{ Our Interlock Aluminum Aged Copper Slate Roofing} 2013

by **Admin** Sun Sep 15, 2013 8:37 am

2013 2013 2013 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;">As promised in my previous post about Our Interlock Aluminum Slate Roofing Being Installed, here is Part II. This post will show you also very clear the Aluminum Aged Copper Slate so you finally will understand what it really looks like. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iRiyj7-IbC8/UfyR4PkuVGI/AAAAAAAATT8/vUZPdxHaVdQ/s1600/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iRiyj7-IbC8/UfyR4PkuVGI/AAAAAAAATT8/vUZPdxHaVdQ/s640/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is at the end of day two, the front of our home is finished.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had a crew of three men working very hard. Each late afternoon they gathered meticulously all scrap material and cleaned up. To the left you see one crew member at work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">By the time they left, the place looked tidy and neat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7KvK4ytMJSk/UfySsyCvFcI/AAAAAAAATUI/y6IpdK283ZI/s1600/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7KvK4ytMJSk/UfySsyCvFcI/AAAAAAAATUI/y6IpdK283ZI/s640/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now you know... This is Aluminum Slate in Aged Copper. The color looks like terra cotta in a way, depending on the shine of course. It makes a difference if it is a sunny day or not.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you want to read more about this Energy Efficient GREEN Roofing; you find the Energy Star Roof Product list in a link below this post with full information, also on Reflectance.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The gutter guards are new ones, from Home Depot. The old ones got removed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zkdQ7-XDHtk/UfyUMj3hfJI/AAAAAAAATUc/G2uKET3tsaQ/s1600/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zkdQ7-XDHtk/UfyUMj3hfJI/AAAAAAAATUc/G2uKET3tsaQ/s640/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+3.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Above our veranda and now the bay window area and above the dining room as last part.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Notice the sample spots where husband Pieter did try out our Benjamin Moore paint in Golden Mist?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-A1AlyDtJ86I/UfyUd--KR0I/AAAAAAAATUk/pMVI2atVSfY/s1600/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-A1AlyDtJ86I/UfyUd--KR0I/AAAAAAAATUk/pMVI2atVSfY/s640/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+4.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here they are, above the dining room and front porch, the final part...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can see how dirty those gutters and the house are.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pressure wash was the next thing we had done before having it painted in two coats.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-M89EAe_wySU/UfyU3is-ABI/AAAAAAAATUs/RT4RkVzlOC4/s1600/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-M89EAe_wySU/UfyU3is-ABI/AAAAAAAATUs/RT4RkVzlOC4/s640/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+5.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cloudy, but no rain...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We got so lucky for all those four days that they worked on our roof.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yep, making progress in lowering our Carbon Footprint for the rest of our life!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3zF6O4GMxVM/UfyVQLBdbCI/AAAAAAAATU0/CcNFyLofjAg/s1600/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3zF6O4GMxVM/UfyVQLBdbCI/AAAAAAAATU0/CcNFyLofjAg/s640/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nearing the end...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">do you like these Aged Copper Aluminum Slates?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0_teheYrSps/UfyVrjJ4znI/AAAAAAAATU8/o_ItVumolBU/s1600/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0_teheYrSps/UfyVrjJ4znI/AAAAAAAATU8/o_ItVumolBU/s640/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One more detail. They really do look like natural Slates and the Aged Copper is a good color too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now the problem we had in February was that those gutters got all clogged up with the sand that washed down by the rain from the asphalt shingles. The rain water ran over those gutters and than it entered the foundation...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Lg0wOmEDT2c/UfyWLaHflrI/AAAAAAAATVE/lfLU8FAC-d8/s1600/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Lg0wOmEDT2c/UfyWLaHflrI/AAAAAAAATVE/lfLU8FAC-d8/s640/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's done! Hard to capture with such overcast but you get the picture I guess.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-w-YZsxQ4Y9U/UfyWfkcAbRI/AAAAAAAATVM/zRTFdLN_EJQ/s1600/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-w-YZsxQ4Y9U/UfyWfkcAbRI/AAAAAAAATVM/zRTFdLN_EJQ/s640/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stepping back further...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mqwquAdO06Y/UfyWtlvTz5I/AAAAAAAATVU/NZ5ctK05wI4/s1600/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mqwquAdO06Y/UfyWtlvTz5I/AAAAAAAATVU/NZ5ctK05wI4/s640/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Very hard to capture this Aluminum roof with its reflection...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FfEs9kcni1Y/UfyXBovMowI/AAAAAAAATVc/EQvkD0AUBcg/s1600/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FfEs9kcni1Y/UfyXBovMowI/AAAAAAAATVc/EQvkD0AUBcg/s640/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How many holly leaves that are on the ground...