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What is a mansard slate roof?

By Sheena Owen Jul 30th, 2018

[caption id="attachment_3057" align="alignleft" width="300"] Example of a convex mansard slate roof[/caption] A mansard roof is a four-sided gambrel style hip roof. Some include elaborate dormer windows for added interior light. The mansard roof is a curb hip roof with slopes on all sides of the building. A mansard needs two rafters for its different slopes.

North Country Slate supplies a custom multicolored blend slate roof for...

By Sheena Owen Jul 25th, 2018

North Country Slate has supplied roofing slate for several buildings at Queen’s University over the years. With a reputation for supplying premium quality roofing slate, our company was selected to provide the five color custom blend slate roof for Queen’s new Mitchell Hall.

North Country Semi-Weathering Gray/Black (Vermont Black) selected as the...

By Sheena Owen Jul 9th, 2018

North Country Semi-Weathering Gray/Black is a premium quality roofing slate containing shades of gray and black in subtle linear patterns. A percentage of these slates will weather to tones of brown and buff over time.

Arkansas Slate roof replacement

By Sheena Owen Jul 4th, 2018

A hundred and sixteen years after it was built in 1889, the Pulaski County Courthouse in the heart of downtown Little Rock, Arkansas needed a slate roof replacement. Slate a durable and long lasting roofing product is also resistant to chemical pollutants and acid rain.