I walked by today to find a crew from a local, well established roofing company that advertises slate work had torn this one off in favor of a temporary shingle roof. I asked one of the crew if they had saved any of the slates and they replied they were crumbling when they took them up. Not true. Sure a slate will break if you pry on it. This was a Peach Bottom roof and could have lasted the life of this building. They are now trapped into a cycle of roof replacement with materials that are bad for the building, bad for the environment, and just overall bad. They had saved about 100 slates 'for repairs' but they were stacked like pancakes in the back of a truck and many will likely parish in transit. It's a shame this thing probably could have repaired for a fraction of what it cost them to have these shingles stapled on
Shame shame shame on you!
All that's left from a priceless asset to the home and the character of the neighborhood.
1 comments:
Oh, that's a sad thing to happen. :( You should have gotten a trusted roofing contractor to keep that from happening. It's really damaging if your roof is not properly constructed. I hope you'll have something good to share next time.
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