The Slate Roof Bible

Jenkins down home style converts potentially tedious subjects like slate geology roof safety tools installation and repairs into readable delights.

The slate roof bible. International roof slate european slating methods roof inscriptions and designs recycling slate roofs and separate chapters on chimneys and valleys. Both editions received national awards. It s more than just a handbook. It s a great read and a thor.

Completely revised greatly expanded and updated version of the award winning the slate roof bible with 21 chapters including six that are new. Hardcover full color 374 pages nearly 800 illustrations. Jenkins had learned in the trade in case he should suddenly fall off a roof and die. The slate roof bible was the first book to grab our attention and hold it.

Now a dozen years later jenkins is still very active in the slate roofing industry. This book won 10 book awards. Both editions received national awards. Completely revised greatly expanded and updated version of the award winning the slate roof bible with 21 chapters including six that are new.

3rd edition published june 2016. Joseph jenkins climbed on his first slate roof in 1968 authored the first edition of the slate roof bible in 1997 and published the second edition in 2003. The slate roof bible third edition joseph jenkins joseph jenkins inc. Joseph jenkins climbed on his first slate roof in 1968 as a roofer s helper and proceeded to worked on over a thousand slate roofs in the course of his roofing career.

At least there would be some documentation of the tools methods and trade details he had learned about first hand. Joseph jenkins climbed on his first slate roof in 1968 authored the first edition of the slate roof bible in 1997 and published the second edition in 2003. Now a dozen years later jenkins is still very active in the slate roofing industry. Now a dozen years later jenkins is still very active in the slate roofing industry.

Photos the slate roof bible is the core reference of the slate roof industry covering everything to know about installing restoring and maintaining a slate roof. The first edition of the slate roof bible was published in 1997 for the benefit of his sons as a means of recording what mr. Both editions received national awards. Highly recommended writersnotes book awards.

The third edition of the book reflects more than a decade of additional experience being passed on to the reader by the man who is arguably the foremost expert on slate roofs in the united states today.