I made my annual roof crawl last weekend and replaced 100 or so cedar shakes.

I noticed that as these shakes age, the surface exposed to direct rain wears pretty evenly, while the point on a lower shake where water falls from an upper shake wears a lot faster. Also, once the drip point starts to wear, the rest of the shake begins to deteriorate faster.

I'm thinking about taking some clear coat and going along, spraying a 1-inch strip on that drip area to help slow down the erosion at that point.

Anyone ever run across something like this?

On 1/7/2016 9:04 AM, Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney wrote:
I made my annual roof crawl last weekend and replaced 100 or so cedar shakes.

I noticed that as these shakes age, the surface exposed to direct rain wears pretty evenly, while the point on a lower shake where water falls from an upper shake wears a lot faster. Also, once the drip point starts to wear, the rest of the shake begins to deteriorate faster.

I'm thinking about taking some clear coat and going along, spraying a 1-inch strip on that drip area to help slow down the erosion at that point.

Anyone ever run across something like this?

Make up your mind! Do you have a shake roof or a shingle roof?

Paul

"Paul Drahn" wrote in message ...
On 1/7/2016 9:04 AM, Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney wrote:
I made my annual roof crawl last weekend and replaced 100 or so cedar shakes.

I noticed that as these shakes age, the surface exposed to direct rain wears pretty evenly, while the point on a lower shake where water falls from an upper shake wears a lot faster. Also, once the drip point starts to wear, the rest of the shake begins to deteriorate faster.

I'm thinking about taking some clear coat and going along, spraying a 1-inch strip on that drip area to help slow down the erosion at that point.

Anyone ever run across something like this?

Make up your mind! Do you have a shake roof or a shingle roof?

Paul

Shake roof. Although lately I've had to use shingles for patching due to shakes being hard to find.

"Paul Drahn" wrote in message ...
On 1/7/2016 9:04 AM, Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney wrote:
I made my annual roof crawl last weekend and replaced 100 or so cedar shakes.

I noticed that as these shakes age, the surface exposed to direct rain wears pretty evenly, while the point on a lower shake where water falls from an upper shake wears a lot faster. Also, once the drip point starts to wear, the rest of the shake begins to deteriorate faster.

I'm thinking about taking some clear coat and going along, spraying a 1-inch strip on that drip area to help slow down the erosion at that point.

Anyone ever run across something like this?

Make up your mind! Do you have a shake roof or a shingle roof?

Paul

Did you have any constructive comments to add about this?