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   Slateman | Mar 26, 2008 12:25pm | #1

   I would get a sample and have it tested.  That is as cheap as good used slate from a quarry.  I would think that the stone there selling isn't as good as slate in Vermont.

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   Matt | Mar 26, 2008 12:40pm | #2

   $.80 a sq ft... so that is $80 a square... or, does the $.80 a sq foot mean for the raw material, then guessing you have a 33% exposure,  that would push the price up to $240 a square?

   Just curious - what might be a starting point for cost per sq ft or square for the labor, misc material, etc of a slate roof installation?

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   Slateman | Mar 26, 2008 01:37pm | #3

   That is still a little cheap and would get a sample.

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   theslateman | Mar 26, 2008 01:59pm | #4

   Matt,

   If you were paying by the sq. foot then you'd get roughly 42% coverage with an 18" slate.

   18" less 3" for headlap then divided in half gives 7.5 " exposure

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   Matt | Mar 26, 2008 02:20pm | #5

   So let me see if I understand this...

   You said 43% of the material would be exposed and the material costs $.80 per  gross sq foot... So, if I'm doing the math right:

   43/100 = .80/x  = $1.86 a sq ft or $186 a square...  raw materials only.  Is that right?

   How much might installation, flashing, etc cost.... wild guess - maybe $1.00 a sq ft? 

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   theslateman | Mar 26, 2008 02:27pm | #6

   Yup thats really wild!

   The installation would never run less than 4 to 5 hundred a sq.

   Slate, stagings, flashings, fasteners, underlayment,etc., etc., etc. might run $1000 a sq. and up depending on the complexity of the roof and the difficulty of the access.

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   seeyou | Mar 26, 2008 02:55pm | #7

   I started to give him a big "Bwahahahahaha" on the $1/sq ft, but resisted.http://grantlogan.net/

    

   But you all knew that.  I detailed it extensively in my blog.

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   theslateman | Mar 26, 2008 02:56pm | #8

   Don't hold back !!!