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By Sheena Owen Oct 9th, 2020

Perhaps you’ve just purchased your dream home built in the 1900’s, visited Europe and fell in love with a chateau, attended a university with a slate roof or you plan on building your custom dream home. Your home is your biggest personal investment and including a slate roof is a big consideration.

What is a cross gabled slate roof?

By Sheena Owen Jul 16th, 2020

A gable roof is easily recognized by their triangular shape. Think back to when you were five years old and you drew a picture of your house and family. Your house was a big square and a triangle over it, add some stick people and voila that was your picture!

Natural Exterior Slate Wall Cladding

By Sheena Owen May 20th, 2020

Natural slate has provided shelter for more than a thousand years. Created by nature over 500 million years ago, slate has proven longevity. A good quality ASTM S-1 rated slate can provide a service life more than 100 years.

Slate roofing installation video E-Learning

By Sheena Owen Apr 27th, 2020

As the world has been instructed to stay home and self isolate during Covid-19, now is the time to catch up on your reading material and “how to videos”. North Country Slate has recently added 8 slate roofing installation guide videos to our website, produced by the National Slate Association.

North Country Slate staying connected with Google Hangout Meetings while...

By Sheena Owen Apr 1st, 2020

[caption id="attachment_3684" align="alignleft" width="300"] North Country Slate's Google Hangout Meeting[/caption] North Country Slate is thankful for modern day technology! Staying connected with co-workers, customers, friends and family is so important during this challenging time in our lives and routines.

How do you install Dutch Lap slate shingles?

By Sheena Owen Mar 6th, 2020

Back in March 2008, we were asked to supply our North Country Unfading Black slate for the American Brewery Restoration project in Baltimore, MD. The “Darth Vader” building as we fondly refer to was built in 1863 and Norman Gothic style architecture. Part of the building’s charm is the detailed slate roof.

North Country Unfading Black “Medium Texture” slate supplied for the All...

By Sheena Owen Feb 10th, 2020

Located in the highlands of Navesink, NJ the All Saints’ Memorial Episcopal church known as “The Stone Church” was built in 1864 and the Rectory which was used as a schoolhouse was built in 1865. In 2016, the church and rectory received a $150,000 New Jersey Historic Trust grant for the slate roof replacements.

Slate roof lifespan – Built in 1864, St. Jax Church’s old slate roof...

By Sheena Owen Jan 17th, 2020

[caption id="attachment_3509" align="alignright" width="300"] Old roof, picture taken March 2016[/caption] An S-1 rated roofing slate will provide a service life of 75-100 years! A look at the old roof from 2016, shows some missing pieces and a few North Country Unfading Black slates have been used for some repair work over the years.

Replacing the 200 year old natural slate roof on The Old Stone Meeting House...

By Sheena Owen Jan 8th, 2020

The Old Stone Meeting House, formerly The Old Stone Church was built in 1813 and is the oldest surviving building in Nyack, New York (Rockland County). The Federal Architectural style church with its pitched gable slate roof has protected this church/house for over 200 years! What other roofing material can offer that same performance?

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