Posts by Scott Donahue

 Copper Roof –  Eyebrow Window –  Old Saybrook 

I’ve always been enamored with eyebrow windows; they are one of my favorite architectural details.  This particular eyebrow dormer is located in Old Saybrook,  Connecticut on Long Island Sound. Slate & Copper Services was hired by Jim Lanza of Atlantis Building to clad this eyebrow dormer with flat seam copper.  Our coppersmiths Chris Hughes and David Donahue teamed up to design,  fabricate,  and install this copper roof.  We are pleased to be able to add this to our copper roofing portfolio.

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Litchfield County Wood Roof Replacement – “The Rocks” 

This Washington,  Connecticut home has an interesting sawtooth shingle detail that casts shadows that dance sporadically across the soffits of this  19th century shingle style home located across the way from The Gunnery. 


The Erhick Rossiter designed home was recently restored by Hobbs Inc. The Wood Roofing Division of Slate & Copper Services was pleased to be selected to renovate the roofing and siding facets with Alaskan Yellow Cedar shingles and lead coated copper flashing. 
  

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Old Saybrook,  CT –  Wood Shingle Roof Replacement 

Located in the storied burough of Fenwick in the town of Old Saybrook,  CT this  period shingle style home is currently having the wood shingle roof replaced. The Wood Roofing Division of Slate & Copper Services is removing the existing roofing and flashing, and installing plywood over the original spaced sheathing boards. We are then installing self adhering Ice &  Water underlayment,  and then installing a pressure 

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Western Red Cedar #1 perfection wood shingle roof with new red copper flashing components. 

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Greenwich,  CT  –  Copper Chimney Flashing

Ayan Carcamo is a master coppersmith and project supervisor for Slate &  Copper Services.  Pictured here admiring a through to the flue copper chimney flashing  on a new home construction project being built by Pecora Brothers in Greenwich,  CT. This type of chimney flashing method is required by the Greenwich building code for new construction.  Flashing the chimney to the flue prevents water infiltration due to masonry saturation. 

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