Joe Bobst wrote:
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annual maintenance of $300 or so to keep
it sound.

In 20 years that works out to about the price of new asphalt shingles and
you've still got the roof over your head. And besides that the roof will still
look great. IMO, the $300 annual cost may be on the high side. Don't talk to a
roofer, find an honest-to-john slater. Properly cared for a slate roof will
outlast your grandchildren. HTH

Yep sounds high to me as well. Get and read _The Slate Roof Bible_ by
Jenkins. It should give you a solid start on you questions and give you a
better idea of what's involved, what to look for in a slater and so on.

It may be worthwhile to remove the slate from the garage if only beucase
it's a match for the house, but there's a lot to asses, particularly what
shape the slate's in and what's the nature of the reapirs you're in need
of.



John
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