Slate Roof Tile Thickness

Slate roof tiles are also available in a range of thicknesses from 3 16 to 1 with the standard thickness being 3 8.

Slate roof tile thickness.

Lifetime limited material warranty. Depending on the grade thickness and the overall quality of slate tiles expect to pay between 6 50 and 15 00 per square foot for materials alone. Slate roof tiles are rectangle in shape but can be trimmed into special shapes such as clipped corners diamond fish scale and hexagon. Nominal 1 2 inch 13 mm to 3 4 inch 19 mm.

The quality but also the weight is determined by the thickness. Nominal 3 8 inch 10 mm to 1 2 inch 13 mm 4. Resistant to fading rotting cracking and pests. North country unfading black slate 3 16.

Available in 12 10 9 7 and 6 widths. The most common thickness is and weighs approximately 935 pounds per square when installed with a 3 headlap. Some quarries such as glendyne which produces our north country unfading black slate can be split consistently and sold 3 16 3 8 and. Nominal 1 4 inch 7 mm to 3 8 inch 10 mm 3.

Standard roofing slate thicknesses and sizes 1. Nominal 3 16 inch 5 mm to 1 4 inch 7 mm 2.