Aspen Touch Inc.
Cedar Restoration, Painting, & Custom Home Remodeling
"Restoring Missouri and Illinois' Premier Natural Wood Homes"
The Aspen Touch  Restoration Procedure:
  • High Pressure power washing/cleaning of entire roof/siding/decking, etc., to
    ensure removal of any remaining mold/mildew, algae, mold, and/or lichen.
  • Wet on Wet application of"T.W.P." 200 Series stain.
  • Additional wood repair/replacement if needed. Nail down any loose shingles
STAND BACK AND ADMIRE!
What You Should Know About Your Cedar Shakes, Natural Wood
Siding, And Decking!
1.        Shakes and shingles can lose virtually all of their natural preservatives in as short as five years.
2.        Unlike most roofing materials, however, cedar shingles and can be restored and maintained
through proper care and treatment often doubling or tripling the remaining service life.
Cedar roofs/siding/decks left unprotected, suffer from:
  • Photo degradation by ultraviolet light  -  UV exposure decomposes "Lignin" in the surface
    wood cells.  "Lignin" is Mother Nature's way of holding cells together.  
  • Fungi - Once the natural preservatives are leached out , often in a very short period of time, the
    colonization of wood-inhabiting fungi develops.
  • Moisture  -  Moisture causes shrinking and swelling of the shake which results in deeper checks and
    splits.
        
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