The Look of Cedar Shake, Without the Wildfire Risk
Timberwolf Construction is proud to install Enviroshake composite roofing — an unconditional Class A fire rating, a Class 4 impact rating, and a 95% recycled material that holds its shape and color for decades. Built for homeowners who want the wood-shake look in New Mexico's mountain and wildland communities, including Ruidoso.
What Enviroshake Actually Is
Enviroshake is a composite roofing shingle engineered to replicate the look, texture, and shadow lines of natural cedar shake or slate — without being made of wood or stone. It's manufactured from 95% post-industrial recycled material and is itself 100% recyclable at the end of its service life. The result is a roof that reads as a premium, natural shake roof from the street, but performs like an engineered composite where it matters most: fire resistance, impact resistance, and long-term stability.
Timberwolf's partnership with Enviroshake gives Albuquerque and mountain-community homeowners a genuine alternative to real wood shake — one that doesn't carry the fire liability, insurance difficulty, or maintenance burden that comes with untreated cedar.
Why It Matters in Ruidoso and New Mexico's Wildland Areas
Homes in forested, high-elevation communities like Ruidoso face a wildfire risk that lower-risk areas simply don't. Airborne embers — not direct flame contact — are one of the most common ways homes ignite during a wildfire, which makes a roof's fire rating one of the most consequential decisions a homeowner in these areas can make.
Enviroshake earns its Class A fire rating (the highest available under ASTM E108) unconditionally — on the product itself, without depending on a supplementary fire-resistant underlayment the way many composite shake products do. For homeowners who want the traditional cedar or slate look without restricting themselves to materials that many insurers have grown hesitant to cover in high fire-risk zones, that distinction matters.
The Technical Specs
| Fire rating | Unconditional Class A (ASTM E108) — achieved by the material itself, not dependent on added underlayment |
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| Impact rating | Class 4 (UL 2218), the highest rating available — engineered to withstand hail roughly the size of a large coffee cup |
| Wind resistance | In excess of 180 mph (290 km/h), per ASTM D3161-9A and Miami-Dade wind uplift testing |
| Material composition | 95% post-industrial recycled material; 100% recyclable |
| Resistance | Resists moss, lichen, and insect damage — unlike untreated natural wood shake |
| Thermal stability | Less than 2% seasonal expansion and contraction |
| Rain performance | Tested to 225 mm/hour; runoff is potable and meets WHO drinking water standards |
| Product lines | Enviroshake® (cedar-look), Enviroslate® (slate-look), and Enviroshingle® (cedar-shingle look) — each available in standard, premium, and custom colors |
| Warranty | Limited lifetime warranty — Standard (25 years) or Gold (50 years), fully transferable with unlimited transfers |
Good Fit / Not a Good Fit
- Good fit if you want the look of natural cedar shake or slate in a high fire-risk area like Ruidoso
- Good fit if real wood shake is restricted by local code or difficult to insure in your area
- Good fit for homeowners who want low maintenance without giving up a natural, dimensional look
- Not the right call if minimizing upfront material cost is the top priority over appearance and fire performance
Introducing Enviroshake
A quick look at what makes Enviroshake different from a typical composite roof.
Featured Installations
Enviroshake holds its look across a wide range of homes and buildings — from residential re-roofs to lakeside pavilions and historic institutional buildings.
Enviroshake Product Lines & Colors
Enviroshake® makes three composite roofing profiles depending on the look you're after — a traditional taper-sawn cedar shake, a 5″ perfection cedar shingle, and a slate-inspired finish — each available in a range of standard, premium, and custom colors.
Cedar-Look Shake
Slate-Look
Cedar-Shingle
Colors shown: Silvered Cedar, Stone Grey, and Aged Cedar. Each line offers additional standard, premium, and custom color options — ask us for current samples.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Enviroshake carries an unconditional Class A fire rating under ASTM E108 — the highest rating available — and achieves it on the product itself, not because of an added fire-resistant underlayment. That's a meaningful distinction from many composite shake products, which only reach Class A when paired with a supplementary layer.
Enviroshake is designed to replicate the look, texture, and shadow lines of natural cedar shake, but it's made from a recycled composite material rather than wood. That means no fire liability from untreated wood, no susceptibility to moss, lichen, or insect damage, and a lifespan that isn't shortened by rot or weathering the way real cedar's can be.
Enviroshake carries a Class 4 impact rating under UL 2218, the highest available. It's engineered to withstand impacts from hail roughly the size of a large coffee cup, and it has a documented record of zero warranty claims following a major Calgary hailstorm that produced hailstones up to 4 centimeters.
Yes — it's one of the better options for homeowners who want a wood-shake look in a high fire-risk area. Its unconditional Class A fire rating makes it a practical alternative where untreated wood shake would be restricted by local code or difficult to insure.
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