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2. List of commercially available roofing materials - Wikipedia

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   Stone slabs require a very heavyweight roof structure, but their weight makes them stormproof. An obsolete roofing material, now used commercially only for building restoration. Collyweston stone slate named after the village of Collyweston; Solar shingle; Metal shakes or shingles. Long life. High cost, suitable for roofs of 3:12 pitch or greater.

3. Roofing slates - Wikipedia

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   Roofing slates. Roofing slates are roofing tiles made out of slate. The rock is split into thin sheets which are cut to the requires size before shipment. This contrasts to slabs which are milled to produce larger structural components. [1] They are the primary product of the slate industry.

4. Slate - Wikipedia

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   A slate roof in Cardiff, Wales A slate-faced church and homes in Wurzbach, Germany A fine slate tile work, Saint Leonhard's Church in Frankfurt am Main, Germany Slates with holes at a farm in Tremedda, Cornwall, England. Slate can be made into roofing slate, a type of roof tile which are installed by a slater. Slate has two lines of ...

5. Grouted roof - Wikipedia

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   As the slate was of high quality it could be split very thinly by skilled artisans and so gave a lightweight roof covering that was still strong and long-lasting against harsh weather. Where local slate was used instead, this was of lower quality than Snowdonia slate and so the roof design may have been less successful. In particular, lower ...

6. What Happens to Roof Panels When Solar Companies Shut Down

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   Homes with solar panels in Rocklin, California, on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. Credit - David Paul Morris—Bloomberg/Getty Images. W hen a door-to-door salesman showed up at Christine Palmer’s door ...

7. Roof - Wikipedia

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   The slate roof is often considered the best type of roofing. A slate roof may last 75 to 150 years, and even longer. However, slate roofs are often expensive to install – in the US, for example, a slate roof may have the same cost as the rest of the house. Often, the first part of a slate roof to fail is the fixing nails; they corrode ...