cedar shakes

Does anyone still use these? Very few used in FL just wondered about the rest of the country

I just bid a new double garage, priced at $170.00 for 24" mediums. a lot of new infill housing are using tapersawn shakes, about the same price. toronto, ontario

Last cedar roof i did was 2004

Last one I did was a year in a half ago. It was an insurance job.

At the time got a really good deal at $220 a square. Some places had them for well over $300 a square.

Got a price today they are back down to just over $200 a square. Bid a cedar shingle job today. Number one grade machine cut $150 a square.

Whats the cost of abundle these days?

---Tearing one off today. Going with 30 year laminate comp. There are stil a lot of them around in my neck of the woods. But we only install about 1-2/year. We usually install CCA treated 100% edgegrain. They come with a written 30 year warranty which probably doesn't mean much but I tell people they will certainly outlast raw shakes. ---These days we get all our shakes from British Columbia. Lanny

The last full installation for us was 4 years ago. We make repairs on cedar shake once or twice a year and tear one off maybe once a year but in this area, they may only last 15 years and that is quite an expense for the amount of time they last.