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Do manufactured / synthetic slates contain asbestos?

Where to buy roofing slate or slate roofing tools:

This article describes slate sources and where to buy slate roofing materials and slate roofing tools and products.

This is a detailed article describing procedures for evaluating the condition of slate roofing. How to inspect, identify defects, and estimate remaining life of slate roofs are addressed. The article also references slate repair procedures, repair slate sources, and slate quarries.

We discuss: Slate hammers, slate hooks and other special slate roofing tools are sold by several specialized distributors listed here. Slates of varying grades, colors, and applications as roofing slate or slates for steep or vertical slopes such as steeples, mansard roofs, walls, are available from a number of quarries and distributors listed here.

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Slate Roof Replacement & Repair Sources

Slate hook (C) Daniel FriedmanIf less than 25% of the slates on a roof are damaged or sliding down from worn out nails, slate repairs are in order. Luckily replacement slates are available from a variety of slate quarries, slate suppliers, and slate roofing companies.

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Slate "look alike" products are also available using cementious materials. If the building owner cannot afford to repair a slate roof where most slates are intact, then

SLATE ROOF TEMPORARY REPAIRS should be followed, such as simply sliding metal flashing up under broken or missing slates on the roof.

We purchased this slate removing tool (also useful for removing other types of roof shingles where careful work is needed) at Davies Hardware, on Main Street in Poughkeepsie, NY.

Slate roof tool manufacturer comments:

(Feb 13, 2013) Tom Stortz said:

The ripper shown here is a lower cost, welded construction slate ripper. If it's too thick, it will break more slates than it will fix. Try a Stortz ripper for the best slate tools on the market.
www.stortz.com/catalog.asp?prodid=681091

Roofing & Slating Tool Suppliers

Roofing Slate Suppliers

Canadian Slate Roofing Suppliers

U.K. Slate Roofing Suppliers

Glendyne welsh slate from Cembrit  in the UK cited in detail at Inspectapedia.com Image: Glendyen Welsh slate, cited just below.

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Welsh Slate from welshslate.com cited in detail at InspectApedia.comImage: Welsh Slate, cited just below

U.S. Slate Roofing Suppliers

Slate Roof Sources for Argentina, China, Germany, New Zealand, Norway, Spain Sweden

Slate Roofing Associations are additional sources of slate products & slate roofing contractors

Natural Slate Substitutes & Alternatives: man made or synthetic slate sources

Dura Slate a polymer manufactured roofing slate at InspectApedia.comImage: excerpted from a Dura Slate product brouchure (cited below) illustrates a polymer roofing slate that has a layered-look at the edge of this manfuactured product.

In addition to these slate sources there are several slate look-alike substitutes. While the application techniques, flashing and nailing concerns are similar, the wear characteristics of these materials may be quite different and were not evaluated for this paper. This paper is not an endorsement, nor a critique of any of these materials.

Is There Asbestos in Manufactured / Synthetic Roofing Slate?

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