Friday, September 2, 2016

Think of What Will Happen Years After the Roof is on


Aimed at contractors of the early 1910's, these old slate advertisements from couldn't be more telling of things to come. "Think of what will happen years after the roof is on." Could the quarries of Bangor slate have imagined their products of 1916 would still be on roofs in the 21st Century? Believe it or not, there are still a few original Bangor roofs quarried in the teens on roofs today. 




Yet, in an even smaller advertisement promoting the "genuine Peach Bottom roofing slate," we sit in amazement that this product of the earth will survive on roofs far into the 21st Century. Chapman slate roofs continue to prove long lasting on many, many roofs, as well. 

What could be more historical and more eco friendly than a material that far outlasts nearly all other building materials?