When Barbara Vetry moved into her home just a few years in the past, she had a aim. She wished to deliver again the historic magnificence to the 1874 Italianate Victorian dwelling. Ranging from the highest down, she began by investing in DaVinci Single-Width Slate roofing tiles.
Nonetheless, many issues needed to fall into place earlier than she was in a position to set up her new roof.
First got here the analysis. “I all the time knew that I wished a slate roof for this home,” says Vetry. “Whereas researching choices, I got here throughout DaVinci. It appeared like the right light-weight resolution for this previous home.”
Vetry’s historic dwelling sits throughout the Hallowell Historic District in Hallowell, Maine. That is an space of 260 acres with 446 properties. Any vital adjustments to properties — equivalent to siding and roofing — requires homeowners to submit a “Historic District Certificates of Appropriateness Type” to achieve mission and materials approval.
Vetry met with the Hallowell Planning Board and made her case for the artificial slate DaVinci roof. She highlighted the product’s genuine look, lengthy lifespan, and resistance to each fireplace and impression. The Board noticed the worth within the DaVinci product and gave their approval to artificial slate upgrades to the historic dwelling.
Up on the Artificial Slate Roof
Transferring ahead, Vetry employed the crew at Roofers Elite out of Auburn, Maine, to do the intensive re-roofing work. They eliminated asphalt shingles and prepped the floor for the DaVinci product.
“The DaVinci slate product provides actual character to a house,” says Cody McAllister with Roofers Elite LLC. “This can be a high-end product that provides distinction to this historic dwelling.”
Modeled from precise slate, DaVinci tiles have a pure non-repeating magnificence and an genuine look. The composite tiles are fabricated from pure virgin resins, UV and thermal stabilizers together with extremely specialised fireplace retardant. The tiles are 12 inches vast and ½-inch thick. They are often put in at both 6-, 7-, 7-1/2- or 8-inch publicity.
Particulars Make the Distinction
For this mission, the roofing crew dealt with all of the roofing challenges simply. This consists of the belvedere, a high space of the house with a 360-degree view of Hallowell.
“Roofers Elite was nice to work with,” in accordance with Vetry. “Their crew labored diligently on this mission, valued our property and got here in on price range. Cody even helped persuade my husband to go along with the Slate Black shade to boost the opposite exterior colours of our home!
“Sooner or later I’d wish to clad the cupola in copper and add a copper weathervane. It’s troublesome discovering somebody to do that work, however Cody may be very supportive in serving to with this. I look ahead to a time when he can come again and set up these gadgets.”
Saluting Historical past
Whereas Vetry strikes ahead with the artificial slate upgrades to her historic dwelling, she all the time remembers the historical past of her home. Constructed by Samuel Huntington in 1874, the property was the primary in Hallowell to have fuel lighting, electrical energy and a phone.
Often known as the smallest metropolis in Maine, with a inhabitants of simply 2,381, Hallowell is simply six miles in measurement. Nonetheless, it’s teeming with historical past.
“This can be a actually particular city,” says Vetry. “Now I’m thrilled that my roof — and my complete dwelling — complement the Hallowell Historic District in an attractive means.”