Restorations, before and after
Six recent projects with the scope, roof size, schedule and what we found once the old roof came off.
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Slate, copper, replacements and flat roofs from across Greater Boston. Choose a project to read the full case study.
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- BeforeAfter
Beacon Hill, 2025
An 1840s mansard, restored slate by slate
Salvaged 81 percent of the original slate on a four-story rowhouse and re-flashed every dormer in copper.
- Material
- Vermont gray slate, 20 oz copper
- Size
- 24 squares
- Duration
- 5 weeks
- BeforeAfter
Cambridge, 2024
Built-in gutters, relined in soldered copper
Relined 212 linear feet of Yankee gutters and replaced rotted cornice sections on a Queen Anne house.
- Material
- 20 oz copper liners, half-round leaders
- Size
- 212 linear feet
- Duration
- 9 working days
- BeforeAfter
Brookline, 2025
A shingle style roof, rebuilt for the next fifty years
Replaced a 46-square roof with 14 valleys, added ridge ventilation and replaced four skylights.
- Material
- Designer architectural shingles, copper valleys
- Size
- 46 squares
- Duration
- 12 working days
- BeforeAfter
Jamaica Plain, 2024
A flat roof that finally drains
Tapered insulation and a new TPO membrane for a three-unit condo, including roof deck removal and reinstall.
- Material
- 60 mil TPO over tapered polyiso
- Size
- 14 squares
- Duration
- 4 working days
BeforeAfterMilton, 2023
A wraparound porch, returned to painted metal
Replaced a failing rolled roofing porch with painted standing seam and restored the main slate roof.
- Material
- Painted standing seam, Vermont slate repair
- Size
- 31 squares
- Duration
- 3 weeks
BeforeAfterNewton, 2025
After the nor'easter, a roof made whole
An oak limb punctured a clay tile roof. We tarped it the same evening and rebuilt the damaged slope after claim approval.
- Material
- Clay tile, copper flashing
- Size
- 9 squares
- Duration
- Tarped same day, repaired in 6 days
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