And the stakes they use to hold the signs up come in real handy for a whole lot of things. We had just run out from the pile we had from the last election, but we should be able to stock up again pretty soon.

Renee, I am still on the track to try and get an answer for you. As you know this has been fab weather for roof work and my slate man got pulled off on to another job, but I expect him back. He worked 10+ hour days towards the end of the week and I didn't want to disturb that momentum with more questions. You want to know about the longevity of the screw-down vs the standing seam (but not standing seam that's soldered) right? I think I may have the screw-down on a large pole barn that we put up more than 15 years ago. I can go look and see tomorrow in the a.m. It has performed flawlessly - even surviving the tornado that smashed up our house (and the pole barn was broadsides to the path of the tornado, with its only closed wall on that side, too.) I did nothing but attend to the roof project last week. It turned out to be more complicated and time-consuming and more expensive than it initially appeared (ain't it always?). But I did learn how to cut and replace slates, which with 10 slate-roofed structures here will come in handy in the future. In fact, the only non-slate roof is the one on the big pole barn. (Also re your electrical problem thread, I will ask my DH to make suggestions when he gets back from a business trip. When we have that problem he gets busy with his little meter and sorts it out.) Molly~ PS, Do you need opinions about the layers of roofing issue, too?

A darker grey tone could work really well with the brick. We are working on a new construction project with a client and this is the direction we’ve gone. No photos yet as framing has just started, but it is going to work really well! We’ve never painted shingles, but I found this article explaining some pros and cons and more. https://homereference.net/can-you-paint-roof-shingles/

The dark magenta-brown siding limits what can be done. I think a dark gray roof is probably the best choice—an antique bronze or charcoal perhaps. You want to be conservative with roof color because you can't just paint over it. You can look at various colors online from most roofing manufacturing companies. Choose a sample home with red brick for a better comparison to your siding color. Because the siding has a red-purple tone I looked at trim colors with blue to red tones. The photo below shows two dark blue-grays and two lighter colors from the purple and red parts of the spectrum, all from Sherwin-Williams. Of course, these are color combinations that I liked paired with a siding color most similar to yours (SW6026 River Rouge). You should take a look at their ColorSnap visualizer and form your own opinion. There are lots of other colors that you may prefer. Ultimately you should buy samples and paint trim on your home before making a final decision.