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   wflather | Aug 10, 2002 02:16am | #1

   I guess it's too late to suggest repairing the slate roof?  Even slate repairs will outlast asphault.

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   gotfoam | Aug 10, 2002 04:07am | #2

   Your right but it was let go for to long. 

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   RichBeckman | Aug 10, 2002 04:33am | #3

   If the slate isn't in good enough shape to repair, I would think it isn't in good enough shape to have any salvage value.

   You might contact Olde Good Things. Even if they are not interested (and I would bet they are not), they might know of someone who is.

   http://www.oldegoodthings.com/

   Rich Beckman

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   MisterT | Aug 10, 2002 03:09pm | #4

   The wife of a coworker back in ME , made a pretty decent buck by hand pianting designs on roof slates.

   She would set up 100 or so on some tables in her garage and piant away.

   you might try to find some one doing this.

   Also try to contact some one who specializes in slat roofs. they might want to have some old slates "on hand" to do repairs etc.

   TDo not try this at home!

   I am a trained professional!

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   hgates | Aug 28, 2002 06:16pm | #5

   Its really a shame to see a slate roof come down, but if it must then I applaud you for at least making an attempt to see if salvage is feasible. Try contacting Joseph Jenkins, the guy who runs http://www.jenkinsslate.com and who wrote the Slate Roof Bible. He may be able to put you in contact with someone local interested in buying your slate.

   Damn, scalloped slates look awesome. Asphalt imitations look like #### to me, but I suppose I am a slate snob; most people probably don't give that much notice to the roof material anyway.

   I would probably buy some from you, but I don't have a car to come get them. Right now my roof is 110 year old grayish square slates, but someday I would like to turn it into a fancier roof with bands of scallops and red and green.

   -Holly Gates

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   jc21 | Aug 30, 2002 04:18am | #8

   Great book

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   Barncat5 | Aug 28, 2002 08:12pm | #6

   Someone told me a few years ago that artists/decorators pay $15 a piece for old slate. They paint decorative motifs on the slate and sell them at craft shows. Also, I've seen people use old slate as floor tiles in mudrooms and bathrooms, though I don't know how they hold up.

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   SHazlett | Aug 29, 2002 04:51pm | #7

   I generally pay about $2-3 a slate for used slates used in repair work. I have payed as much as $5 a slate for  barn slates (green),those slates were new though.

   Send your artists/decorators my way----I think I can load 'em up with as many $15 slates as they want

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   nigelUsa | Aug 30, 2002 03:11pm | #9

   Last few slate roofs I have removed I saved 20ish slates and that was because of a "patch" made the year before. The rest came off as dust and little bits, filthy job!!! Don't count on money for the old slates as part of the job.

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   wflather | Aug 30, 2002 03:19pm | #10

   I expect that actually getting the slates off the roof in one piece is the challenge, they don't like being dropped off roofs.  Also, slates varies in durability; Pennsylvania slate is nowhere near as hard as VT slate.  Gray PA slate seems to delaminate after 100 years or so, turning to dust as you saw.  Vt slate holds up much better.

   Edited 8/30/2002 12:21:13 PM ET by WFLATHER

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   nigelUsa | Aug 31, 2002 01:19am | #11

   Pulling the nails is the tough bit. Yes they were PA slate, 80-100 years old.