ABOUT US AT SRCA

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 comaraderie 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.