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Vermont Specialty Slate supplies natural new and salvaged slate roof shingles. With a large inventory of slate roofing as well as a large network of resources, we can get you the roofing slate material that you need.

Slate Roofing Colors Sample Slate Roof Shingle Colors:

North Country Black Slate Roofing

Vermont Grey Slate Roofing

Unfading Green Slate Roofing
North Country Black Vermont Grey Unfading Green

Semi-Weathering Grey Green Slate Roofing

Mottled Purple Green Slate Roofing

Purple Slate Roofing
Semi-Weathering Grey Green Mottled Purple Green Purple
Unfading Red Slate Roofing Vermont Black Slate Roofing Salvaged Slate Roofing
Unfading Red Vermont Black Salvaged


Roofing Slate Sizes Slate Roofing Sizes

 

Slate Roofing Sizes in inches and # pieces per square with a 3" headlap.

 

One "square" or (sq.) of slate is equivalent to 100 square feet of roof area.

Roof slate pieces per square can be calculated by using the formula: 14,400/[((Length-Headlap)/2) x Width]



h x w

pc/sq

h x w

pc/sq

h x w

pc/sq

h x w

pc/sq

h x w

pc/sq

h x w

pc/sq
24x16

86
20x16
 106 18x16 120 16x16 138 14x14 187 12x12 267
24x14

98
20x14
 121 18x14 137 16x14 158 14x12 218 12x10 320
24x12

114
20x12
 141 18x12 160 16x12 185 14x11 238 12x9 356
22x16

95
20x11
 154 18x11 175 16x11 201 14x10 262 12x8 400
22x14

108
20x10
 169 18x10 192 16x10 222 14x9 291 12 7 457
22x12

126

     18x9 213 16x9 246 14x8 327 12x6 533
22x11

138

         16x8 277 14x7 374

 

Roofing Slate Weight Information Slate Weight

 

Average weight for one square of 1/4" thick roofing slate is 800lbs. (Weight will very with thickness of the slate)

 

Material kg/cu.m.
Slate, solid 2691
Slate, broken 1290-1450
Slate, crushed 1362
 

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Slate Roof Shape and Pattern Information Slate Roofing Shapes and Patterns

 

 

 

Please check out the Joseph Jenkins web site page on slate roof styles from more information on styles of slate roofs.

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