- Slate, copper & shingle
- Licensed & insured
- North Shore since 1998
Nobody sells youa roof theyhaven’t walked
Ladders up across the North Shore — Locust Valley, Oyster Bay, Glen Cove, Sea Cliff, Mill Neck, Brookville and Roslyn.
What we do
Slate, copper, and the flashing where leaks actually start
Most of what goes wrong on an old roof happens where two planes meet — not out in the middle of it.
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Slate roofs
New courses, and repairs to roofs with another twenty years in them if the right forty slates are replaced.
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Copper work
Valleys, gutters, standing seam and flashing, formed on the roof rather than ordered by the foot.
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Shingle roofs
Architectural shingle, torn off and rebuilt properly — underlayment, ice and water, drip edge, the parts nobody sees.
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Leaks
Found first, quoted second. A leak that shows up over the kitchen usually starts somewhere else entirely.
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Storm damage
Tarped the same day if water is coming in, and photographed properly for the insurance claim.
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Old houses
Rooflines with dormers, valleys and turrets, where a rectangle of shingles was never the answer.
A roof going on
This is the part you never get to watch
Scroll, and the roof goes on. Real crew, real morning, no stock illustration of a house.
Tear-off to dried-inLocust Valley · North Shore
The first visit
We go up before we say a number
You should know what is wrong with your roof whether or not you hire us.
We walk it
On the roof, not from the driveway with binoculars. Ladders, and about an hour.
You see what we saw
Photographs of the actual slates and the actual flashing, and what each one means.
Then the number
Written down, itemised, and it holds. If the answer is “not yet”, we say that instead.
The work
Copper goes green. It does not go wrong
What customers say
4.9 out of five, across 63 reviews
He went up, came down, and told me I had four or five years left and to call him then. Nobody else did that.
A homeownerThe copper work is the reason we hired them and the reason the neighbours asked who did it.
A homeownerThree companies said tear it all off. Rook & Vane replaced about forty slates and the leak stopped.
A homeowner
Straight answers
Questions we get on the phone
What does a roof actually cost?
It depends on the roof, which is why we will not give you a number over the phone. What we will do is come out, walk it, and write one down. A slate repair can be a few hundred slates or a few dozen; an asphalt tear-off is priced by square. You get it itemised and it holds.
Do I need a whole new roof?
Usually not. Most of what we look at has years left in it. When there are four or five years left we say four or five years, write down what to watch for, and expect the call later.
Water is coming in right now. What happens?
Say that first when you call. An active leak is a different conversation from a roof that needs planning — tarping in weather is its own job and it moves you out of the schedule and into today.
Do you handle insurance claims?
We photograph storm damage properly and give you the documentation your adjuster asks for. We do not negotiate the claim for you, and anyone who offers to waive your deductible is telling you something about how they work.
How long does the job take?
A straightforward asphalt roof is one to two days. Slate and copper are slower because they are cut and formed on the roof — a valley alone can be a day. We tell you the number of days before we start, not during.
Are you licensed and insured?
Licensed and insured, and we will send you the certificates before anyone climbs anything. Ask every roofer for those. The ones who hesitate are the answer to a different question.
Next step
Tell us what the ceiling looks like
Five minutes on the phone, an hour on the roof, then a number in writing. None of it costs anything.