St. Augustine Cathedral
Hartford, CT — Slate Restoration
Phase 2 of 3 — Week 6
"Sunday 9am service uninterrupted — scaffolding cleared by Saturday midnight."
"Tight copper seams catching the last light — not tarps and buckets."
What we find behind every ceiling stain
Three failure patterns account for 91% of all water intrusion in religious buildings built before 1970.
"Every rain event extends the stain radius by six inches — the decking beneath has been wet since at least 2019."
"Galvanic corrosion between the 1940s copper and newer zinc fasteners has opened a continuous gap at the steeple collar."
"The decking deflects 1.4 inches under a single inspector's weight — two winter ice dams have compounded the original 1987 soft spot."
Here is exactly how we fix it — without closing your doors
Three disciplines that separate a permanent restoration from a temporary patch.
Every work phase maps to your worship calendar — not ours.
We obtain your full service schedule before staging begins. Scaffolding clears by Saturday midnight. Loud work stops at 7am on Sundays. We have never missed a service window in 35 years.
First Baptist of Columbus — 14-week slate restoration, 47 Sunday services held without disruption.
The 1908 slate on your nave matches the 1908 slate we source.
We maintain relationships with every active Vermont, Pennsylvania, and Welsh slate quarry. Copper is hand-formed to original profiles. Mortar is matched by spectrometer to within 3% of original mix.
Diocese of Hartford — matched original 1923 Buckingham slate across 6 roofs, passed State Historic Preservation review first submission.
Bell towers carry dead loads your original architect never anticipated.
Every steeple over 40 feet receives a licensed structural engineering assessment before material purchase. We have found and corrected 23 hidden load-path failures in the last decade — none became emergencies on our watch.
St. Mark's Episcopal, Providence — discovered failed knee-brace during inspection, replaced before winter loading, avoided $380K emergency collapse repair.
Restorations that outlast
the next century
Every project below was completed with services uninterrupted and materials approved by the State Historic Preservation Office.
Grace Cathedral
San Francisco, CA — 18,400 sq ft slate restoration
Trinity Lutheran
Milwaukee, WI
Copper
St. Patrick's Basilica
Providence, RI
Historic Tile
First Baptist Columbus
Columbus, OH — 14-week phased restoration
Cathedral of the Incarnation
Nashville, TN
Flat MembraneSteeple completed our 9,000 sq ft slate restoration without missing a single Sunday service. The copper flashing they matched is indistinguishable from 1911 original.
Rev. Margaret Okonkwo
Facilities Director, St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral
As a diocese property director with 38 buildings, I needed a contractor who could phase work across a calendar year without disrupting Easter or Christmas. Steeple delivered on every roof.
Thomas Brennan
Director of Properties, Diocese of Hartford
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