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John McKenzie House – Toronto, Ontario,...

Posted By Sheena Owen On 22 Feb 2018

John McKenzie House, built in 1913 for the McKenzie family who moved to the Willowdale area and established a grain and cattle farm on 144 acres. As Toronto started to grow and spread out, John McKenzie saw the opportunity to sell off some of the land creating a subdivision. Read More

6 Tips to get the best slate roof quote

Posted By Sheena Owen On 12 Feb 2018

What is the color and is it unfading, semi-weathering or weathering? If you need to replace a few pieces of slates, it’s important that you try to match the new slates with the existing slates. You may need to remove a piece and check the back side to see what the original color was. Read More

Slate Hammer specially designed to punch slate, cut slate and hammer in copper nails and repair hooks

3 Tools you should invest in when installing and...

Posted By Sheena Owen On 8 Feb 2018

When it comes to installing a slate roof or maintaining one, regular tools won’t do the job. The three tools you will need are; slate hammer, slate cutter and slate ripper. Just like slate has been around for a very long time, these tools have remained unchanged over the years. Read More

Slate roof Iowa – Montgomery County...

Posted By Sheena Owen On 2 Feb 2018

The County is named after General Richard Montgomery who was killed in the American Revolutionary War during the failed 1775 invasion of Quebec City, Canada. The original courthouse was built in Frankfort in 1857 and was a simple wood structure 20’ x 40’ and at the time cost $1,141. Read More