Keep the Original Stone
Sound slate stays. Only broken and slipped pieces are replaced.
Repair and match before replace. Broken slates swapped one at a time, flashing renewed, and the original roof kept wherever the stone is still sound.
On most slate roofs the stone is not what fails. The nails and flashing holding it give out first, which is why a slate roof usually needs a careful repair, not a new roof.
Big Easy Roofing Company repairs and matches slate on historic and older homes across New Orleans, and installs natural and synthetic slate where a new roof is the right answer.
Many slate leaks start at a chimney or dormer, so the work often includes flashing repair with metal suited to a slate roof.
Sound slate stays. Only broken and slipped pieces are replaced.
Replacement slate matched for color, size and thickness, never tar.
A house not built for slate has its structure checked before slate is quoted.
Slate roofs give plenty of warning. Most of it can be seen from the yard with a pair of binoculars.
Gaps in the pattern, or pale broken edges, show slates that have split or fallen.
When the nails rust through, slates slip out of their rows toward the gutter.
Dormers and valleys rely on metal flashing that wears out long before the stone.
Water at a chimney usually means the flashing, not the slate, has failed.
Asphalt shingles or odd slates patched into an old roof show earlier quick fixes.
Rot at the eaves or water behind the gutter can mean the bottom courses have slipped.
Seeing one of these? The free survey says how many slates need work before anyone climbs on it.
Book a free surveyEight steps. On a slate roof, how the roof is reached matters as much as the repair.
The roof surveyed from the ground, a ladder and the attic before anyone steps on it.
Slate breaks underfoot.
Scaffolding or roof ladders that spread weight, so repairs do not cause new breaks.
Nobody walks the slate.
Each slate, each flashing and the access priced, with photos of what was found.
Agreed before work.
Damaged slates cut free without disturbing the sound ones around them.
One at a time.
Replacement slates matched for color, size and thickness and hung in place.
No tar, no shingles.
Chimney, valley and dormer flashing replaced with metal suited to a slate roof.
The usual leak point.
Slate chips and old nails cleared from the gutters and the yard.
Nothing left behind.
Before and after photos, and notes on what to watch for next.
Yours to keep.
The survey is free, and it counts the slates that need work before any price.
Book a free surveyFrom saving the slate you have to a lighter roof with the same look.
The first choice on an existing slate roof. Broken slates and worn flashing replaced, the rest left alone.
Quarried stone for a new roof or a full replacement, on a structure checked for its weight.
Composite slate that is far lighter than stone, for houses that cannot carry natural slate.
Designer asphalt shingles cut to suggest slate, at a shingle price.
The stone usually outlasts the nails and flashing that hold it. Replacing those is often all a slate roof needs, and the survey will tell you if yours is one.
Slate is priced by the piece and by the access, far more than by the square.
A handful of broken slates is a small job. Dozens across the roof is a bigger one.
Salvaged or sourced slate to match an old roof can cost more than new.
Scaffolding on a two or three story house is its own line.
Chimneys, dormers and valleys each need their own metalwork.
Steep roofs and turrets take more time to work safely.
Each slate and each flashing is itemized, so you can do the urgent work first. Rather send photos? The contact page takes them.
Free, surveyed before anyone walks on it.
Quick slate repairs often cost the roof more than they save. These rows show why.
Quote A is a composite of shortcuts common in quick slate repairs. It is not a real quote, and no particular contractor is meant.
Living in a historic district? Ask about any rules on materials before choosing a replacement.
Talk to a roofer504-229-3955Usually repair, if most of the stone is sound. Replacement makes sense when a large share of the slates are failing, and the survey will say which.
Not safely. Slate cracks underfoot, so repairs are done from scaffolding or roof ladders that spread the load.
Usually closely, using salvaged or newly sourced slate chosen for color, size and thickness.
A composite made to look like slate, far lighter than stone. It suits houses that cannot carry natural slate.
Sometimes, with strengthening. The structure is checked before natural slate is ever quoted.
Most often from worn flashing at a chimney, valley or dormer, or from slates that have slipped when their nails failed.
Name and phone are enough. We call back the same business day.