How to Choose Best Roofing Slates

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How to Choose Best Roofing Slates
Slates are incredibly durable and versatile. One
of the major purposes of using slate stone lies
in its popularity as a roofing material. The
roofing done using the Indian slate stone slabs
lasts relatively longer than any other stone
material.
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What makes slate stone roofing so popular? Do all
slate stones exhibit same roofing properties? Let
us take a quick look at what you should search
for in an Indian slate stone slab collection
before picking using them as roofing.

• Colour and Appearance
• Doing an inspection before buying
• Gong test
• Ultrasonic inspection
• 3. Safe choices
• 4. Machining options with Indian slates

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Colour and Appearance
Roofing slate properties depend on the physical
nature of the reserves from which it is
extracted. Different slate quarries deliver
slates of variable colours, hardness and water
resistance. Though colour and appearance of the
Indian slate stone slabs may not reveal anything
about the chemical properties but are still used
to make a quick assessment. A dark slate stone is
believed to have an indefinite life when compared
to the lighter shades.
Indian slate stone slabs
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Doing an inspection before buying
Actual composition of the slate stone is more or
less same but it is the extraction process and
machining that make them durable. Slate quarries
from Rajasthan, Orissa and Tamil Nadu are
considered as the best sources of the natural
stone in the whole world.
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Safe choices
Basic slate stone roofing experts will often
recommend a uniformly coloured Indian slate stone
slab package. Mottled purple and red green slate
stones are also considered safe as long as there
are no clouds or haze across the edges. It
signifies that the stone could have been eroded
or weathered in its course of formation. The
slates with clouds and non-uniform colouring
should be avoided.
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Machining options with Indian slates
Even best quality natural stones have to be
machined and polished to make them sell in
international market. To create magical effect on
roofs, they are given peculiar lustre and
decorated with eloquent designs and lighting
shades. Most abundant slate stones are machined
into splits and cleavage. Black slates are
easiest to work with and retain their beauty for
very long period.
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