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, I must admit that before the roofers started out, husband Pieter had given all trees around the house a hair cut. Big branches got cut off, especially from the live oak tree.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also the tree in front of our home lost quite some lower branches.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lots of HARD WORK!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hVPpAdHF60c/UfyXwvkBRhI/AAAAAAAATVo/AqyrlG0OCW4/s1600/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hVPpAdHF60c/UfyXwvkBRhI/AAAAAAAATVo/AqyrlG0OCW4/s640/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+12.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tidying up the place...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LUnmqaObT6g/UfyX8g4PHMI/AAAAAAAATVw/e8d1s4XcB3M/s1600/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LUnmqaObT6g/UfyX8g4PHMI/AAAAAAAATVw/e8d1s4XcB3M/s640/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+13.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These two photos are actually from the end of day two but I want to end with this view...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-U6G5GNRed7k/UfyYMnzJV7I/AAAAAAAATV4/F9yJ5IZmd6w/s1600/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-U6G5GNRed7k/UfyYMnzJV7I/AAAAAAAATV4/F9yJ5IZmd6w/s640/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+14.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is May 11, the day after they had come in the morning for gathering all their tools and leave the finished job.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The sky looks so pregnant with rain...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0pqMmdHi7Y4/UfyYiW_qYtI/AAAAAAAATWA/yZ21-FX_7NY/s1600/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0pqMmdHi7Y4/UfyYiW_qYtI/AAAAAAAATWA/yZ21-FX_7NY/s640/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+15.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tiny Tiggy-Tiger girl is dreaming...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PHL53dfPcEc/UfyYzmO27WI/AAAAAAAATWI/NDG5rEI38Ug/s1600/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PHL53dfPcEc/UfyYzmO27WI/AAAAAAAATWI/NDG5rEI38Ug/s640/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+16.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">By cutting off the lower branches of this tree, the house now is visible once again!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here you can see that husband Pieter has taken down the wooden balustrade from the balcony...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The painters would start the next week with pressure washing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Than the caulking and painting of two coats in Benjamin Moore Golden Mist and the shutters also in a darker Chrome Green.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You will get to see the end results soon!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aPGYDF3QhgA/UfyZdbv-ASI/AAAAAAAATWU/xlkJFbAa-cY/s1600/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aPGYDF3QhgA/UfyZdbv-ASI/AAAAAAAATWU/xlkJFbAa-cY/s640/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+17.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And YES, our gazebo got also a new <a class="g-profile" href="http://plus.google.com/107269320587217294848" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">+Interlock Roofing</span></a> in Aged Copper Slates!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Funny to see that sample spot in Benjamin Moore Golden Mist...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's how it will be entirely.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">New fan for the gazebo as well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hope you enjoyed this post and that you learned something about Saving Energy by putting on a Lifetime Aluminum Roof.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This material is available to all of Canada and the USA.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We both are very pleased with it and especially with the lower utility bills we got since!</div><br />Related links:<br /><a href="http://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2013/08/our-interlock-aluminum-slate-roofing.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">{Our Interlock Aluminum Slate Roofing Being Installed}</span></a> | previous post by me<br /><span style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.interlockroofing.com/energy-efficient-green-roofing" style="color: #38761d; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Energy Efficient GREEN Roofing</a><span style="color: #38761d; font-weight: bold;"> | </span>link with full info, scroll down for reading more</span><br /><a href="http://www.interlockroofing.com/roof-manufacturer" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">Interlock Roofing</span> </a>| Manufacturer of Lifetime Roofing Systems. Never re-roof again<br /><a href="http://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2013/07/energy-efficient-green-roofing-arrived.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">{Energy Efficient GREEN Roofing Arrived}</span></a> | previous post by me<br /><a href="http://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2013/07/our-home-on-march-24-of-2013.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">{Our Home on March 24 of 2013}</span></a> | previous post by me showing the BEFORE<br /><a href="http://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2013/03/fighting-water-scanning-slides.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">{Fighting the Water + Scanning Slides}</span></a> | previous post by me showing the result of gutters running over...