STEP 3 Refastening Loose Shakes or Shingles

The third step in our cedar roof maintenance process became especially important to homeowners in Northern Illinois a few years ago when exceedingly high winds stormed through the area.

Homeowner Betsy Barnes of Wheaton, Illinois says several of her neighbors had cedar shakes and shingles "literally blown off their roofs." Her cedar roof, however, stood-up to the storm without any damage. She attributes this to the fact that only a few weeks before the storm, Cedar Preservation Specialists had carefully refastened and repaired loose shingles on the roof as part of the cedar maintenance process.