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Sheena Owen

Sheena Owen began working for North Country Slate on October 12, 1999. Started as the Sales Coordinator and transitioned to a Sales Representative. Daily duties include providing customer service, new business development, inside sales, handling all cross-border customs issues/documentation, arranging shipments, health and safety representation and social media marketing. Sheena graduated from the University of Guelph in 1992 with a BA in English and Drama and in 1995 graduated with a Diploma in Radio and Television Broadcasting from Centennial College. Sheena’s first job was the Executive Producer’s Assistant for TV shows including Robocop, F/X The Series and Nikita. She went on to becoming an Assistant Manager at Eddie Bauer. In her spare time, Sheena enjoys traveling, gardening and hikes with family and friends.

Historic Draper Street Black Slate Roofs – Toronto, Ontario, Canada

By Sheena Owen Mar 22nd, 2018

Most of the black slate roofs on Draper Street have been recently renovated to preserve their historic status. These natural roof slates, produced in Quebec, Canada are tested ASTM S1 and will last 75-100 years. Draper Street is named after William Henry Draper who was a politician, judge and lawyer in Upper Canada.

Saint Patrick’s Catholic Church – 756 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA

By Sheena Owen Mar 12th, 2018

The Saint Patrick’s Catholic Church, built in 1872 is said to be the most Irish church in America with its Connemara marble pillars, exterior and stained glass windows. The Victorian Gothic style church was rebuilt after the 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck San Francisco on April 18, 1906 at 5:12 am.

John McKenzie House – Toronto, Ontario, Canada

By Sheena Owen Feb 22nd, 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.

6 Tips to get the best slate roof quote

By Sheena Owen Feb 12th, 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.

3 Tools you should invest in when installing and maintaining a slate roof

By Sheena Owen Feb 8th, 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.

Slate roof Iowa – Montgomery County Courthouse – 105 E Coolbaugh St....

By Sheena Owen Feb 2nd, 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 $1,141.50 to build.

What underlayment for slate roof?

By Sheena Owen Jan 29th, 2018

Traditionally, a slate roof will have #30 (thirty-pound) asphalt saturated organic felt unperforated roof underlayment. Required by many building codes, a slate roof’s underlayment serves many purposes and application may vary depending on thicknesses of slate, weather conditions of the area and size of slate.

North Country Slate’s new ornamental slate and copper logo

By Sheena Owen Jan 25th, 2018

Nice visit and gift from Orion Jenkins of Jenkins Slate Master on Friday January 19, 2018. The attention to detail, hours spent on this slate logo is appreciated and unbelievable! Check out the time lapse YouTube video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?

Google and Facebook reviews for business

By Sheena Owen Jan 16th, 2018

Whether you are looking for a car mechanic, considering a new restaurant, vacation resort, new windows or new slate roof, we as consumers tend to look at google reviews, tripadvisor, yelp and Facebook to help with our decision. It’s nice to hear from home owners or long-time customers what they think about the product and service received.