Second only to wood as a natural traditional roofing material slate is a fine grained sedimentary rock that has topped castles and large buildings for centuries in europe.
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Imported from wales to colonial america for fire proof roofs in boston philadelphia and new york it was still slow to catch on for houses.
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Several clues have been overlooked.
Slate roofing contractors from around the united states and a guest from germany converged on western pennsylvania in june 8 10 2007 for a three day weekend of workshops meetings presentations food music and comaraderie six concurrent workshops took place over the three day period including.
Traditional roofing magazine 2006 issue 5.
The most important clue is that the stain is on the north side of the roof.
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According to the homeowner it was exciting to see the transformation.
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Perhaps the following will help explain the stain discussed on page 2 of the 2007 issue.