SNOWGUARDS will help control the damage of ice and snow falling off your roof!

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We have a wide selection of copper, aluminum, stainless steel and bronze snow guards and snow rails for slate, tile, asphalt and metal roofs. Check out our full line at the SNOW GUARD WAREHOUSE or call us at 814-786-9085.

It may be spring, but now is not the time to forget about last winter! Ice and snow avalanches off your roof can do a lot of damage to people and property below. Now that the ice has melted, install some snowguards on your roof and stop future snow avalanches! You can install snowguards on an existing roof and on new roofs, on slate roofs, tile roofs, asphalt shingle roofs, flat metal roofs and standing seam metal roofs.

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NEW SLATE CUTTER AVAILABLE!

Stortz Tools has finally come out with a new hand-held roofing slate cutter that looks like it could become the standard roofing slate cutting tool in the trade. It's based on the old classic Pearson cutter design that was so popular for decades until Pearson went out of business and they became unavailable. Stortz has improved upon the Pearson design by including a better hole punch and reinforcing the shaft where it is hammered when punching holes. The beauty of this slate cutter is that it will cut both concave and convex curves (when the side supports are not bolted on), and you can cut standing up with it, such as when you're working in a valley or standing on a hook ladder. It's easy to carry it around on a roof because you don't need a board base. This is probably the best all-around roofing slate cutter we have seen so far.

Here's a video showing how to use this slate cutter.

$95.00 Check it out!

Reduced Prices On Our 50:50 Tin/Lead Bar Solder

Industry metal prices are dropping due to the flagging economy, so we have been able to drastically reduce the prices of our bar solder!

Check out the other slate and tile roofing tools, supplies and equipment at our online store!

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What's new in the Joseph Jenkins, Inc. Online Store

What's new in the Joseph Jenkins, Inc. Online Store

NEW PRODUCTS:

EZ Pot Pro Portable Solder Pot. Great for heating hand irons when working on a roof.

Greywater Book Selection. Three books by Art Ludwig of Oasis Design about recycling greywater and collecting rain water.

SALES AND PROMOTIONS:

Free shipping on the Slate Roof Bible anywhere in the US.

Free shipping on our compost, humanure, and greywater books when purchasing $25.00 or more.

Check out our entire line of products at our online store!

Call us toll free at 866-641-7141. We ship world wide!

What's new in the Joseph Jenkins, Inc. Online Store

NEW PRODUCTS:

EZ Pot Pro Portable Solder Pot. Great for heating hand irons when working on a roof.

Greywater Book selection. Three books by Art Ludwig of Oasis Design about recycling greywater and collecting rain water.

SALES AND PROMOTIONS:

Free shipping on the Slate Roof Bible anywhere in the US.

Free shipping on our compost, humanure, and greywater books when purchasing $25.00 or more.

Free bundle of work gloves with any tool set purchase.

Check out our entire line of products on our online store!

Traditional Roofing Magazine #7 will be mailing soon!

The latest issue of Traditional Roofing Magazine is about to go to the printer. This is a free magazine, advertiser supported and chock full of interesting and useful articles and information. The focus is on slate roofing, but articles about any traditional roofing methods or materials are often included, including ceramic tile and copper.

This issue includes an article about 21 contractor errors often seen in new slate roof installations. There are also articles on turrets, slate repairs, slate roofing costs, do-it-yourself slate roofing, Norwegian stone roofs, Guatemala tile roofs, Horsham stone roofs, and a lot of other stuff.

If you want to be on our mailing list and receive this magazine free of charge, send us an email! Please include your name and mailing address.

Check out past issues at traditionalroofing.com.

For more information about slate roofs, visit slateroofcentral.com.

ALUMINUM HAND TONGS WITH EXCHANGEABLE BLADES

For those of you who work with sheet metal, hand tongs are a necessary tool. These new light-weight aluminum tongs (seamers) are heavy-duty, with a spring-loaded handle and three sizes of exchangeable blades: 3.5",7" and 10". You can see them on our store here. For only $39.60 you get the tongs and all three blades.

We also stock hand tongs from other manufacturers. We have ten different hand tongs, plus a set of 6. We also have the larger gutter tongs.

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New product from the Joseph Jenkins, Inc. online store.

We are now manufacturing copper ridge roll!

It's very difficult to buy heavy-duty 20 ounce, partially hardened copper ridge roll anywhere, but we now have it for sale at a decent price. Furthermore, most manufactured copper ridge is made from 10" wide stock - a bit too narrow for many applications. We make ours from 12" wide stock, giving it an extra inch reach on both sides - that little bit makes a big difference.

In addition, we make our ridge in 8' lengths so we can ship it via UPS. Anything over 9' has to ship by common carrier (tractor trailer), which is impossible for many customers. Our 8' ridge can be shipped right to your door in the brown truck. And we will sell it to you in any quantity - you do not have to buy an entire carton!

Check it out on our website, or give us a call at 814-786-9085.

Free bundle of 12 work gloves with every electric soldering iron.

Joseph Jenkins, Inc. online sales is offering another promotion - this time for anyone looking for a heavy-duty electric soldering iron suitable for soldering roof flashings. If this isn't your cup of tea, please forward this info to whoever may be interested!

We will throw in a bundle of 12 latex-palmed cotton work gloves - ideal for roofing applications or for any work situation - with every 300 watt or 550 watt American Beauty soldering iron purchased on our online store. The gloves are a $25.00 value, included free! This offer ends September 25th.

A message of shameless self-promotion from Joe Jenkins.

Free Slate Roof Bible ($40.00 value) with any purchase of a Sievert Propane Soldering Iron through August 25th!

Here's a chance to receive a free collectible copy, autographed by the author, of the award-winning Slate Roof Bible - Understanding, Installing and Restoring the World's Finest Roof, by Joseph Jenkins. Although the book retails for $40.00, we will include it at no charge with any purchase of one of our Sievert Propane Soldering Irons through August 25th, 2008!

Sievert has just redesigned their soldering irons and this is a good opportunity to get the new Sievert iron with a bonus gift.

In our secure, online store, we also sell:

electric soldering irons, acetylene irons, hand irons, bar solder, liquid flux, sal ammoniac, copper flashing, all sorts of slate roofing tools, supplies and equipment, conductor heads, finials, copper nails, copper rivets, slate hooks, copper ridge, copper drip edge, copper valleys, etc. Check us out!

If you get a chance, have a look at our demonstration videos.

We now have tool demonstration videos at the Joseph Jenkins, Inc. Online Store!

New Tool Demonstration Videos at JosephJenkins.com:

SOLDERING IRONS - for soldering roof flashings

American Beauty Electric 300 Watt

American beauty Electric 550 Watt

Sievert Propane

Express Propane

SLATE HAMMERS - for installing or repairing slate roofs

Punching a hole in a slate with a hammer

SLATERS STAKES - for cutting roofing slates with a hammer

Using a slate hammer with a stake to cut a slate

SLATE CUTTERS - for cutting roofing slates without a hammer

AJC 111 Cutter - cut standing up - cut concave curves!

AJC European Cutter

Stortz Genuine Cutter

Dorr Bar Cutter