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By Sheena Owen Feb 6th, 2019

How much does slate weigh? That’s a great question, especially when you are comparing it against other roofing products. Roofing slate created by nature over 500 million years ago has been used as a roof covering for more than a thousand years! Back in 1926, the commercial standard slate thickness was 3/16”.

Haverford College’s Magill Library gets a new North Country Unfading Black...

By Sheena Owen Jan 31st, 2019

Haverford College, founded in 1833 by Orthodox Quakers, the campus is made up of mostly stone buildings reflecting Quaker and Colonial architecture. The Magill Library, closed at the end of the Fall 2017 semester to prepare for a major renovation which included replacement slate for one of the original buildings and slate for the addition.

18 Facts about Natural Slate Roofing

By Sheena Owen Jan 21st, 2019

[caption id="attachment_3179" align="alignleft" width="300"] Glendyne quarry, the producers of North Country Unfading Black natural roofing slate.

North Country Slate supplies custom Vermont multi-color blended slate for the...

By Sheena Owen Jan 9th, 2019

Hardin County, located in the heart of downtown Savannah, TN is named after Colonel Joseph Hardin, a veteran of the Revolutionary War. The Hardin County Courthouse was built in 1952 with handmade bricks from Virginia, limestone from Indiana and slate shingles from Vermont.

Lancaster Central Market “Raise the Roof” fundraising campaign raises...

By Sheena Owen Nov 20th, 2018

Built in 1889, this grand 20,540 square foot brick Romanesque Revival building is one of the oldest farmer’s markets in the United States. The original slate roof was replaced with asphalt shingles 30 years ago to save money but started failing in 2010. From 2010-2018, the community rallied together to raise $1.

How slate is extracted from the quarry to produce natural slate roof shingles

By Sheena Owen Nov 13th, 2018

[caption id="attachment_2718" align="alignright" width="225"] Unfading Black slate quarry[/caption] Natural roofing slate is quarried from the earth unlike fake, composite, faux, recycled rubber, synthetic slate products which are produced in a factory.

New North Country Unfading Mottled Purple and Green slate roof for Ottawa’s...

By Sheena Owen Oct 29th, 2018

When it came time to replace Ottawa’s Le Cordon Bleu roof, it was a no brainer that the best cooking school in the world should have the best roofing product available on the market…..natural slate! In May 2018, we supplied 34 squares of our North Country Unfading Mottled Purple and Green slate for the reroof.

The history of Unfading Purple (Trinity Slate) natural roofing slate from...

By Sheena Owen Oct 17th, 2018

Trinity Slate's unfading purple slate was discovered in 1497. In the mid 1800's, almost four hundred years later, excellent and extensive slate deposits were found - the oldest slate deposits in North America. A Cambrian formation, similar to the famous slate deposits of Wales, which date back over 500 million years.

Tips for using a slate cutter/trimmer

By Sheena Owen Oct 12th, 2018

[caption id="attachment_2758" align="alignnone" width="300"] Heavy Duty Slate Trimmer[/caption] A slate cutter is needed when jobs require a piece of slate to be a shape other than its rectangular form from the quarry. This can include trimming a piece that is too large, curved cuts and diagonal cuts for hips and valleys.

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