Folk Victorian in Hampton, NJ
Not very often are we so lucky
to install a roof of such character and with a story behind
it. It seems that many years ago there was a church that had
this very vivid Vermont Slate, of Greens, Purples, and Sea-Greens.
The roof had just weathered to where the Sea-Greens were buff
brown and a stray slate managed to fall from the roof near a
‘lil old lady. This incident frightened the church so,
that the slate was removed and an asphalt roof was installed.
The contractor
that removed the slate was wise enough to hold on to some of it
and he held it with the intention of doing his own roof, but the
years went by and he retired and put an ad in the local newspaper.
The newspaper
ad caught the attention of a couple in Hampton, NJ, owners of
the property we have highlighted on our site. They ran and bought
the old slate for a very small fraction of what it would cost
new. It happened to be that there was just the right amount to
do this roof in Hampton, NJ. The couple rented a truck and loaded
the material and stacked it like pros at their home in Hampton.
They waited and interviewed contractors and settled on Four Seasons
Ind., Inc., but the Chimney had to be rebuilt prior to the new
roof being done. Who would want their new slate roof ruined, and
what mason would want to work atop what was to be a work of art?
Four Seasons had
inspected the slate, which was found of excellent quality, the
least of which (the Sea-Greens, now buffed to brown and tan) would
last at least another 100 years, and the job was “slated”
for late 2004, but the chimney had to be done and if you want
the best, the famous “Chimney Savers,” out of Flemington,
NJ, you have to wait a while.
The customer was
very patient through the scorching summer, when no roofer in his
right mind would endeavor to do an entire slate roof like this,
until the autumn of 2005. They waited, living under the old weather
beaten Pa. Black Slate Roof with Terne Coated Steel Flashings
that had seen it best days several decades ago. 
Four Seasons came
and the weather was just right for this application. The compliment
of color from the leaves turning and falling onto this roof just
set the tempo for the overflow of complimentary expression throughout
the town. Passers by stopped to take in this roofing project that
shown of drastic and beautiful change for the community.
Now as the customers
were patient in arriving at the roof of their dreams, they are
now contemplating the exterior color scheme that will rise to
the explosion of color afforded by their new and one-of-a-kind
Slate Roof!
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