It lasts forever with regular maintenance. I moved into a house with a slate roof thatâs 96 years old. We just a rooofer come out and replace a few cracked tiles every year. Not necessarily any cheaper but the cost is spread out and it seems less wasteful.
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books@lemmy.world â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Non roofer here
Is slate picked for any reason over asphalt shingles or is it just an aesthetic thing?
ptah@lemmy.world â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Itâs an old timey thing. Slate naturally is fairly flat naturally and easily made into squares. It lasted much longer than cedar and newer methods werenât around. People still using it are after the look.
Wanderer@lemm.ee â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Well its between slate or clay tiles.
Stale is more expensive and fancy.
No one would use shingles because it lasts about a week and looks like shit.
Bytemeister@lemmy.world â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
From what I recall, shingled roofs are usually â30 yearâ roofs, and slate roofs are â100 yearâ roofs.
NegativeInf@lemmy.world â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Itâs all 2 year roofing, max, down here in hurricane land.
gens@programming.dev â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
With a bit of patching, yea shingles can be 30. Unless air circulation is bad, then 10. I worked on one re-shingling the west side, when the east side looked good as new (10yo roof, iirc). Just some weird airflow on that side (neighbours house maybe).