Historic Roof Overview

Adapted from a booklet by the National Park Service, this series of stories explores the maintenance, repair and replacement of slate, wood, tile and other historic roofs.

• Assessing problems with older roofs
  
• Historic Roofs: Repair or Replace?
  
• Maintaining historic roofs
  
• Replacing an historic roof
  

  With some exceptions, most historic roofing materials are available today. But you may need an alternative.

• Roofing for Historic Buildings (Introduction)
  
• Types of historic residential roofing