Traditional Slate Roof Tiles

We are still producing tiles by this method today.

Traditional slate roof tiles.

Slate roof tiles can range in size from 12 length x 6 wide up to 24 length x 12 wide. Imported from wales to colonial america for fire proof roofs in boston philadelphia and new york it was still slow to catch on for houses. Special sizes such as slate and a half can be ordered to reach into valleys gable ends hips and dormers. Concrete clay roof tiles.

An affordable and environmentally friendly alternative to natural slate ecostar s majestic slate captures the traditional beauty of slate roof tiles while providing the durability and proven protection of a synthetic. Slate roof central how to install a traditional american slate roof slate roof central is your center hub for all things related to natural quarried slate roofing. The starter course slate is the only slate on the roof that is supposed to be installed with the face down and the back up see photo below. All other slates on the roof are installed with the face up in order to expose the beveled edges of the slate the face of the slate is the side that shows the beveled edge the back doesn t.

Majestic slate the traditional beauty of slate with the durability and proven protection of a synthetic. Here you can find instructions for installing a slate roof repairing and restoring slate roofs and repairing asbestos roofs and ceramic tile roofs. Traditional clay roof tiles is a family company which has continued the 19th century tradition of producing high quality handmade clay roof tiles. Slate roofing tiles are made from metamorphic rock.

The total weight of slates on a roof can be calculated as follows. Our factory was established in 1989 and a hoffmann kiln reinstalled and put into service at that time. Slate roofing tiles come in two options. It is a beautiful natural material that has been used as a building material for centuries.

Traditional slate roofing is a slate roofing company based in cleveland ohio. With over 10 years of experience in roofing and custom copper work tsr offers the best solutions for all kinds of roofing related problems. Example slate type del carmen slate size mm mm 400 250 weight of slates kg 1000 1235 exposure moderate roof pitch 40 roof area m 2 150 length of roof slope m 9 5 the headlap can be found from table 1 by reference to slate size roof pitch and exposure 65 mm. The slate coverage per m2 can be found from table 2.

Hard slate and soft slate. Slate roof tiles are rectangle in shape but can be trimmed into special shapes such as clipped corners diamond fish scale and hexagon.