Natural Slate Roof Details

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Natural slate roof details.

Cost details one of the factors that deters many homeowners from installing a slate roof is the high cost of materials and labor. Depending on the grade thickness and the overall quality of slate tiles expect to pay between 6 50 and 15 00 per square foot for materials alone. Our tiles are engineered to be lighter to resist impact and to maintain their color longer. The total weight of slates on roof can be found from the formula.

Slate size roof pitch and exposure 65 mm. Split to an average thickness of 5mm 7 5mm and 9 mm. The cant strip is variable in thickness according to the thickness of the slates being installed thicker slates require a thicker cant strip. The standard sizes for roofing slate start at 12 in length and increase by 2 inch increments up to 24 in length.

The minimum recommended pitch for natural slate is 25 although this can be lowered down to 20 with products like the siga 56m natural slate and is also dependent on slate size. In order to provide you with the opportunity to specify low pitched slate roofs below 20 with confidence siga commissioned the bre to carry out a set of tests. The slate coverage per m2 can be found from table 2 23 9. Slate roof condition assessment surveys part 2 slating nails technical bulletin 7 full pdf assessing the condition of the slating nails various types of nails have been used to secure slate shingles over the years.

Some homes were created with the promise of a slate roof in mind. Weight of slates kg area of roof m 2 slate coverage 1000 therefore the total weight 1235 1000 150 23 9 4427 kg. Davinci slate delivers on that promise with its astonishing versatility. Read more how much does a slate roof cost.

Higher exposure or different sized slates necessitated a greater roof pitch of 22 5 or more. How easy is natural slate to install. The above illustration shows basic installation details for a traditional standard thickness slate roof. For more information contact us on 01282 423 444.

Davinci slate delivers the highest levels of beauty without the typical challenges of a natural slate roof. Installing natural slate is a more specialist job than most other kinds of roof covering.