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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.

Between 2016-2017 we supplied our North Country Unfading Black roofing slate for the re-roof of the former Bank of Upper Canada, De La Salle Institute and Toronto’s First Post Office. The Unfading Black slate is quarried by Glendyne Inc in St.

A good quality S-1 rated roofing slate is one of the most durable products you will find in the market. In most cases slate roof tiles are resistant to hail damage and other impact damage.

Belleville has some of Ontario’s finest 19th Century architecture. The Glanmore Mansion is the largest and most grand Second Empire Style building in Belleville with its yellow brick exterior, gentle concave curved mansard roof, with decorative ornate bracketed cornice along the eave side of the roof.

Slate roof tiles are ordered by size and thickness. In some cases, you may need to trim slate to smaller pieces or cut slate based on a roof pattern. The following steps along with the video will show you how easy it is to cut slate roof tiles. Flip the slate roof tile over so that the back of the slate is facing up.

The Pillow Thompson House was built in 1896 by Jerome Bonaparte Pillow and remained in the family for five generations.  In 1992 it was donated by the family to the Phillips Community College Foundation, part of the University of Arkansas and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 7, 1973.

In 2011, North Country Slate was asked to replicate the multi-colored graduated slate roof  for the new addition of Wheeler Hall to match the original section which was built in 1933. Wheeler Hall was the first academic building on the campus.

A natural slate roof has many benefits when installed with non-corroding nails. In 2015, the National Slate Association tested slate for high winds. It passed the ASTM D3161-15 Class (highest) Wind Resistance Rating. Perhaps this is why the slate roof on the Goderich Town Hall survived the 2011 F3 tornado.