Synthetic Slate Roofing
Synthetic Slate Contractor
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?
Give us a call or click the appointment box below, and we will gladly help you discover if synthetic slate is the right choice for your home.
