Victorian Roof Restoration

The restoration of a late victorian home here are some before during and after photos of the restoration of my home a vernacular late victorian style architecture in freehold new jersey.

Victorian roof restoration.

Failure is usually due to the nail fixings becoming corroded causing the slates to slip although with age slates can eventually start to absorb water and become soft. Our property is on three floors and you will find that to go to this height most roofers will require the use of scaffolding to conduct the work safely. Scaffolding does not come cheap. Whatever the roofing material you can add a little or a lot of interest.

The color material shape and size of the roofing must match as closely as possible to the original. The best way to restore the victorian roof to its former glory is to match the original roofing materials to modern roofing materials. A knockout roof is truly a fitting cap to your restoration particularly of a victorian house. On many victorian country houses the practice of wood shingling survived the technological advances of metal roofing in the 19th century and near the turn of the century enjoyed a full revival in its namesake the shingle style.

Start with the roof windows and masonry it might be tempting to pick out kitchen cabinets and paint swatches right away but the first stages of the renovation should be practical rather than. Built in 1910 only 117 years after louis xiv was guillotined 1793 and 17 years before the tastykake butterscotch krimpet 1927. Undertaking our victorian roof repairs provided our first bad experience in the victorian project.