Enviroshake Roofing in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland
The cedar shake look, engineered to outlast cedar. Factory-trained Enviroshake installers serving Greater Vancouver, the North Shore and the Sunshine Coast.
Enviroshake is a composite cedar shake roofing system moulded from 3D scans of real taper-sawn cedar, so it reads as genuine cedar on a West Coast home without the maintenance, rot and fire exposure of a wood roof. It is manufactured from roughly 95% post-industrial recycled material, and Meerkat Roofing installs it to the manufacturer’s published specification with factory-trained installers on site.
Why homeowners are moving off natural cedar
Cedar is beautiful, but it is a living material on a coastal roof. Enviroshake keeps the look and removes the maintenance cycle that comes with it.
Natural cedar shake
- Rots from the inside out, starting at the butt joints where water sits
- Needs cleaning and refinishing every few years to stay ahead of moss and UV
- Dries out, cracks and splits as it ages, then holds moisture in the cracks
- Many BC insurers now surcharge, exclude or refuse wood shake roofs outright
Enviroshake composite
- Resists rot, mould and insects — the material does not feed them
- No preservatives, sealing or refinishing, ever
- Class A fire rating and a Class 4 impact rating
- Moulded from 3D scans of real taper-sawn cedar, so it reads as cedar
Technical specifications
| Material | Composite of recycled post-industrial plastics, elastomers and cellulose fibre, 95% recycled content |
|---|---|
| Fire rating | Class A and Class C available, tested to ASTM E108 / UL 790 |
| Impact rating | Class 4 under UL 2218, the highest classification |
| Wind resistance | Third-party tested to 180 mph (290 km/h) per ASTM D3161, published uplift resistance -430 psf |
| Warranty | 50 year limited lifetime material warranty, fully transferable |
| Appearance | Authentic taper-sawn cedar shake profile, available in a range of cedar and slate tones with custom colour options |
| Maintenance | No refinishing, sealing or preservative treatment required |
Ratings and warranty terms are the manufacturer’s published figures. Ask for the current Enviroshake specification sheet with your estimate.
What a Meerkat Enviroshake installation includes
Every Enviroshake roof we build is a full system, not a panel swap. This is the scope that goes into every quote.
Warranty and registration
A composite roof is only as good as its registration. We handle the paperwork so the warranty is actually enforceable when you sell the house — and we back it with our own written workmanship warranty.
50 year limited lifetime, transferable
The Enviroshake material warranty runs 50 years and transfers to the next owner of the home.
Registered within 30 days
Meerkat Roofing registers the warranty with Enviroshake on your behalf within 30 days of completion.
Photos and paid invoice included
Enviroshake requires photographs of the finished roof and the paid invoice for registration. We provide both to you and submit them with the registration.
Meerkat Roofing also provides its own written workmanship warranty covering the installation itself, on top of the manufacturer material warranty.
Colour and style
Three profile families, so the roof matches the house rather than the other way around. We bring physical colour samples to the estimate.
Enviroshake — cedar tones
The original taper-sawn cedar shake profile, in weathered cedar, natural cedar and darker stained tones that suit West Coast homes.
Enviroslate — slate look
A slate-look profile in deep charcoal and slate greys for homes that want a harder, more architectural roofline.
Enviroshingle — cedar shingle
A finer cedar shingle profile for heritage and character homes where the original roof was shingle rather than heavy shake.
Cedar and slate tones we work with most
Enviroshake requires at least one factory-trained installer on every job site at all times. Our crew is trained on the Enviroshake system so the roof is installed the way the warranty requires.
Enviroshake questions
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Measured from your address, priced in writing, installed by factory-trained crews across Greater Vancouver, the North Shore and the Sunshine Coast.
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