Copper, slate, lead. Mended, not replaced. Patina left alone for forty years.Heritage roofing for buildings that were here before us and will be here after. A repair should outlast the wall it sits on, and it should look like it was always there.
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the oldest roof we've repaired. Slate, on a chapel, still on. Some of the slates are the originals.
trades under one roof. Copper, slate, lead. Nobody sub-contracted, nobody learning on your roof.
the life of copper laid properly. Longer than the joists. We check the joists.
roofs replaced that could be repaired. If we say it's a repair, it's a repair. If we say replace, ask why.
The patch should outlive the building. That means the same metal, the same slate from the same quarry if it's still open, and lead that's been on a roof before. New material is the last resort, not the first quote.
Copper for the long bits, slate for the pitched bits, lead for everything that has to bend. Each has its own bench, its own tools, its own person.
Laid with the seams the old way, folded twice, no sealant. Left bright. It'll go green on its own schedule.
We keep a yard of reclaimed slate sorted by quarry and thickness. A patch should be invisible from the road.
Bossed by hand where the old lead was bossed. Welded where it needs to be. Never mastic. Ever.
Half a day up a ladder with a notebook and a camera. You get the notebook. Here's what's in it.
Send the address and, if you have them, a photo from the street and one from a window. We'll tell you what we think from those, and then come and stand on it to find out.
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