<br /><br /></div><center><a href="https://plus.google.com/100490423051043047646/about" rel="author" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">Mariette on Google+</span></a></center></div><br> 2013 2013 2013 <br><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;">As promised in my previous post about Our Interlock Aluminum Slate Roofing Being Installed, here is Part II. This post will show you also very clear the Aluminum Aged Copper Slate so you finally will understand what it really looks like. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iRiyj7-IbC8/UfyR4PkuVGI/AAAAAAAATT8/vUZPdxHaVdQ/s1600/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iRiyj7-IbC8/UfyR4PkuVGI/AAAAAAAATT8/vUZPdxHaVdQ/s640/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is at the end of day two, the front of our home is finished.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had a crew of three men working very hard. Each late afternoon they gathered meticulously all scrap material and cleaned up. To the left you see one crew member at work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">By the time they left, the place looked tidy and neat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7KvK4ytMJSk/UfySsyCvFcI/AAAAAAAATUI/y6IpdK283ZI/s1600/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7KvK4ytMJSk/UfySsyCvFcI/AAAAAAAATUI/y6IpdK283ZI/s640/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now you know... This is Aluminum Slate in Aged Copper. The color looks like terra cotta in a way, depending on the shine of course. It makes a difference if it is a sunny day or not.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you want to read more about this Energy Efficient GREEN Roofing; you find the Energy Star Roof Product list in a link below this post with full information, also on Reflectance.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The gutter guards are new ones, from Home Depot. The old ones got removed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zkdQ7-XDHtk/UfyUMj3hfJI/AAAAAAAATUc/G2uKET3tsaQ/s1600/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zkdQ7-XDHtk/UfyUMj3hfJI/AAAAAAAATUc/G2uKET3tsaQ/s640/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+3.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Above our veranda and now the bay window area and above the dining room as last part.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Notice the sample spots where husband Pieter did try out our Benjamin Moore paint in Golden Mist?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-A1AlyDtJ86I/UfyUd--KR0I/AAAAAAAATUk/pMVI2atVSfY/s1600/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-A1AlyDtJ86I/UfyUd--KR0I/AAAAAAAATUk/pMVI2atVSfY/s640/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+4.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here they are, above the dining room and front porch, the final part...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can see how dirty those gutters and the house are.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pressure wash was the next thing we had done before having it painted in two coats.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-M89EAe_wySU/UfyU3is-ABI/AAAAAAAATUs/RT4RkVzlOC4/s1600/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-M89EAe_wySU/UfyU3is-ABI/AAAAAAAATUs/RT4RkVzlOC4/s640/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+5.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cloudy, but no rain...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We got so lucky for all those four days that they worked on our roof.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yep, making progress in lowering our Carbon Footprint for the rest of our life!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3zF6O4GMxVM/UfyVQLBdbCI/AAAAAAAATU0/CcNFyLofjAg/s1600/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3zF6O4GMxVM/UfyVQLBdbCI/AAAAAAAATU0/CcNFyLofjAg/s640/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nearing the end...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">do you like these Aged Copper Aluminum Slates?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0_teheYrSps/UfyVrjJ4znI/AAAAAAAATU8/o_ItVumolBU/s1600/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0_teheYrSps/UfyVrjJ4znI/AAAAAAAATU8/o_ItVumolBU/s640/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One more detail. They really do look like natural Slates and the Aged Copper is a good color too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now the problem we had in February was that those gutters got all clogged up with the sand that washed down by the rain from the asphalt shingles. The rain water ran over those gutters and than it entered the foundation...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Lg0wOmEDT2c/UfyWLaHflrI/AAAAAAAATVE/lfLU8FAC-d8/s1600/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Lg0wOmEDT2c/UfyWLaHflrI/AAAAAAAATVE/lfLU8FAC-d8/s640/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's done! Hard to capture with such overcast but you get the picture I guess.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-w-YZsxQ4Y9U/UfyWfkcAbRI/AAAAAAAATVM/zRTFdLN_EJQ/s1600/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-w-YZsxQ4Y9U/UfyWfkcAbRI/AAAAAAAATVM/zRTFdLN_EJQ/s640/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stepping back further...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mqwquAdO06Y/UfyWtlvTz5I/AAAAAAAATVU/NZ5ctK05wI4/s1600/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mqwquAdO06Y/UfyWtlvTz5I/AAAAAAAATVU/NZ5ctK05wI4/s640/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Very hard to capture this Aluminum roof with its reflection...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FfEs9kcni1Y/UfyXBovMowI/AAAAAAAATVc/EQvkD0AUBcg/s1600/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FfEs9kcni1Y/UfyXBovMowI/AAAAAAAATVc/EQvkD0AUBcg/s640/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How many holly leaves that are on the ground...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, I must admit that before the roofers started out, husband Pieter had given all trees around the house a hair cut. Big branches got cut off, especially from the live oak tree.