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Natural slate

Quarried stone slate, graded by thickness and laid course by course with a dry ridge on top. The longest lasting roof covering we fit, and the heaviest, so the structure has to carry it.

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Riven natural slate courses under the ridge
Where we use it

Roofs this suits

Period and listed houses

Roofs where the original covering was slate

Buildings where the planners ask for stone

Full re-roofs meant to last decades

Sixty years and more when the battens and felt underneath are done properly.

Finished natural slate roof between chimneys
Why it gets chosen

What you get for the money

Lasts longer than anything else we fit, sixty years and beyond

Every slate can be lifted and replaced on its own

Colour and texture that suits older stone and render

Higher cost per square metre, and the roof structure has to carry the weight.

Next step

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