Main office. (Just joking!) This roof was supplied and installed by Lake Stevens Shake Mill. It is almost 40 years old and still no leaks!



The Shake Mill. This is one of the only mills left that can still obtain wood from Washington's local mountain regions. Please note: this is all naturally fallen logs; Lake Stevens does not harvest living trees.



How the wood arrives at the mill.

The first step in making shakes is placing the cedar in the hydraulic splitter

Here is the owner, Mark, next to his prized cedar, before splitting begins.

The actual splitting caught in motion.

Post-splitting, the wood is stacked.

The stacked wood is then sawn in half, lengthwise.



Once the wood is cut, it is placed on the conveyor belt, which gives the cedar its finished look.



The cedar is now ready to be graded (divided into various qualities) and stacked accordingly.



The cedar is now ready to be shipped.



This truck is warming up, ready to deliver first-rate cedar to the customer's home.