Traditional Slate Roof Construction

Residential and commercial roofing repairs replacement.

Traditional slate roof construction.

Design and installation manual 2010 edition. Roof slates are often mistakenly referred to as tiles and vice versa. Scottish slate has a well earned reputation as a long lasting material. Traditional slate roofing is a slate roofing company based in cleveland ohio.

Published more than 85 years ago slate roofs has long been the essential go to guide for determining material quantities roof layout specification data and construction details. Traditional slate roofing llc. The national slate association nsa dormant since the great depression reorganized in 2002 and took on the task of producing an update of the 1926 manual slate roofs. Slate has been used for hundreds of years as a roof covering but only after the industrial revolution and the construction of the railway network did they become common outside of the slate mining areas.

It is commonly used for roofing but is also versatile for floor tiles black boards wall finishes and countertops. Slate has been used for this purpose for centuries. With over 10 years of experience in roofing and custom copper work tsr offers the best solutions for all kinds of roofing related problems. It is particularly well known for its use as a roof covering on many traditional scottish buildings.

Roof tiles are made from materials such as clay or concrete rather than slate. Slate is one of the most widely used building materials in scotland. It is formed in the ground from sediment compressed under extremely high pressure.