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Main Line stone houses carrying steep slate and cedar roofs. Careful roof replacement for Villanova, inside Radnor Township.
Villanova is not its own municipality. It is a postal place inside Radnor Township, wrapped around the university and a stretch of the Main Line where the housing runs old and large. Stone and stucco, deep eaves, dormers, turret bays, third-floor windows set into the roof plane. Much of the stock predates the war, and a lot of it was built with slate or cedar rather than asphalt.
We look at what is actually on the roof before quoting. Slate and cedar can sometimes be repaired in place; when a full replacement is the right call, we match the pitch, the flashing detail and the sightlines the house was built with. Permits for work here go through Radnor Township under the PA Uniform Construction Code.
The full Maze Roofing range, residential and commercial, from the local team.
Shingle, tile, metal and flat roofing for homes and townhomes across the area.
Shingle, tile, metal, flat and TPO. Managed from tear-off to cleanup.
Flat, TPO and metal systems, with maintenance programs that protect the asset.
Storm damage, active leaks and fallen trees, with 24/7 phone response.
Slate, cedar and standing-seam sections all behave differently in freeze-thaw, and the valleys and step flashing where they meet masonry are usually where trouble starts.
Original material assessed for salvage before anyone talks about tearing the whole roof off.
Step and counter flashing where roof planes die into stone or stucco walls.
Ice-and-water underlayment and attic ventilation reviewed together on long, steep runs to the gutter.
Work in Villanova is permitted by Radnor Township under the PA Uniform Construction Code.
Same office, same crews, a short drive away.
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Radnor Township does. Villanova is a postal and census name, not a municipality, so the permit application, the inspections and the code enforcement all sit with Radnor Township under the PA Uniform Construction Code. We pull the permit as part of the job rather than leaving it to you.
Often not. A slate roof with sound underlayment and intact flashing can run a long time with individual slates replaced and valleys rebuilt. The decision point is usually the nails and the flashing rather than the slate itself, which is why we get on the roof before quoting.
Heat escaping into the attic melts snow on the roof, the water runs down and refreezes at the cold eave, and the ridge of ice backs water up under the shingles. The fix is ventilation and insulation plus ice-and-water underlayment at the eaves, not just a bigger gutter.
On a stone house we usually recommend a heavier architectural shingle with a slate-look profile, and we keep the original copper or metal details where they can be reused. Ridge lines, dormer returns and exposed fascia matter more to the look than the shingle color does.
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