Best roof shingle wood to use

Question

What type of wood is best for roof shingles? And how can I tell if they're good quality and weatherproof? They're for my car port and porch.

Chris · Answer

Roofing battens 2x1 inch and you will know they have been treated by the colour they will be red or blue mostly

Scott · Answer

Cedar shingle are the best great wearing tiles and look good

William · Answer

Relatively lightweight, inexpensive, and easy to install, asphalt shingles are the best choice for most houses. They come in sheets that are layered on a roof to give the illusion of more expensive single shingles, such as cedar and slate, that are installed one shingle at a time.

Scott · Answer

sarkin board great strong and thick and always weather treated

Alfie · Answer

Fully treated timbers to stop wood from rotting in future and just a standard roofing Barton should work fine

Iain · Answer

Hello 
There is many different types of shingles now and prices, Larch wood being a good one at a competitive price 
Regards Iain

Paul · Answer

The best type of would I always use is cedar wood.

James · Answer

Any treated hard wood I would recommend so whatever is the cheapest

Aaron · Answer

i have used shingles many times cedar is normally the wood, and i would use a trusted building merchant like bradfords

Best roof shingle wood to use

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