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Anonymous wrote:Usually the slate holds up. It's what's below the slate that disintegrates.

We have friends with an 1890s Queen Anne and the estimate was 100G to remove all slate, redo the underneath and put the same slate back on. (theirs is a 4-5 M home though).

100K for a rough on a 5M home is not outrageous.

New builds use asphalt shingles even at the 5 million mark. You'd be better off spending 100k on a kitchen.

Anonymous wrote:Usually the slate holds up. It's what's below the slate that disintegrates.

We have friends with an 1890s Queen Anne and the estimate was 100G to remove all slate, redo the underneath and put the same slate back on. (theirs is a 4-5 M home though).

100K for a rough on a 5M home is not outrageous.

Usually the slate holds up. It's what's below the slate that disintegrates.

We have friends with an 1890s Queen Anne and the estimate was 100G to remove all slate, redo the underneath and put the same slate back on. (theirs is a 4-5 M home though).

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would also get an estimate to replace w/ 50 year asphalt shingles, much easier to deal with

noooooooo

I know. Our 21 year old roof is heavy (nice) shingles. We can't afford to replace it so just signed the contract ($23K) for asphalt shingles. I'm not happy about it but have three in college at the same time.

Sad. I'd keep repairing it - 21 years is just getting started for a slate roof.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would also get an estimate to replace w/ 50 year asphalt shingles, much easier to deal with

noooooooo

I know. Our 21 year old roof is heavy (nice) shingles. We can't afford to replace it so just signed the contract ($23K) for asphalt shingles. I'm not happy about it but have three in college at the same time.

Check with Durable Slate in Rockville, MD. The guy there is President of the National Slate Association, and he'll give an accurate assessment of replace vs. repair. www.durableslate.com 240-650-9780

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Anonymous wrote:Our house was 85k midsized colonial from the 1930s.

OMG 85k?

Natural products cost a fortune now. There is now a artificial product - http://www.ecostarllc.com/Content/Majestic-Slate - that looks like slate. It will cost slightly less than a fortune.

Fifteen years ago we were told 30,000 and that would have involved dropping most of the still good slate crashing to the ground. Cost to save it so expensive. So we're still patching as needed. Roof holding ok. Wish there was slate salvage. Never seen thick shingles like this anywhere else... Except estates now open for public tours. House is colonial, about 100 yo. (Not in upscale neighborhood.)

The average slate roof lasts about 70-80 years, so it's probably time to replace it. We replaced ours with slate in the front, shingles in the back. Cost about $25k.

Anonymous wrote:I would also get an estimate to replace w/ 50 year asphalt shingles, much easier to deal with

+1 I know someone who did this, it was literally a weight lifted off of them

Anonymous wrote:I would also get an estimate to replace w/ 50 year asphalt shingles, much easier to deal with

noooooooo

My husband is a roofer. 40-50k for 2,000 sq. it could go lowball to 30k and upwards to 85k with the higher end install.