Thank you for visiting Govers Sidewall Shingling. We are cedar shingle siding specialists serving the SF Central East Bay and North Lake Tahoe areas. Since 1993, we offer the highest quality workmanship and attention to detail providing professional installations of cedar shingle siding using the finest shingles available. We can provide and install many different types of cedar shingles - Western Red Cedar, Alaskan Yellow Cedar, Eastern White Cedar, 18″ Rebutted and Rejointed, Pre-Stained, Pre-Primed and more.
From complete restorations and new installations to additions, remodels, partial re-shingling projects and repair work, we have been providing high-quality installations of cedar shingle siding since 1993. Attention to detail, aesthetics and a high level of professional service come standard. We are masters of our craft. In addition to providing installations on everything from cottages to estates we have also published how-to articles in Fine Homebuilding magazine, have been featured in the home improvement book Renovation, and our work has received Architectural Heritage Restoration Awards.
Attention to detail, aesthetics and a high level of professional service come standard. Our work includes shingle siding repairs, new installations, historical preservations and detailed shingle patterned installations. We also provide shingle roof installations. We use only the finest materials, often sourced directly from domestic shingle mills on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. There are many aspects that come together to make a high quality shingle and are apparent in the final product.
We've been steadily busy this year and working on varied and interesting projects in Berkeley, Piedmont, Alameda and San Francisco. Every year the Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association presents their Preservation Awards and we are pleased to announce that three of our completed projects are...
This was another replicated original detail from our recent San Francisco project with one of the final elements being the restoration of this sawtooth wave pattern over the front entry. All the shingles were cut by hand. We're looking forward to re-visiting and photographing this home after the...
A few photos of a medallion and diamond pattern restoration on a large San Francisco project. The original was done a bit roughly - as we neared completion on this shingling project I restored the original pattern with the result being a fair amount tighter and sharper than the original. This is just before the final stain.
It's always a challenge to stay current with portfolio photos of completed projects. This is a large and challenging house in Piedmont that came out great and presents well with the copper downspouts finishing it off nicely.