Excellent shingles , the information made good sense , I'm by no means an expert but I've worked on nurseries in the 70s that had shingle roofs and as the apprentice I was sent up a ladder to repair the damaged shingles. So I learned on the job as it were . Great people , great video 👍🇬🇧
Here in West Virginia alot of the shelters and cabins at our state parks still have shake/shingle roofs. Some I know date back to my childhood some 30-40 years ago. I'm pretty sure they're oak and they're mossy,but still sound. I'm not sure I'd want them on my house,but I am fixin to build a small hay/feed barn and I'm seriously considering using these for nostalgia.
Excellent video. Very different to the UK ,where sawn cut cedar shingles ( USA) , random widths, are laid with the third shingle up the roof just covering the first shingle fixing nails. Much more labour intensive.
Interesting to see the different working methods. In particular the use of an axe rather than a froe to split the log. Also the small axe that is used for removing the waney edge seems to be symmetrical rather than a right or left handed axe with an offset eye. Thank you for sharing this traditional technique.
As far as roof longevity is concerned it is dependent on the climate surrounding the area. Shade covered roofs made of organic material will not last as long as a roof made of the same tree in a dry climate
If splitting is better than cutting because it doesn't cut open the cells, then doesn't the shaving with the draw knife just cut open the cells anyway?
Well then how do you form the shingle to an appropiate shape, to be in a kinda symmetric way so you could easily put the together? Either way shaving is still better than grinding it to form.
Thank you for making the film. The people make beautiful work.
Excellent shingles , the information made good sense , I'm by no means an expert but I've worked on nurseries in the 70s that had shingle roofs and as the apprentice I was sent up a ladder to repair the damaged shingles. So I learned on the job as it were .
Great people , great video 👍🇬🇧
Nice to see someone using a drawknife to cut/slice wood rather than using it like a hatchet to chop with.
Gyönyörűek a zsindelyes házak és székelykapuk. Reméljük, lesz, aki tovább viszi ezt a szép és hasznos hagyományt.
Here in West Virginia alot of the shelters and cabins at our state parks still have shake/shingle roofs. Some I know date back to my childhood some 30-40 years ago. I'm pretty sure they're oak and they're mossy,but still sound. I'm not sure I'd want them on my house,but I am fixin to build a small hay/feed barn and I'm seriously considering using these for nostalgia.
Excellent documentary. I love the sound of the draw knife being used. All those wood shavings it produces must be good for starting fires.
Beautiful, thank-you from England!
Excellent video. Very different to the UK ,where sawn cut cedar shingles ( USA) , random widths, are laid with the third shingle up the roof just covering the first shingle fixing nails. Much more labour intensive.
👍 Great video 👌
Interesting to see the different working methods. In particular the use of an axe rather than a froe to split the log. Also the small axe that is used for removing the waney edge seems to be symmetrical rather than a right or left handed axe with an offset eye.
Thank you for sharing this traditional technique.
Kossonom nagyon jo volt
It's interesting to see the different ways of making traditional style roofs, I wonder witch method is actually best.
As far as roof longevity is concerned it is dependent on the climate surrounding the area. Shade covered roofs made of organic material will not last as long as a roof made of the same tree in a dry climate
If splitting is better than cutting because it doesn't cut open the cells, then doesn't the shaving with the draw knife just cut open the cells anyway?
Well then how do you form the shingle to an appropiate shape, to be in a kinda symmetric way so you could easily put the together? Either way shaving is still better than grinding it to form.
Is the wood red cedar?
No, we dont have them in Europe, I would say its some kind of spruce