Every roof should be inspected at regular intervals. It's recommended to sign an inspection and maintenance contract with a roofing service provider. Proper maintenance can extend the life of your roof and prevent significant damage.
When repairing slate roofs, special hooks made of stainless steel are used to replace damaged tiles. In some cases, the exposed part of the slate can be secured with a nail or screw, again made of stainless steel. The hole must be sealed with roofing silicone.
In the first few years after installation, individual stones may break off. This is not due to poor quality of the material or installation. Such tiles are replaced using standard techniques.
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Due to shifts in the supporting rafter structure, building shrinkage, and attic use, damage may occur on the roof surface, for which the manufacturer or roofer, however, bears no responsibility, since they have no connection with the cause of this damage.
Experts note several key factors that determine the prospects for the use of natural slate in USA:
general growth or stagnation of the economy and, as a consequence, an increase or decrease in the number of private residential buildings being built;
increasing complexity of architectural forms and design solutions for private buildings, including roofs;
tightening requirements for the quality and durability of building materials;
formation of effective channels of promotion in the market;
Providing consumers with accurate information about shale.
Essentially, roofing slate is positioned as a premium roofing material used on buildings with complex roofing architecture. Its high cost is also explained by the complexity of slate mining and processing, ensuring high quality and durability of the material, and the difficulty of constructing a slate roof. However, depending on several factors, such as the location of the slate, its chemical composition, etc., slate grades vary, affecting durability, mechanical properties, and, consequently, cost. Thus, it can be said that "all slates are created equal." There is top-quality slate on the market with a 50-year warranty, officially documented. Naturally, the price of such a product cannot be low. On the other hand, suppliers in our market operate in an utterly inappropriate manner, with the price of slate completely disproportionate to its low quality.
