barns, homes and what-not having shake
roofs, they are usually in fact typically found having been laid onto 1x 4
or 1x 6 slats.

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SVL