[MassHistPres] Wood roof Shingles replacements

[rcsmitharch at verizon.net]

Why Dept of Interior acceptable?  Is it to get funding for roof replacement?  The granting entities going to want to see materials that have been used on a building during its period of significance, the late 19th century.  The primary alternatives for a rural building of that period would be wood shingles and slate.  Do you have any historic documentation of another material on the roof?

 

Ludowici Celadon makes an imitation wood shake tile that is pretty convincing, but it is very expensive, and the funders may not buy it anyway.

 

It often turns out that a preservation grant funded roof replacement in historically appropriate materials will cost more, even with a grant, than a good grade asphalt shingle.  Do you have CPA funds that can pay for better materials?  If the roof framing can carry it, a slate roof is, when properly installed, much more durable than wood shingles, and there is a life cycle cost argument that can be made.

 

Richard Smith

Swampscott Historic District Commission

 

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Good Day, 

 

We are looking into alternatives (Dept of Interior acceptable) for the roof on our 1877 Schoolhouse on the Lower Green in Newbury, MA.

 

Has anyone used non-wooden roof shingles?  We are concerned about the lack of old growth, wooden shingles. Do you have a reliable source to purchase?

 

Any assistance would be appreciated.

 

Thank you, 

Janice

Janice Forrest, Secretary/Clerk

NEWBURY HISTORICAL COMMISSION

12 Kent Way

Byfield, MA 01922

historicalcomm at townofnewbury.org <mailto:historicalcomm at townofnewbury.org> 

 

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