When you buy your home you are buying a certain piece of construction history. The average old house in the Vancouver region is about a hundred year old house and at that time cedar shake was the only viable roofing product. At the time asphalt which is the by-product of refined oil was not being used. Cedar was in plenty in the pacific North West. What was amazing was this cedar was all old growth and as a result it would last for forty to fifty years.

In Richmond BC, it is common to see cedar roofs everywhere. In fact this is what you have probably been noticing for the last 20 to 30 years if you live anywhere away from the edges of the city. Now it is time to change the roofs that cover the city and you are left with two options.