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Bally Roofing Contractors
Synthetic
Slate Shingles are a lightweight in inexpensive roofing option. More durable
than real slate, synthetic slate shingles are easy to transport and can be
installed using standard roofing nails. Synthetic slate shingles can be cut
using a utility knife. The lighter weight also means that a normal roof can
support this roofing product without additional reinforcement.
The biggest problem with synthetic slates has been the uniformity or lack of
thickness to date. If this is your design preference, then we say great and we
can have it to you in short order. But new manufacturers such as have invented
wonderfully thick, well textured, natural looking slates which contain both
color blends and a variety of sizes of widths pre-packaged and ready for the
roofer to install. You'll have to look real close to realize that it may not be
real slate.
In many ways it actually looks better with the random sizes, and thicker
texture. Most especially, it takes away the similarity in looks to asphalt and
composition shingles, that many plastic slates often appear to imitate.
Why use real slate with its fragile nature, its heavy weight, its expensive
copper or stainless steel flashings and fasteners, and especially its
ridiculously expensive materials and installations, when synthetic slates
duplicate the elegance and real architectural value of the real thing, with none
of the usual problems.
If you are
looking for an
Bally roofing
contractor to
repair or replace your roof,
please call us
today at
717-354-3737 or
complete our
online request
form
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