Boston's slate and
copper specialists, preserving roofs
built to outlive us.
Family-run since 2005. Slate, copper, historic restoration, and chimney work for Greater Boston, the North Shore, and the South Shore. The roof you call us about will still be there for your grandchildren.
Twenty years of slate work, in their own words.
Real reviews from Greater Boston homeowners. Pause on hover.
The work that defines a roof — done right.
Slate, copper, and historic restoration aren't side services for us. They're the work we trained for, the materials we love, and the only thing we install. The list below is short by design.
Slate Roof Installation & Repair
Natural and synthetic slate from quarries with a name. Hand-laid by craftsmen, flashed with copper, built to last a century.
Explore Slate →Copper Roofing & Flashing
Copper gutters, standing-seam roofing, finials, and chimney flashing. Properly soldered, properly fastened, properly aged.
Explore Copper →Chimney Repair & Rebuilding
Re-pointing, crown rebuilds, full reconstructions from the roofline up. Brick-matched to your home, sealed against New England weather.
Explore Chimney →Historic Roof Restoration
Beacon Hill brownstones to Back Bay row houses. Period-correct slate and copper work that keeps your home registry-eligible.
Explore Historic →Roof Ice Melt Systems
Heated-cable systems designed for New England winters. Prevents ice dams at the eaves, valleys, and gutters before the damage starts.
Explore Ice Melt →Gutter Repair & Replacement
Half-round copper, K-style aluminum, hidden-hanger systems. Repairs that hold; replacements that vanish into the architecture.
Explore Gutters →Rubber & Flat Roof Repair
EPDM, TPO, and modified-bitumen flat roofs. Diagnosed honestly. Patched when sensible, replaced when not.
Explore Flat Roofs →Founded by a craftsman who climbed every roof himself.
Arturo Almeida started Art Slate Roofing in 2005 with one truck and the rule he still works by: every roof gets walked, measured, and quoted by the owner before anyone touches it. Twenty years later, the rule hasn't changed.
The crew is small by design. Three senior slate craftsmen, two copper specialists, no subcontractors on the roof, no sales department between you and the work. When you call us, the person who answers is the person who will be on your roof.
We've put slate on Beacon Hill, copper on Back Bay, and chimney rebuilds across the North Shore. We don't do shingle replacements. We don't do storm-chase. We do the work that older homes deserve.
Meet the Crew →
Where the work speaks for itself.
A century-old slate roof on Marlborough Street. A copper bay in Newton. A chimney rebuild after a January ice dam. The portfolio is filterable by material, neighborhood, and year — because Boston homeowners researching slate want proof, not promises.
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Real Boston roofs. Real Art Slate work. Drag the divider left to see what these roofs looked like before — drag right to see what restoration unlocked. Time, weather, and a century of patching on the left; new slate, new copper, and craftsmanship on the right.
Run the math before you call anyone.
Our partner platform Benefitra built a suite of honest calculators for Boston homeowners researching slate, storm damage, ice damming, and insurance claims. No signup. No email gate. No upsell.
- Slate Lifetime ROI Hero · 100-year math
- Storm Damage Triage Emergency intake
- Ice Damming Risk Score Winter prep
- Insurance Claim Likelihood Pre-claim review
The Slate Lifetime ROI calculator runs your home's specifics through the actual 100-year math: material cost, lifespan multiples vs. asphalt re-roofs, copper flashing depreciation, and the property-value premium a slate roof carries in Greater Boston. Output: real dollars over a real timeline. Edit any input.
Open the Calculator →A slate roof isn't a quote. It's a conversation.
The owner walks every roof himself. The assessment is free, no obligation, no high-pressure follow-up. We'll tell you honestly whether the work is needed now, in five years, or never.
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