ABOUT SLATE CLADDING

Slate is produced from clay sediments. It has characteristic cleavage planes which were produced when the clay was metamorphosed, which may not relate to the original bedding planes. Slate can be sawn, sanded, fine rubbed, honed, polished, flame textured or bush hammered.

Slate is available in a wide range of colours, including blue/grey, silver grey and green slate from the Lake District; blue, green grey and plum red slate from North Wales; and grey slate from Cornwall. Slate is imported from Ireland, Canada, France and Spain, which is the world's largest producer of slate.

When used as a cladding material, slate should be fixed with non-ferrous fixings or cast directly onto concrete cladding units.

LEADING UK SLATE CLADDING SUPPLIERS

Click here for an easy-to-use listing of leading UK suppliers of slate cladding, provided by Archbone.

Other useful links relevant to slate cladding:
Stone Federation of Great Britain
Quarry Products Association

DETAILED INFORMATION RESOURCES ON SLATE CLADDING

We recommend the following professional construction directories, which include manufacturers' specifications and CAD details: Barbour Compendium at www.barbourcompendium.co.uk, RIBA Product Selector Plus at ww.productselector.co.uk, ASC Bricsnet at www.ascinfo.co.uk, Building Products Index at www.bpindex.co.uk, British Board of Agrément at www.bbacerts.co.uk, British Standards Online at www.bsonline.bsi-global.com.

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Other recommended portals: Archbone, Building Design, Homeone Australia, Lighting Directory, Sapling, Stone Network.

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