World's Stupidest Question

I have always wondered this question. If we use wood shingles and shakes how come we never see roofs with wood planks? I hate to admit how little I know sometimes

They have been run vertically as well.http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/FortRoss-chapel-reconstructed.jpg/284px-FortRoss-chapel-reconstructed.jpg&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Ross_State_Historic_Park&h=151&w=227&sz=1&tbnid=aEMhd4SCG6_XGM:&tbnh=151&tbnw=227&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dfort%2Bross%2Bmuseum%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=fort+ross+museum&usg=__gUWJz5jEfI0VCLovyz1Oyn8xyhs=&docid=ygoaD7p4XxY0aM&itg=1&sa=X&ei=SMHkUanTKcXHigKf24CwDg&ved=0CHwQ_B0wCg

What goes by the name of "barn shakes" gets you half way there also.

Beautiful job, woody. Tell me more about that one if you would.

I see roofs with wood planks all the time. They just have shingles on top of them. :laugh:

The wood tends to split along it's grain as it ages and dries, which makes it unsuitable for that purpose. Roofs done like that tend to constantly develope leaks.