Custom blends are also available.
Synthetic slate vs metal roof.
Slate is a premium roofing product and widely used while building expensive custom homes.
Now there is a metal faux slate product stonecrest steel shingles.
The following list will highlight some of the pros and cons related to this product.
The pros of synthetic slate roof save money.
Our tiles are engineered to be lighter to resist impact and to maintain their color longer.
Natural slate is usually covered with up to 25 to 50 year limited warranty with most wind warranties up to 130mph while synthetic slate is usually covered by up to 50 year limited warranty and up to 110mph winds.
In every case the result of choosing a metal roof with a thermal liner is a more energy efficient system.
This sentence came from an installation guide for synthetic slate and should.
More tile width compared to other synthetic slate roofs davinci tile is available in the largest variety of widths five.
Real slate july 23 2018 by a p after seeing that we just introduced our trusted brand da vinci that produces amazing synthetic slate roofing tiles you may be wondering why we would promote an imitation over the real thing.
Davinci slate delivers on that promise with its astonishing versatility.
So that you can save some money.
Synthetic slate roofing is a great alternative to traditional slate roofing.
None of this is to say that slate is a poor choice far from it.
The colors are formulated from a pallet of 24 earth tones.
Fact checking synthetic slate.
Synthetic slate normally last much longer and perform better compare to architectural shingles but due to higher initial cost it is still less popular roofing material.
Davinci slate delivers the highest levels of beauty without the typical challenges of a natural slate roof.
This material is a modern improvement on a construction classic.
Your carbon footprint will be so much less with our metal roof system and you ll be reducing your contribution of greenhouse gases due to a lower energy demand from your home.
Pg 9 of this pdf anyone who knows slate should immediately shake their head at the material being installed on a roof.
Synthetic slate also known as composite includes made of the features that have made actual slate a popular roofing material but it attempts to cut back on some of the drawbacks.
It is not only the material that is affordable but also the installation.
It is not as expensive as the real one.
Some homes were created with the promise of a slate roof in mind.
Quality if artificial slates are not stored flat and become twisted or curled lay them flat in a warm place and they will return to their original flatness.