Comments on: Installing Vinyl Cedar Shakes on a Gable

By: Rose

Rose — Wed, 28 May 2008 13:14:30 +0000

I am having vinyl shake (Certainteed) put up on the gables of my home. Because the nailing edges are being trimmed in order to accomodate the angle of the gable, several of the panels keep falling. The builder have slapped on adhesive, but they are still falling off. What is your recommendation?

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 06:17:33 +0000

While the use of the term “vinyl shake” is common actual vinyl shake is not. There are just two manufacturers of vinyl shake. Certainteed and The Foundry. All other use polypropelene not vinyl. There are very important difference between the materials and manufacturing methods.

By: Todd

Todd — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:09:20 +0000

We use quite a few vinyl shake manufacturers now and customers rave about the appearance. It’s a great upgrade that doesn’t look like vinyl siding at all.