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 > >****************************************** >Tom Shelley >118 E. Court St. >Ithaca, NY 14850 >607 342-0864 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Compost Educator and General Sustainability Geek >_______________________________________________ >For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, >please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > >RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: >[email protected] >http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins >free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org Liz Rowland Research Analyst Bioacoustics Research Program Tel: 254-2127 _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
