Plymouth, Minnesota
Certified Cedar Shake Roofing in Plymouth, MN
Mature oaks are the reason cedar is a harder call in Plymouth than in most of the county. Shade keeps a wood roof damp, leaves pack the valleys of these cut up rooflines, and moss follows. Some planes on a Bass Lake house are genuinely good for shakes. The north facing one under a canopy usually is not, and we will say so.
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The valleys fail long before the field does
A 1990s Plymouth two story has more roof geometry than square footage suggests. Multiple valleys, dormer cheeks, a big front gable and several sidewall returns, all of it collecting oak and maple debris from the lot. That debris is what kills cedar here. A valley packed with wet leaves holds water against the shake ends until they go soft, and the failure shows up as a stain on a bedroom ceiling long before the field of the roof is worn out. So we run open valleys in wide metal rather than weaving cedar through them, step flash every sidewall course, and price the job off the flashing count rather than the square. We also walk each plane and tell you which ones we would leave to asphalt roofing because they simply do not get enough sun.
Cedar Shake Roofing in Plymouth
Shade and debris set the details here
Open metal valleys, sized wide
Woven cedar valleys trap debris and stay wet. We line the valleys in metal, run them wide enough for oak leaf load, and hold the shake ends back so water and litter can wash through.
A plane by plane shade survey
We look at each roof plane separately for sun hours and overhang. Some faces on a wooded Medicine Lake lot suit cedar well and others never dry, and treating them the same is how these roofs fail.
Flashing count drives the quote
Dormer cheeks, sidewall returns and chimney crickets take more labor than the open field ever will. Our number reflects how many of them your roof has, which is why two similar sized houses price differently.
A drying gap under the cedar
Shakes laid tight to solid sheathing on a shaded lot stay wet from underneath. A ventilated mat or spaced battens lets the back of each shake dry, which is what buys years on a wooded Plymouth roof.
Moss and debris kept off
On these lots the roof needs clearing more than once a year, and the valleys matter most. We show you where the trouble spots are on your own roof before we hand it back.
Gutters that keep up
A cedar roof on a wooded lot only works if water leaves the valleys quickly. Correctly sized gutters and downspouts under those valley outlets stop the backup that soaks the lowest courses.
Our way through a complicated roofline
We measure the geometry first
Before any number goes on paper we count valleys, dormers, returns and penetrations. On a cut up Plymouth roof that count tells you more about the job than the total area.
We would rather lose the sale
Selling cedar onto a plane that will never dry earns us a callback and a bad review. We would rather point you at a different roof and keep the relationship.
Tree work sorted before we start
Overhanging limbs have to come back before a wood roof goes on. We flag which ones need trimming and when, so new shakes are not scraped and shaded from their first month up.
Complicated rooflines are ordinary
A roof with nine valleys is not a special request here, and the details that make it watertight are the same ones we plan for and write down at the estimate.
Leaks traced, not guessed
A stain in an upstairs ceiling on these houses is almost always a valley or a sidewall, not the field. We find the actual entry point before quoting a repair.
What people near Plymouth say
Fantastic guys to work with, did an excellent job of fixing our siding. You can tell it’s a high integrity company. Definitely recommend.
Carolyn MillerSiding repair The crew arrived early and spread tarps all around the house to capture every bit of debris. By 3:00 PM, my entire roof was completely finished.
Hazel JamesRoof replacement, Minneapolis, MN Orange Exteriors fixed a minor leak that involved replacing flashing and a few shingles blown off our roof. Timely, quality work. Great ideas to keep our roof going long term.
Jim ThomasStorm damage repair
Cedar shake questions in Plymouth
What people in Plymouth ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
My Plymouth lot is heavily wooded. Should I still consider cedar?
Consider it plane by plane. A south or west face with sky above it will do fine. A north face under mature oaks stays damp, grows moss and will not reach the life you are paying for. Plenty of houses here end up with cedar on the visible front elevation and a different roof on the shaded back.
Why does the quote change so much between two similar sized Plymouth houses?
Because the flashing count is different. Valleys, dormer cheeks, sidewall returns and crickets are slow, careful work, and a roofline with eight valleys takes far longer than a simple gable of the same area. Cedar magnifies that, since every one of those details has to be woven in as the courses go up.
How often should a cedar roof on a wooded lot be cleared?
Twice a year is realistic here, once after the leaves drop and once in spring. The valleys are the part that matters. Left packed, they hold moisture against the shake ends through the whole winter and that is where soft wood and leaks start. The open field of the roof looks after itself.
Have your roof looked at plane by plane
We will count the valleys, check the canopy over each face and tell you where cedar works on your house and where it does not. Free estimate, no obligation.
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