This Old House Slate Roof

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This old house slate roof.

Slate is sedimentary rock composed of compressed and hardened layers of clay or volcanic ash. For a smooth look slate tiles can be sawn to shape on all sides. The roof over the main part of the house has been replaced with asphalt shingles. Log in or sign up.

Certainteed valley forge pa. Silva brothers crew member garrett deblois takes a prybar to 22 year old asphalt roof shingles at the manchester by the sea project house which had begun to leak. You could replace all the roofing with new shingles dark enough to disguise the staining or with shingles laced with copper granules which are lethal to algae. Solar alternative energy on this old house.

Roofing sheds siding smart homes solar alternative energy stairs. The less expensive solution is to spray wash the roof with a 50 percent mix of water and bleach to get rid of the algae. Invented by jim crowe a third generation homebuilder from canada these slates come as individual tiles 18 inches long 12 inches wide injection molded in dies made from 100 year old roof slates. Slate is another heavyweight roofing material weighing typically seven to eight pounds a square foot.

The class a rated centennial slate shingle from certainteed boasts the affordability of an asphalt shingle and the luxe look of natural slate. What it costs a new 3 250 square foot roof can range from 6 500 to more than 20 000. Slate varies in color denseness and purity and serviceable life as a roofing material. This old house homepage.

Skip to main content. Follow this old house online. 50 to 100 per square enough shingles to cover 100 square feet installed. But that would only make sense if the shingles were worn out.

For more texture as shown in this roof the manufacturer shapes the front face by splitting a piece from a larger block revealing what were once layers of silt. Follow this old house online.