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      CommentAuthorNovy Mlyn
    • CommentTimeJul 6th 2008
     
    Hi,

    Our roof is going on at the moment.

    Let me know if anyone wants a quote for shingle. The team we have here are great, and you are very welcome to come and visit our roof for yourselves. I will, of course, be taking lots of photos as we go along.
    • CommentAuthorleafbone
    • CommentTimeMar 10th 2009
     
    Hello, this is my first post here,
    Very nice forum.
    Has any one sourced UK Larch shingles?

    Iain
    • CommentAuthorCWatters
    • CommentTimeMar 10th 2009 edited
     
    At least one Grand Design used Scottish grown Larch shingles..

    http://www.edinburgharchitecture.co.uk/hope_house_pathhead.htm

    http://www.channel4.com/4homes/on-tv/grand-designs/episode-guides/midlothian-the-lime-kiln-house-08-06-04_p_4.html

    Larch Shingles and Cladding
    Auchencorvie Farm
    01586 552697
    • CommentAuthorRachel
    • CommentTimeMar 11th 2009
     
    why are the canadian ones 'eco nasty'?
    I have Canadian ones from sustainable woodlands...: Loft Shop
    Bit of treatment on them but not very much at all; not enough to show up on the tests of rainwater form them.
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    Posted By: Rachelwhy are the canadian ones 'eco nasty'?


    Because of the fuel costs of transporting them from the west coast of Canada..., this doesn't make them nasty as such but certainly not exactly 'eco'

    J
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      CommentAuthorfostertom
    • CommentTimeMar 16th 2009
     
    Not because of outrageous continued clear-felling over there of slow-grown primaeval forest, which is what makes such cedar even more semi-durable than plantation-grown UK/European cedar (of which there's no shortage)?
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    That too...

    J
  8.  
    I've just caught up on this thread having been researching timber shingles sources for a while.
    I discovered that Ben Law - of Grand Designs Woodmans House fame - produces sweet chestnut shingles, if that helps anyone:

    http://www.ben-law.co.uk/ecobuilding.html

    May not resolve Tom's original cost issue though.
    Joolz
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    Oops just noticed Tom needed cedar specifically.
    Ben Law does cedar too.

    Joolz
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      CommentAuthorfostertom
    • CommentTimeMar 17th 2009
     
    Yeah, no shortage of homegrown shingles and shakes of various timber, at a price, and with lingering doubts about longterm durability due to the fast growth of UK plantation sources - see also Rawnsley and Carpenter Oak. I just couldn't believe there's no mainstream European source as an alternative to the Canadians.
    • CommentAuthorJulio
    • CommentTimeMar 9th 2012
     
    Reviving an old thread.

    I am looking to use shingles on a project in the south of England (Wiltshire), anyone know of any good places reasonably locally to source good quality durable shingles. The shingles are going to be used on a lean to roof, which only has a pitch of 16.5 degrees, so I am wondering if this will be a problem with using the shingles, I have read that you dont want to use oak shakes at a low pitch like this. The roof is protected from the south westerly weather by the building, so it wont be subjected to driving rain as such.

    Also what sort of cost per m2 is one looking at for a shingle produced in the UK (preferably) or Europe? I dont want any from Canada, due to the transport and destruction of virgin forests. I looking to cover 201m2 with the shingle.
    • CommentAuthorCav8andrew
    • CommentTimeMar 9th 2012 edited
     
    Have you tried Vasterns Timber near Wootton Bassett, they do cladding and may have shingles
    • CommentAuthorfinny
    • CommentTimeMar 10th 2012
     
    Not sure if they do cedar shingles, but I can recommend Tyler hardwoods, if they haven't got what you need I am sure they will point you in the right direction. Very friendly and helpful..They are in Wilts
    • CommentAuthorCav8andrew
    • CommentTimeMar 10th 2012
     
    Finny, from my own point of view thanks for that contact
    • CommentAuthorJulio
    • CommentTimeMar 12th 2012
     
    Thanks for the help, I have found Coyle Timber products from near Bath has a wide range of options are happy to help out.
    • CommentAuthorCav8andrew
    • CommentTimeMar 12th 2012
     
    Julio, thanks for posting your find, I live and am building near Bath and was not aware of Coyle timber so will be looking them up

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