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Ludiwici-Celadon terracotta roof, The Breakers, Bellevue AVenue, Newport, Rhode Island.

Roofing

• From the Roof Down...Skin Deep skim
• Roof (Wikipedia) skim
• From Asbestos to Zinc: Roofing for Historic Buildings, National Park Service
• Preservation Briefs (also listed under materials, below)
  • 39: Holding the Line: Controlling Unwanted Moisture in Historic Buildings review
  • 04: Roofing for Historic Buildings
  • 19: The Repair and Replacement of Historic Wooden Shingle Roofs skim
  • 29: The Repair, Replacement, and Maintenance of Historic Slate Roofs skim
  • 30: The Preservation and Repair of Historic Clay Tile Roofs skim
• Roofing and Roof Specialties, Clem Labine's Traditional Building browse
• Thermal and Moisture Protection, Historic Preservation Technical Procedures, GSA browse
• Alderson, Caroline. Historic Building Roofing, Technical Preservtaion Guidelines, GSA
• Roofing & Gutters, Old House Web
• Nicholson & Galloway, Inc. Contractors. Examles of large-scale projects.

Extra Reading and Resources

Wood

• Park, Sharon C. The Repair and Replacement of Historic Wooden Shingle Roofs, Preservation Briefs, National Park Service, 1989.
• Wood Shakes and Shingles for Roof Applications Tips for Longer Life, Forest Products Laboratory. PDF file.
• Wood Shakes and Shingles for Roof Applications – Tips for Longer Life, Forest Products Laboratory finishing factsheet, January 1998.
• Alternative Roofing Materials: A Guide for Historic Structures, U.S. Department of Agriculture
  Forest Service, National Technology & Development Program, 2300—Recreation Management 0723 1812—SDTDC, September 2007
• Products and Manufacturers
  • Cedar Shake & Shingle Bureau
  • Cedar Breather underlayment, Benjamin Obdyke

Terracotta

• Grimmer, Anne E. and Paul K. Williams, The Preservation and Repair of Historic Clay Tile Roofs, Preservation Briefs 30, Technical Preservation Service, National Park Service, Fall 1992.
• Products and Manufacturers
  • Terra Cotta, Traditional Building
• Gladding, McBean. Ornamental terracotta, roofing.
• Boston Valley Terra Cotta
• Ludowici Roof Tile
• Architectural Terra Cotta, Superior Clay Corporation

Metal

• Historic Preservation Technical Procedures, GSA
  • Guidelines For Installing A Standing Seam Sheetmetal Roof
  • Repairing A Metal Shingle Roof
  • Repairing Corroded Copper Sheetmetal Roofing Materials
  • Installing A Terne Sheetmetal Roof
  • Installing A Terne-Coated Stainless Steel Sheetmetal Roof
  • Repairing Chimney Flashing
  • Making Repairs To Sheetmetal Flashing
  • Restoration Of Ornamental Copper Sheetmetal Fascia & Roof Flashing
• Pieper, Richard. Restoring Metal Roof Cornices, Preservation Tech Notes, Metals, Number 2, Washington, DC: National Park Service, USDI, October 1990, 8 pp.
• Products and Manufacturers
  • Architectural Copper, Revere Copper (To order 8th edition of Copper and Common Sense)
  • Follansbee Steel. Terne, tern-coated stainless roofing.
  • Classic Roofing Systems
  • W.F. Norman Corporation. Decorative stamped-metal roofing.
  • Lead roofing, Mayco Industries, Inc.

Slate

• Slate, Wikipedia
• Slate Roof Central and Traditional Roofing Magazine, Joseph Jenkins
• Levine, Jeffrey S. The Repair, Replacement & Maintenance of Historic Slate Roofs, Preservation Briefs 29, National Park Service, 1992
• Slate Roofs. National Slate Association, 1926. Reprinted by Vermont Structural Slate Co., Inc., Fair Haven, Vermont, 1977, Tel. 802.265.4933, pp.5-13, 48-54, 70.

EPDM (ethylene propylene diene monomer)

• Historic Preservation Technical Procedures, GSA
  • Types Of Flat Roofing And Factors Affecting Its Deterioration
  • Sources Of Flat Roof Failures - Inspection Guidance
• EPDM rubber, Wikipedia
• Products and Manufacturers
  • EPDM Roofing Systems, Firestone Building Products