Cleaning a cedar roof Q How can I get lichen off my cedar shake roof? I’m a recent widow on Vancouver Island and don’t know who to turn to and what they might recommend. The roof is over 10 years old ...

While they have mostly been replaced with other roofing technologies, wooden shingles have a certain rustic charm. If you’re curious about how to make them by hand, [Harry Rogers] takes us through his ...

Wood shingles and shakes (their brawnier, split cousins) have been a notable component in the homebuilder’s tool kit since the earliest days of European settlement in North America. It may be that ...