Welsh Slate Ffestiniog Blue Grey Natural Roofing Slate - Natural Slate
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500 x 300 mm
500 x 300 mm
Natural roofing slate.
Application
External application for both domestic and commercial roofs.
Description
Ffestiniog produces a beautiful Blue Grey slate with a smooth riven texture.
Located in the heart of Blaenau Ffestiniog in North Wales, it has been producing slates from 1818 and was formed by the Ordovician slate beds laid down over 470 million years ago.
Ffestiniog Welsh Slate characteristically produces a thin uniformed slate with less texture than Cwt-y-Bugail, the quarry located nearby. Although without the capacity of its sister quarry at Penrhyn in Bethesda it is still able to produce large volumes of roofing slate.
Ffestiniog Welsh Slate comes in three thickness grades to suite your projects specific roofing needs.
Features and benefits:
- Conform to BS EN 12326-1: (A1, S1, T1).
- Hold BS Kitemark accreditation and have a proven durability of in excess of 100 years.
- Available in 5.5 mm, 7 mm and 9 mm thickness.
General information
Color | Blue Grey |
Finish | Natural |
Material | Slate |
Shape | Rectangle |
Length | 270 mm 300 mm 400 mm 500 mm |
Width | 200 mm 250 mm 300 mm 180 mm |
Height | 5.5 mm 7 mm 9 mm |
Warranty description | Lifetime |
Uniclass | |
CAWS | H62/105 Roof slating H62/3 Roof slating |
Specification data - Natural slates
Slate type | |
Source | Welsh. |
Colour | Blue grey. |
Slate size | |
Length (minimum) | 500 mm. |
Width (minimum) | 300 mm. |
Standards | |
Product specification | To BS EN 12326-1. |
Methods of test | To BS EN 12326-1. |
Properties | |
Type | Flat. |
Nominal thickness and individual thickness variation | 5.5 mm.Guidance for specification option: Capital. 7 mm.Guidance for specification option: County. 9 mm.Guidance for specification option: Celtic. |
Water absorption | <0.3%. |
Sustainability data
Contains Red List materials | No |
Country of material origin | United Kingdom |
Country of product manufacture | United Kingdom |
Embodied carbonA1-A3 (production stage) as defined in BS EN 15804 | 1.0 kg·CO₂e/kg Self declared |
Recycled contentAs defined in clause 7.8 of BS EN ISO 14021 | 0 % |
Literature
01. Welsh Slate Roofing Brochure
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