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How Would You Describe This Shingle?

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How Would You Describe This Shingle?

John W Foster

We just got back from a trip to Kingston, Ontario. We visited the Jones Falls blacksmith shop which is a historical site about 45 minutes north of Kingston. We are always on the look out for roofing options for our house, and were quite taken by both the type of shingle and the skewed application method. The shingles are very simple and look quite wind hardy; between being small and having locking edges. Does anyone know of a comparable contemporary product? I am guessing these are not original shingles on the shop, and are part of the restoration . I could be wrong too, my uncles house was built in 1906 and still has the original metal ( high tin %) shingles.

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John W Foster

Try pasting this in your address bar. Sorry for the inconvenience

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John McGaw

I can't tell a thing from that distance. Have any closer shots? At first I thought it was slate but magnifying the image to death makes it look to thin for that. That leaves me with metal of some sort and the color suggests that it could be either zinc or lead, both of which are traditional materials. When I was growing up "the big house" in the neighborhood had a lead mansard roof and it seems to have lasted 100+ years with no apparent maintenance.

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Warren in Lancaster, PA

I found a historic report that calls the roof "tin cladding".

I have done restoration work on two 18th century blacksmith shops; one had slate and the other a clay tile roof.


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