And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Sunday, July 17, 2022
Producing Red Cedar Hand-Split & Resawn Shakes - by WoodRoof.com
Flammable roofing is outlawed here in Colorado, even tho the majority of homes are not affected by forest fires. Pop bottle rockets yes, tree fires not so much. To bad cause anyone can install and maintain a simple roof system like that.
In an earlierf life, I used to haul wood waste used to generate electricity from a cedar sawmill in North Maine. There were three cedar shingle machines near the loading ramp that I watched. These guys had varying numbers of fingers from one to three on each hand corresponding with how long they had been running the machines.
I remember replacing a cedar shake roof with my brother and dad when I was a young teenager. Hard work physically, but it was do-able and actually a pretty fu family project - a Cape Cod house, fairly uncomplicated.
Flammable roofing is outlawed here in Colorado, even tho the majority of homes are not affected by forest fires. Pop bottle rockets yes, tree fires not so much. To bad cause anyone can install and maintain a simple roof system like that.
ReplyDeleteSorry, but I'm glad this roofing material is falling out of favor. What a terribly wasteful use of these magnificent trees.
ReplyDeleteIn an earlierf life, I used to haul wood waste used to generate electricity from a cedar sawmill in North Maine.
ReplyDeleteThere were three cedar shingle machines near the loading ramp that I watched.
These guys had varying numbers of fingers from one to three on each hand corresponding with how long they had been running the machines.
I remember replacing a cedar shake roof with my brother and dad when I was a young teenager. Hard work physically, but it was do-able and actually a pretty fu family project - a Cape Cod house, fairly uncomplicated.
ReplyDeleteI can imagine the smell of cedar in that place must be overwhelming.
ReplyDeleteBecause every house fire needs to be impossible to extinguish.
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