Broken and disheveled slate on a steeple are a serious safety hazard. Your steeple should be visually inspected annually and thoroughly inspected every five years.

The slate on this steeple was removed. Re-claimed peach bottom slate were installed. New copper ridge was installed. A copper ornament replicated to match the old tin ornament crowns this historic site in Reading, PA.

Notice the disheveled and broken slate. The steeple shown here was reset because the nails were failing.

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Copper Dormer

Galvonized or cut nails that have rusted allow the slate to slide or tilt. Unchecked flashing leaks from deteriorated copper or rusted tin can cause heavy deck and/or structural deterioration. Photos of the deck deterioration behind steeple finials are shown below. Notice the tin flashing with severe rust hanging down from behind the slate.