Although both are used for cedar roofing, on sheds and houses alike, shakes and shingles are sometimes incorrectly referred to as the same thing. There are in fact similarities and differences between the two, but I can’t stress enough how important it is to refer to them differently since they may do the same job but the way they do it aesthetically and practically different. But before we get into the main discussion of this article, shake vs shingle, it is important to know what they individually are, then it makes comparing the two a lot easier. What are Cedar Shakes? Split by the hand from lumber logs, doing so with special crafting tools. Cedar shakes are a type of wood roofing that has been split on both or one side - …
