Slate & Tile Roofing in
Struthers, OH

Slate and clay tile are found on the older housing around Struthers, and both need a different hand than asphalt. Walking a slate roof wrong breaks more than it fixes. We work off staging and hooks rather than treating it like a shingle roof.

Working on Slate in Struthers

On slate, most of what fails first is the fastener and the flashing, not the stone. Nail fatigue drops individual slates, and old valley metal opens up long before the field does. Struthers sits along the Mahoning River, directly southeast of Youngstown, so we start every inspection on the elevations that take the most exposure.

Slate and Tile Services in Struthers

We do individual slate replacement, valley and flashing rebuilds, full tear-off and reinstall, and synthetic slate where matching original stone is not realistic. We also handle clay and concrete tile repair. Ohio State Routes 616 and 289 meet in the city, which is how our crews reach most of the city.

Working on Struthers Homes

John Struthers of Washington County, Pennsylvania bought 400 acres of Poland Township land in 1798 and named it Marbletown. He held the land until the War of 1812 brought his family financial ruin, and it lay dormant until 1865, when Thomas Struthers bought it to honor his father. Thomas Struthers was instrumental in bringing industry and railroads to the town, and the name was changed to Struthers by popular vote. In 1943 a Jehovah's Witness was fined here for distributing pamphlets door to door, and the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a First Amendment violation. We work on that stock the same way every time: get on the roof, open up what needs opening, and show you photographs of what is actually there before anyone talks about price.

Houses that went up in the same stretch of years tend to fail in the same places, and after enough jobs on one street you learn where to look first. That is worth more to a homeowner than a bigger crew or a faster quote. On stock that age slate usually fails at the fastener long before the stone gives out.

Struthers at a Glance

Struthers counts 10,063 residents, which tells you roughly how much of the housing here went up in the same few decades. Local students attend Struthers City School District, and a good share of our work comes from neighbors on the same streets talking to each other. Ohio State Routes 616 and 289 meet in the city, which is how our crews get in and out.

The 44471 ZIP Code is on our regular run, not a special trip. We cover all of it, and the rest of Mahoning County with it.

Slate is the most expensive roof we install, and we will tell you when synthetic makes more sense. Face-nailed repairs are the single most common thing we end up undoing on older roofs. We stage off hooks and planks rather than walking the field and breaking what we came to fix.

Carriers routinely price slate as though it were asphalt, and that is where the supplement comes in. Our crews work slate specifically; it is not a shingle crew learning on your roof. Selective repair keeps the original material on the building, which is usually the better outcome.