Fires Belong in the Fireplace, Not on Your Roof
Imagine a crackling fire. Dry wood burning that shoots off sparks and a warm glow. Seems nice, right? And it is … if it’s in a fireplace. However, the image changes entirely if you’re looking at cedar shake roofing catching fire atop a home.
In drought areas on the West Coast, homeowners with old cedar roofing live with the constant fear that wildfires may send embers onto their natural cedar shake roofs. Even sparks flying in the air from a wildfire a half mile away can have disastrous results for people with shake shingles.
The concern for flame spread on shake roofing materials is so strong that many communities and towns have passed legislation banning the use of real cedar shake roofing for new construction and replacement projects. So, what’s a homeowner to do who loves the look of a wood shake roof? DaVinci Roofscapes to the rescue.
Synthetic shake roofing materials from DaVinci have a Class A Fire Rating. Even when a torch is held to them, they simply won’t allow a flame to ignite or spread. (See Class A Synthetic Roofs Resist California Wildfires)
Allan Lyle with Today’s Homeowner with Danny Lipford recently put the product to the test. Watch this VIDEO and you’ll quickly discover that the safest way to get the look of cedar on your home is to rely on simulated shake roofing from DaVinci.
