If you ask engineers, architects and builders what would be the best tile to use for your roof, I am willing to bet that they will be answering only one – the slate tile. These are considered to be 100-year roofs and will definitely live up to their reputation. If you properly install and maintain your slate roofing you can expect a life of somewhere between 75 and 200 years. Virginia Slate has the largest inventory for slate roofing tiles available, as they have a facility over 25,000 square feet which holds an incomparable variety of slate, granite and quartzite in a multitude of colors including black, unfading gray, semi-weathering gray-green, mottled purple, unfading red and more.

If you are going to be reroofing your house, you are recommended to  seriously consider getting a roofing material that will provide optimum insulation for your house. And that would be to use slate as material. The world is getting warmer. It is a fact. The world is now 0.5 degrees centigrade warmer than a century ago. Global warming is clearly evident. Most homes are built with materials that are not good insulators. When talking about providing good insulation for a house, one of the things that would need to be considered is the roofing material. The roof is a major factor in insulating a house. If you have a roof made of poor insulating material, chances are you will be spending more money on your power bill compared to homes with roof shingles that are efficient insulators. Slate material will be the best choice for your home roof.

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