Q: What is slate?
A. Slate is a fine-grained, metamorphic rock. The word metamorphic comes from metamorphosis, which means “to change.” Slate is formed when minerals, usually mica, quartz, calcite, and chlorite, are compressed and heated by the earth’s crust. The process takes millions of years.
Q: Why should I install a slate roof?
Appearance
First of all, they look great. Depending on the angle of your roof, it can be the dominant visual aspect of your home. So much new construction just looks cheap. If you’ve taken the care to design and construct a quality building, do you want to cover it with an inferior roof? If you live in a historic neighborhood, it’s especially important. We’ve seen new homes that blend in so well, they could have been built years earlier. Most of them have either slate or tile roofs.