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also the tree in front of our home lost quite some lower branches.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lots of HARD WORK!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hVPpAdHF60c/UfyXwvkBRhI/AAAAAAAATVo/AqyrlG0OCW4/s1600/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hVPpAdHF60c/UfyXwvkBRhI/AAAAAAAATVo/AqyrlG0OCW4/s640/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+12.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tidying up the place...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LUnmqaObT6g/UfyX8g4PHMI/AAAAAAAATVw/e8d1s4XcB3M/s1600/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LUnmqaObT6g/UfyX8g4PHMI/AAAAAAAATVw/e8d1s4XcB3M/s640/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+13.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These two photos are actually from the end of day two but I want to end with this view...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-U6G5GNRed7k/UfyYMnzJV7I/AAAAAAAATV4/F9yJ5IZmd6w/s1600/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-U6G5GNRed7k/UfyYMnzJV7I/AAAAAAAATV4/F9yJ5IZmd6w/s640/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+14.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is May 11, the day after they had come in the morning for gathering all their tools and leave the finished job.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The sky looks so pregnant with rain...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0pqMmdHi7Y4/UfyYiW_qYtI/AAAAAAAATWA/yZ21-FX_7NY/s1600/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0pqMmdHi7Y4/UfyYiW_qYtI/AAAAAAAATWA/yZ21-FX_7NY/s640/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+15.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tiny Tiggy-Tiger girl is dreaming...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PHL53dfPcEc/UfyYzmO27WI/AAAAAAAATWI/NDG5rEI38Ug/s1600/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PHL53dfPcEc/UfyYzmO27WI/AAAAAAAATWI/NDG5rEI38Ug/s640/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+16.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">By cutting off the lower branches of this tree, the house now is visible once again!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here you can see that husband Pieter has taken down the wooden balustrade from the balcony...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The painters would start the next week with pressure washing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Than the caulking and painting of two coats in Benjamin Moore Golden Mist and the shutters also in a darker Chrome Green.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You will get to see the end results soon!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aPGYDF3QhgA/UfyZdbv-ASI/AAAAAAAATWU/xlkJFbAa-cY/s1600/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aPGYDF3QhgA/UfyZdbv-ASI/AAAAAAAATWU/xlkJFbAa-cY/s640/Interlock+Aluminum+Slate+Aged+Copper+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+17.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And YES, our gazebo got also a new <a class="g-profile" href="http://plus.google.com/107269320587217294848" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">+Interlock Roofing</span></a> in Aged Copper Slates!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Funny to see that sample spot in Benjamin Moore Golden Mist...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's how it will be entirely.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">New fan for the gazebo as well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hope you enjoyed this post and that you learned something about Saving Energy by putting on a Lifetime Aluminum Roof.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This material is available to all of Canada and the USA.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We both are very pleased with it and especially with the lower utility bills we got since!</div><br />Related links:<br /><a href="http://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2013/08/our-interlock-aluminum-slate-roofing.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">{Our Interlock Aluminum Slate Roofing Being Installed}</span></a> | previous post by me<br /><span style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.interlockroofing.com/energy-efficient-green-roofing" style="color: #38761d; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Energy Efficient GREEN Roofing</a><span style="color: #38761d; font-weight: bold;"> | </span>link with full info, scroll down for reading more</span><br /><a href="http://www.interlockroofing.com/roof-manufacturer" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">Interlock Roofing</span> </a>| Manufacturer of Lifetime Roofing Systems. Never re-roof again<br /><a href="http://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2013/07/energy-efficient-green-roofing-arrived.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">{Energy Efficient GREEN Roofing Arrived}</span></a> | previous post by me<br /><a href="http://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2013/07/our-home-on-march-24-of-2013.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">{Our Home on March 24 of 2013}</span></a> | previous post by me showing the BEFORE<br /><a href="http://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2013/03/fighting-water-scanning-slides.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">{Fighting the Water + Scanning Slides}</span></a> | previous post by me showing the result of gutters running over...<br /><br /></div><center><a href="https://plus.google.com/100490423051043047646/about" rel="author" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">Mariette on Google+</span></a></center></div><br>2013 2013 2013 <br> <a href="http://www.matrixar.com/" title="Matrix ">المصفوفة : أجمل الخلفيات والصور</a>