" The original roof on the house would have been -- what -- found evidence that it in the rafters that the house yeah now what was the condition of the sheeting underneath this black paper it was solid board sheathing approximately twelve inches wide and they were very and even so originally what they did with -- mortar to lay the -- into give it even. Circus than what we've done is we've put half inch plywood on top of the original sheathing to given night there yes and then on top of that you got fifteen pound felt no actually really isn't a double -- thirty pound felt particularly nice to give it good protection under the slate. And we're using these but that nails the old belt on deck. And then you putting a slate roof on which is absolute high quality that's right how do you ensure that extent and have a hurricane. Hugo it and blow the roof well you use a good roofer and Joe well this part of the best in the city. He's done houses such as the Nathaniel Russell how we were there last week yeah adjustment Egypt and well now this has."

" Not an easy roofing material and Stalinist. Yet -- very carefully -- how how do you go about insuring that you're gonna get a job it's not going to blow off. Well basically deceptive nature and position slight correctly and -- are good and tight. Like. OK that's the main thing that -- great nailer and using copper nails I think that's yet tell me about the nature of of the slate itself. Is it the Welch prospector is it imported or is -- American lives of the American slate from Vermont. It's called Vermont break. Soon its its New England does -- come pre drilled with a hole toward -- Internet how would you go about cutting it. This is a -- cut -- Markets like where you want it and you would. The auto market on the back side so that when you cut that you get your -- just. On its books and priorities -- cutter itself and not terribly sharp but I guess in combination of these two pieces. -- just started sudden some more step flashing finish up this chimney. Basically we're starting with a slight yes that we get. And one copper and no idea -- The beauty of it is that you -- wanted to the other it from there is no roofing cement there is no. Heidi supplements of any sort. The caulking. It's just relying on these natural materials the copper in the slate. -- then on the camouflage and on the chimney we use water instead of not yet another piece of a scholarship and went. And so set just about just about a piece below. -- in all cases you're nailing down into. The roof sheeting never into the masonry."

" But look at the other side and and you can see the threat is that -- had installed yeah it's really neat and trim it and it. The top -- counter flashing is then so that's important to you have put you scored a cut into the masonry and you put a skirt over the -- that covers all of the gifts that that's really quality cabinet jolt when your. When -- putting all these laid down can't you just go kind of horizontally course by course like a typewriter -- Bob you don't want to be -- cash or bonds give up so we basically just get them okay you pyramid in this."

" Means that you put one there. And then the next went. I want to go right up here. And their -- and little points of the little bit of debate."