01 / SLATE
Slate Roof Installation & Repair
Natural and synthetic slate from quarries with a name. Hand-laid by craftsmen, flashed with copper, built to last a century.
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Boston · Since 2005 · Licensed & Insured
Boston's slate and
copper specialists, preserving roofs
built to outlive us.
Family-run since 2005. Slate, copper, historic restoration, and chimney work for Greater Boston, the North Shore, and the South Shore. The roof you call us about will still be there for your grandchildren.
What Boston says
Twenty years of slate work, in their own words.
Real reviews from Greater Boston homeowners. Pause on hover.
Specialty Services
The work that defines a roof — done right.
Slate, copper, and historic restoration aren't side services for us. They're the work we trained for, the materials we love, and the only thing we install. The list below is short by design.
02 / COPPER
Copper Roofing & Flashing
Copper gutters, standing-seam roofing, finials, and chimney flashing. Properly soldered, properly fastened, properly aged.
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Chimney Repair & Rebuilding
Re-pointing, crown rebuilds, full reconstructions from the roofline up. Brick-matched to your home, sealed against New England weather.
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Historic Roof Restoration
Beacon Hill brownstones to Back Bay row houses. Period-correct slate and copper work that keeps your home registry-eligible.
Explore Historic →05 / ICE MELT
Roof Ice Melt Systems
Heated-cable systems designed for New England winters. Prevents ice dams at the eaves, valleys, and gutters before the damage starts.
Explore Ice Melt →06 / GUTTERS
Gutter Repair & Replacement
Half-round copper, K-style aluminum, hidden-hanger systems. Repairs that hold; replacements that vanish into the architecture.
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Rubber & Flat Roof Repair
EPDM, TPO, and modified-bitumen flat roofs. Diagnosed honestly. Patched when sensible, replaced when not.
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The Craftsmen
Founded by a craftsman who climbed every roof himself.
Arturo Almeida started Art Slate Roofing in 2005 with one truck and the rule he still works by: every roof gets walked, measured, and quoted by the owner before anyone touches it. Twenty years later, the rule hasn't changed.
The crew is small by design. Three senior slate craftsmen, two copper specialists, no subcontractors on the roof, no sales department between you and the work. When you call us, the person who answers is the person who will be on your roof.
We've put slate on Beacon Hill, copper on Back Bay, and chimney rebuilds across the North Shore. We don't do shingle replacements. We don't do storm-chase. We do the work that older homes deserve.
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Project Portfolio
Where the work speaks for itself.
A century-old slate roof on Marlborough Street. A copper bay in Newton. A chimney rebuild after a January ice dam. The portfolio is filterable by material, neighborhood, and year — because Boston homeowners researching slate want proof, not promises.
Before · After
Drag the bar to see the transformation.
Real Boston roofs. Real Art Slate work. Drag the divider left to see what these roofs looked like before — drag right to see what restoration unlocked. Time, weather, and a century of patching on the left; new slate, new copper, and craftsmanship on the right.
Before
After · Art Slate
Tudor multi-color slate restoration · Newton, MA
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After · Art Slate
Chimney rebuild with 20-oz copper flashing · Greater Boston
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After · Art Slate
Slate re-roof on 1900s brick home · Greater Boston
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After · Art Slate
Standing-seam copper roof, aerial view · Greater Boston
Research Tools
Run the math before you call anyone.
Honest calculators for Boston homeowners researching slate, storm damage, ice damming and insurance claims. No signup, no email gate. The full set lives on our research tools page.
What does slate actually cost you over a lifetime?
A slate roof costs more on day one and less by year sixty. This works out where the crossover falls on your house, using Greater Boston replacement cycles rather than national averages.
— Adjust the figures to compare.
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Asphalt shingle —
- Re-roofs avoided
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- Slate pulls ahead
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Totals are in future dollars, with replacement costs escalated 3.5% a year, so long horizons produce large-looking numbers. The useful figure is the gap between the two columns and the year slate pulls ahead, not the absolute total. Planning figures, not a quote: real numbers depend on pitch, access, the state of the deck, and how much copper the roof needs. Arturo walks the roof before anyone puts a price on it.
Want these numbers checked against your actual roof? Send it over and Arturo will take a look. The assessment is free, and if the answer is that you do not need us yet, that is what you get told.
Schedule Your Assessment
A slate roof isn't a quote. It's a conversation.
The owner walks every roof himself. The assessment is free, no obligation, no high-pressure follow-up. We'll tell you honestly whether the work is needed now, in five years, or never.
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or call 617-913-1130 — available 24/7 for emergencies