[SustainableTompkins] Green roofing?

[Liz Rowland]

Thanks for this Tom - I'll check out the links. GOod idea about contacting 
the Historical Society too.
Liz

At 02:55 PM 7/30/2008, you wrote:
>At 01:50 PM 7/30/2008 -0400, you wrote:
> >We need to replace the roof on our house. ANyone have any ideas about the
> >best material to use in terms of the lowest ecological footprint? We'd like
> >to get slate if it's not too ridiculously expensive. Any advice about
> >materials or contractors would be welcome. We live in Owego (35 miles S of
> >Ithaca).
>
>Dear Liz and Friends--Check out http://www.slateroofcentral.com/.  I don't
>have a specific contractor to recommend, but see
>http://www.slateroofers.org/directory.html for a list by state.  Joseph
>Jenkins firm (first link) is very good.  They are probably all expensive,
>especially if there is no local firm and you are paying for gas for them to
>drive to work as part of their costs.  But if you look around you might get
>lucky and find a local firm that does good work for cheap.  I know that
>there is a lot of historical house work being done in Owego.  Is there a
>lock historical society?  Perhaps they can refer you to firm(s) that they
>use and can provide references as well.  Good luck with your project.   Tom
>
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Liz Rowland
Research Analyst
Bioacoustics Research Program
Tel: 254-2127