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Purchasing Units of Shingles
Cedar Shingles are commonly sold by the "square". A
square of shingles consists of four(4) twenty inch wide bundles
and will cover at least 100 square feet of wall or roof with five
inches exposed to the weather. Shingles can be purchased by the
bundle, each bundle covering 25 square feet. picture 10
The bundling of Longfellow's Cedar Shingles is yet another
example of our commitment to excellence. When comparing our
shingle bundles to those of other mills, you will see the care
taken in bundling our product. There are forty (40) rows of
shingles in a standard bundle. These rows are 20” across. The
average row of shingles contains four(4) shingles. When making a
bundle, we leave as little space between these shingles as
possible. This insures the customer is getting the full measure
accounted for in each bundle.
If each 20” row was packed with no air space,
there would have (40 rows x 20“) 800 possible linear inches of
shingle to use. Applied at 5” to the weather, this would allow
27.78 square feet of coverage per bundle. The small air space
between the shingles in each row reduces the gross volume of each
bundle to approximately 25 square feet per bundle.
Our
shingles come in a great variety of widths varying from 3”-16”. We
do not include shingles that measure less than 3” in our bundles.
The majority of shingles in a bundle are between 5”-10” in width.
To insure that a bundle is not comprised mainly of smaller
shingles, we do not put more than four(4) shingles in any 20” row.
We are confident that the customer will be satisfied with
the quality and consistency of each bundle purchased at our mill.
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