Slate · Greater Boston · 2024
Slate Repair on a Brick Townhouse
Targeted slate repair plus selective copper flashing replacement on a brick Boston townhouse. — Greater Boston, 2024.
The homeowner had already been quoted a full re-roof by two other contractors. On our assessment, the slate field was at roughly 8 percent failure — too high to ignore, too low to justify tearing off a roof with decades of life left. So we repaired it.
Two other contractors quoted a full re-roof. The field was at about 8 percent failure — too high to ignore, too low to justify tearing off a roof with thirty to fifty years left in it.
What we actually did
Original quotes
Two, both for a full re-roof
Our approach
Targeted repair + flashing
Slates replaced
~240 individual
Flashing
20-oz copper at the parapets
Cost vs re-roof
~18%
Service life gained
30–50 years
- 2005 Family-run since
- 4.9★ 23 Google reviews
- 75–150 yr Slate roof lifespan
- In-house Crew — never subcontracted
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