No Maintenance Shakes Give your Home a Unique Personality
Nailite Co. or a cheaper brand? Nailite shakes look the best to my eye because they are finished on the bottom edge as well as the frontal view and have deep grain details.
This is the hand split pattern which is now available in premium colors: barn red, denim blue and forest green in addition to their regular colors
They are the oldest most experienced manufacturer of shakes and while many companies would release a pattern and then quickly withdraw it because of problems, Nailite has just been rock solid. As their product is made of polypropylene, it is paintable if someone chose to do so.
In the last couple of years more and more competitve products are appearing on the market, but those that look the best are the same price as the longstanding Nailite company, so unless someone can offer similar quality at a cheaper price, I'd stay with Nailite at this time for the best quality shake patterns today.
Some sampling of colors available from Nailite.
But the other argument goes like this..."The gables are way up there where you really cannot see them well, so it really doesn't matter if you use something cheaper." My wife didn't bite on that argument at all when comparison shopping the shake patterns. We'll see how your wife weighs in on the decision.
