Oakdale, Minnesota
Expert Cedar Shake Roofing in Oakdale, MN
Ventilation is what decides a cedar roof in Oakdale, where 1970s and 1980s split levels and ramblers were built with boxed soffits and almost no attic room above the eave. Cedar wants air on both faces. When the intake is choked at the eave and the roof sits inland with nothing to break the wind, the underside stays damp longer than the top does.
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Air under the shakes matters most here
The crew usually finds the same thing on these houses: a boxed soffit with a couple of small vents, insulation packed to the sheathing, and no clear path from eave to ridge. Cedar over that will cup within a few seasons. So the first part of the job is not roofing at all, it is opening intake, holding insulation back with baffles and getting a continuous ridge exhaust in. Short intersecting gables complicate that, because every intersection cuts the run and puts a valley where you wanted airflow. Oakdale grew by consolidating two townships and kept annexing into the 1990s, so one street can front plats twenty years apart and two neighbors can need completely different work. If the venting cannot be fixed, cedar is the wrong call and we will quote asphalt roofing instead, which tolerates a tight attic far better.
Cedar Shake Roofing in Oakdale
What makes cedar last on an Oakdale split level
Real intake cut at boxed soffits
Most of these eaves have token venting at best. We open genuine intake and baffle it clear of the insulation so air can move from the eave up under the shakes.
Ridge exhaust matched to the intake
Adding ridge vent without intake makes things worse by pulling conditioned air up out of the house. We size both ends of the system together on every split level we reroof.
Short gable valleys kept clear
Split levels here have gables running into each other every few feet. Those intersections make short valleys that clog fast, so they get wide metal and shake edges held back.
Fastening for open inland exposure
At roughly 1,056 feet with no river valley or wooded bluff nearby, nothing slows the wind reaching these roofs. Fastening and edge courses are specified for that open exposure.
Less moss than a wooded street
Few of these lots carry heavy canopy, so shakes shed rain and get dry again before moss can take hold. It is the one thing about an Oakdale roof that helps cedar without any work from us.
Two eras of house, two approaches
Annexation left plats from different decades on the same block. A 1970s split level and a later build next door rarely need the same deck work or the same venting fix.
What you get working with us in Oakdale
We check the attic before quoting
A cedar number written from the driveway is a guess. We look at the soffit, the insulation line and the ridge before putting a price on wood.
One crew from deck to ridge
The same people handle the sheathing, the venting and the shakes, so nobody waits on a second trade to close an intersection or finish a ridge.
Venting priced in, not added later
The intake and exhaust work shows on the estimate from the start. Homeowners get caught out when a roofer finds the soffit problem mid job and writes a change order for it in the second week.
Second opinions are welcome
Plenty of people call us after a cedar quote from someone else. We look at the same roof and say where we agree, including when the other number is fair.
Quoted per house, not per block
Because the plats here differ by decades, we price what is on your roof. What was right next door can be flatly wrong twenty feet away.
What people near Oakdale 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.
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Cedar roofing questions in Oakdale
What people in Oakdale ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
Can an Oakdale split level attic vent a cedar roof?
Usually, but it takes work. The boxed soffits on these houses were built with small vents, and the insulation often runs right up to the sheathing above the eave. We add baffles, open real intake and put continuous exhaust at the ridge. If the eave has no room at all for a clear air path, wood is the wrong material for that house.
Why do two Oakdale houses on one street need different roofs?
Because the city formed by consolidating Oakdale and Northdale townships and kept annexing land into the 1990s. A single street can front plats recorded twenty years apart, which means different framing, different deck material and different venting. We quote each house on what is actually up there instead of assuming the block is uniform.
What should I watch for on a roof with no trees over it?
Less moss and rot than a shaded roof gets, which is why cedar does reasonably well on these lots. What still needs eyes on it is the short gable valleys, since debris packs into them fast, and the field after a wind event, since cedar splits rather than bruises. Plan on a treatment cycle rather than a one time install.
See if your Oakdale attic can carry cedar
We will check the soffit intake, the insulation line and the ridge, then tell you whether cedar makes sense on that split level. Free, and no obligation attached.
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