Traditional Slate Roof Tiles

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.

Traditional slate roof tiles.

Slate roof tiles can range in size from 12 length x 6 wide up to 24 length x 12 wide. 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. With over 10 years of experience in roofing and custom copper work tsr offers the best solutions for all kinds of roofing related problems.

Here you can find instructions for installing a slate roof repairing and restoring slate roofs and repairing asbestos roofs and ceramic tile roofs. Traditional slate roofing is a slate roofing company based in cleveland ohio. 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. 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.

Cedar shakes shingles. 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. It is a beautiful natural material that has been used as a building material for centuries. Slate roofing tiles come in two options.

Concrete clay roof tiles. We are still producing tiles by this method today. Second only to wood as a natural traditional roofing material slate is a fine grained sedimentary rock that has topped castles and large buildings for centuries in europe. Hard slate is the strongest type of slate and more durable than 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. Special sizes such as slate and a half can be ordered to reach into valleys gable ends hips and dormers. Traditional clay roof tiles is a family company which has continued the 19th century tradition of producing high quality handmade clay roof tiles. 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.

Hard slate and soft slate. The slate coverage per m2 can be found from table 2.