Yesterday afternoon, Spenser and I were again enjoying our new connecting porch when a couple of Tyler's girls stopped by for a drink out of one of our backyard mud puddles. Perhaps they were fishing for shrimp.
I also found a piece of slate on the connecting porch. I assume this was left by the slate roofer in response to my request to be allowed to review and approve the slate they intended to use on both the sunroom and garage gables as well as to replace missing or damaged tiles on the main house. Their proposal specified this as a non-fading green slate attached with copper nails. T said she would call it a grey-green color and asked "why copper nails?". While the proposal does not specify the warranty, I assume it is probably 100+ years. While we will not be there in 100 years, the copper nails will be.
While T has the final call, I was concerned that it was not anywhere near the color of the slate we have on the main house. There are two questions to answer. First, will this slate on the gables of the new sunroom and garage coordinate with the main house? Second, is this slate acceptable to replace missing or damaged slate tiles on the main house?
I have several pieces of slate that have fallen off the house over the past 12 years. Here is a side-by-side with the proposed new slate. Spenser is waiting for his dinner, that is why he is showing interest.
This comparison does not look too bad, that is to me, being color blind. T indicated she would accept the proposed new slate on the gables of the new sunroom and garage. That answers the first question.
I also took photos of the existing slate on the three sides of the main house.
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| West Gable |
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| East Gable |
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| North Gable |
T has the final call and she is going to sleep on it. I am afraid we have plenty of time for her to consider the answer.
