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Old houses, kept old
A good restoration is hard to spot from the street. These are a few we are proud of, with what we found, what we saved and what we changed.
No. 1Case study
The Queen Anne on Green Street
- Found
Vermont slate from 1891, 14 percent cracked or missing, rusted tin valleys and a bucket in the attic.
- Saved
Every sound slate cleaned, sorted by size and relaid on the two worst slopes.
- Sourced
Matching Vermont gray slate from a barn roof in Granville, New York.
- Renewed
Copper valleys, new chimney flashing and half-round copper gutters.
No. 2More work
Across four counties
Filter by material. Every project lists the town, the era and the scope.
College hall cupola
Rotted dome sheathing replaced, then re-skinned in 20 ounce copper with flat-lock seams.
Turret and main roof
Turret re-slated in Pennsylvania black, each slate cut to the curve. Copper finial cleaned and reset.
Shingle-style gambrel
Hand-split red cedar over a vented mat, with copper flashing at the balcony.
Carriage house dormers
Three dormers rebuilt and shingled in sawn cedar to match the main roof.
Fieldstone farmhouse
Asphalt from the 1970s removed. New Pennsylvania black slate on reinforced rafters.
Two-story porch
Both porch roofs in painted standing seam steel, with snow guards over the front steps.
"The preservation board approved the plan in one meeting. Nora had the slate samples, the copper details and the photos ready before anyone asked."
Your house next
Start with a condition report
We walk the roof, count the slate and write down what we would save, what we would replace and what it costs.