Slate Roof Restoration.

Keywords: Roofing; Slate; Historical Restoration; Copper EN Roofing Slate Historical Restoration Copper N.PAG N.PAG 1 11/02/21 20210701 NES 210701 I own and operate a small roofing company, Stewardship Slate, which specializes in the restoration and repair of slate roofs. Graph: Sam Simon ImagingStewardship Slate crew members install new valley and chimney flashing during a slate roof restoration project in Burlington, Vt. Slate Restoration A typical full-restoration project includes pulling off existing slates to access and replace the worn metal flashings with new ones - typically 20-ounce copper in the valleys and 16-ounce copper everywhere else. What remained of the roof's original rosin paper "underlayment" quickly disintegrated, exposing the board-sheathed roof deck, which was in surprisingly good shape given the condition of the existing slate and flashing. [Extracted from the article]