Slate Roof Bible, 2nd Edition

Winner of the National Roofing Contractors Association Gold Circle Award for excellence in the roofing industry! The second edition is greatly expanded, updated, and revised, in full color, with new chapters including International Slate, International Slating Styles, Roof Inscriptions and Designs, Recycling Slate Roofs, Chimneys, Valleys, and a general chapter that includes tile roofs, asbestos roofs and flat-lock copper roofs. Many new step-by-step "how-to" line drawings have been added to this edition too, including how to fabricate a lead sewer vent pipe flashing, how to flash a variety of chimneys, how to replace valleys on both slate and tile roofs, and a whole lot more!

* Writers Notes Book Award - Reference Category winner, 2004: "The Slate Roof Bible was the first book to grab our attention and hold it. It's more than just a handbook. It's a great read and a thorough reference volume in one."

* Foreword Magazine Architectural Book of the Year Finalist, 2004: Honoring Excellence in Independent Publishing

* 2004 Independent Publisher Book Award Finalist, Reference Category

* Honorable Mention: 12th Annual Writers Digest International Self-published Book Awards: Reference Category

*2001 National Roofing Contractors Association Gold Circle Award for excellence in the roofing industry!

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Fine Homebuilding, July 1998: “The Slate Roof Bible is a fine book, filled with fascinating information about slate: its history, the industry, and the way to work with it properly....I’ve been working with slate for a long time; still, I learned from this book some valuable hints and techniques that I’ve been able to put into practice."

Doylestown Intelligencer Record (Philadelphia):“Five years of meticulous research, thousands of miles traveled to slate quarries all over the world, particularly Wales, has produced The Slate Roof Bible - and a surprise. This book, potentially tedious reading, is instead a delight. Full of history, lore, and useful advice, Jenkins has written a fascinating book, spiced it with humor and warmed it with his own passion for the subject.”

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