SULTAN – Gary Bryant has spent most his life shaping old cedar into roofing shakes and shingles at a shake mill in the Skykomish Valley. Wednesday, Bryant watched the business that his father and his ...

FORKS — The fire that destroyed a cedar shake mill Wednesday morning, further shrinking a once-flourishing West End industry, likely started in an area where electrical panels were located, Forks Fire ...

Canadian makers of cedar shakes and shingles say they have been forced to scale back production or even temporarily shutter mills because of new U.S. tariffs on the wood-roofing materials. U.S.

PORT ANGELES — A cedar shake mill south of Forks was destroyed as a blaze ripped through the building Wednesday morning. A passerby reported the fire at about 8:30 a.m., said Bill Paul, chief of ...

CARLSBAD — When the story is destructive wildfire, the villainoften is the shake shingle. The city of Carlsbad learned a tough lesson about the commonwooden roofing material in the 1996 Harmony fire, ...

VAIL — Wooden roofs and mountain towns go together like snow-covered hills and skiing. But wooden roofs are becoming a hazard as the mountains become more fire-prone. Vail Fire Chief Mark Miller ...

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FWAVE, LLC (F-Wave™ Roofing Products) is pleased to announce the launch of its REVIA™ Hand-Split Shake Collection at the International Roofing Expo (IRE). The REVIA Hand-Split ...

Q:I live in a brown-shingle townhouse complex in Berkeley in which the state of the shingles is a frequent point of discussion. The buildings are now close to 30 years old, and the cedar shingles are ...