Understanding, Installing, and Restoring the World's Finest Roof:
The profusely illustrated full color format of this comprehensive book, with 330 color photos and hundreds of charts and line drawings, has elevated it into a work of art. Yet, the down-home writing style of Joseph Jenkins has converted a potentially tedious subject into a delight.
Completely revised, greatly expanded and updated version of the award-winning The Slate Roof Bible, with 21 chapters including six that are new: International Roof Slate, European Slating Methods, Roof Inscriptions and Designs, Recycling Slate Roofs, and separate chapters on Chimneys and Valleys. With chapters on slate roof history, slate geology, roof safety, tools, installation, repairs, flashings, and regional slate quarries, as well as sections on ceramic tile roofs, asbestos roofs, and flat-lock copper roofs, The Slate Roof Bible is a fascinating book on its own, essential for anyone who wants to build naturally and permanently, and a must-have for architects, builders, roofers, designers, historians, and slate roof owners.
232 pages, 2nd Edition
Publisher: Jenkins Publishing
Joseph Jenkins
About the Author:
Joe Jenkins owns and operates a slate roofing firm in western Pennsylvania where he has personally worked on over a thousand slate roofs. He provides slate roof consulting services nationwide. An international lecturer and award-winning author of three books. He lives with his wife and children on their 143 acre, slate-roofed homesite in western Pennsylvania.
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The Slate Roof Bible