Members who attended this
conference included: Perlino Slate Roof Repair, Slateworks
Roofing, Durable Slate Company, Stevens Roofing Corp.,
Dax Billcheck Roofing Contractors, Mahan Slate Roofing,
Heritage Roofing Inc., Mountain State Slate Roofing, Smith
Slate Roof Restoration, Slate Affair Inc., Milligan Construction,
Paulin Slate and Copper, Bill Davis Roofing LLC, Joseph
Jenkins, Inc.
New members who joined at
the conference included Martin Bungartz (supporting), Sam
McMillen (supporting), Professional Home Inspecting Institute
(supporting).
For more photos of the
conference, look at the photo
album.
FRIDAY, June 8th:
2 pm: Flat Lock Soldered
Copper Roofing - Barry
Smith, Smith
Slate Roof
Restoration, Union City, PA.
Barry Smith, workshop presenter
(left) and David Harvey (above).
3 pm: Slate
Siding - Liam Tower, Slate
Affair, Inc., Enosburg Falls, VT.
Umberto Perlino (left)
and Liam Tower, workshop presenter (above). The slates
were donated by Yankee
Steeplejack Company.
4 pm. Rounded Slate
Valleys - Brent
Ulisky, Joseph
Jenkins, Inc., Grove City, PA.
Brent Ulisky, workshop
presenter (far left and right), and Tom Thomas.
SATURDAY, June 9th:
(Friday's workshops will
continue through Saturday)
9 am: Soldering
- Tools and Techniques - Chris
Paulin -
Paulin Slate and
Copper, Akron, Ohio.
11 am: Box Gutter
Expansion Joints - Rich
Stainbrook, Heritage
Roofing ,
Shady Grove, PA.
Rich Stainbrook, box gutter
expansion joint workshop presenter (left) and Chris Paulin,
soldering workshop presenter (right).
12 Noon: Snow Rail,
Mullane 500 Brass 3 Pipe System - An Introduction -
James Warden, Milligan
Construction, Providence,
RI. The snow
retention materials have all been donated by Berger
Brothers.
James Warden (in hat),
workshop presenter, and his crew from Rhode Island, Dion
Clinton (in red shirt) and Andy Flor.
POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS
AND MEETINGS
FRIDAY, June 8th:
5-6
pm: Show and Tell: [Meeting Room] Bring
your tools, print materials, reference books, newspaper
articles, or what have you that others may be interested
in and let's have a look at them.
SATURDAY, June 9th:
9 - 9:45 am: Chris
Paulin - Soldering
[Meeting Room, as above]:
This is the introduction to Chris's workshop.
10 - 10:45
am: Copper Clad Stainless Steel - [Meeting
Room] A new flashing material presented by
the manufacturer, Heyco Metals.
11:00
- 11:45 am: Home Inspectors -
[Meeting Room] A discussion with slate roofers
conducted by Mike Lennon, a professional home inspector.
Mike Lennon speaking about
home inspectors.
1-3 pm: Lunch break -
catered food. Swimming at lake.
4 - 4:45 pm: Common
Slate Roof Installation Mistakes -
Powerpoint - [Meeting Room] Joe Jenkins, Joseph
Jenkins, Inc. Joe has been a slate roof consultant since
1998 and has seen a lot of mistakes on new slate roof
installations. He has the photos to prove it.
6 - 6:45
pm: Thomas Massie New Slate Roof Installation -
Thomas has made a name for himself on the Slateroofcentral.com message
board by showing us the new slate
roof he is installing on his house in Kentucky. Pretty
damn nice for an amateur.
7 - 8 pm: Break - light
up the grill, get cleaned up, have a beer
8 - 12 midnight: Live Music
with the Slab Town Boys and
Cook Out - Social Time
SUNDAY, June 10th:
10:30 am - 1pm: Members
Meeting
[Meeting Room]
