The SRCA formed in March of 2005 to fill a
void in the United States roofing trades. Professional slate
roofing contractors had heretofore little if any representation
in the roofing trades industry, with 95% of all new American
roofing being something other than slate. The SRCA is intending
to develop traditional slate roofing training programs and
instructional materials, and to publish traditional slate
roofing installation, repair and restoration standards. We
also intend to share our knowledge and comraderie at scheduled
conferences (see also 2007 conference article), and to help
with non-profit educational endeavors by volunteering labor
and materials at specific non-SRCA conferences and workshops
(see below). We are also organizing slate roofing professionals
and other contractors and making them available to the public
via our Contractor
Profiles.
Member meeting, 2007 (above)
SRCA members contributed
to the 2005 International Preservation
Trades Workshops in St. Clairsville, Ohio at the Belmont
Technical College. Shown above are Milligan
Construction (Providence,
RI), Smith
Slate Roof Restoration (Union
City, PA), Paulin
Slate and Copper (Akron, Ohio), Joseph
Jenkins, Inc. (Grove City, PA), and Camara
Slate (Fair
Haven, VT). The finished roof is shown below and in a Traditional
Roofing Magazine article. Not shown but also present
at the IPTW were Durable
Slate Company.
SCRA members Jenkins and
Camara contributed
to the 2005 Natural Building Colloquium in Bath, NY, where
participants were taught how to install a staggered butt,
mixed color slate roof (below). You can see more of this
roof in a Traditional
Roofing Magazine article.
SRCA members James Warden (Milligan
Construction), the Durable
Slate Company, and Joe
Jenkins donated time at the 2006 IPTW in New Orleans (below).
James Warden of Milligan
Construction (below), volunteered several days of work
to demonstrate slate roof repair in the devastated lower
9th ward of New Orleans.
Below are two student volunteers
who helped us cut the slates to the proper size.
The IPTW 2004 in Mobile, Alabama
was attended by SRCA members Milligan
Construction, Jenkins,
and the Durable Slate
Company, all of whom conducted workshops.
Below is a group of workshop participants.
