Old Roof Slates

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Old roof slates.

May 15 2020 we hate to see a beautiful roofing tile go to waste so here are some ways to re purpose roofing tiles for beautiful home furnishings and projects. Tran slate to the outdoors. Vieux carre roofing slate about 175 years old. About the only time you re going to make money on small lots of odd shaped slates is if someone needs those exact slates for roof repairs or if someone wants to paint on them.

Sunflower and ladybug painted on vintage roof slate tile. Slate can be the perfect solution for drainage by putting leftover slate in the bottom of any plant pots or other pots you can stop any unwanted seepage. Just as the material was born in the outdoors what better way to recycle your unused slate than to utilise it in the outdoors. 1 item endless possibilities.

Crushing old roof slates. Concrete clay roof tiles. Roofing with slates. This antique slate roofing tile shingle was reclaimed from a house built around 1900 that was designed by philadelphia architect frank furness.

Vtg vieux carre roofing slate tile royal street new orleans 175 yr old roof tile. Positioning the battens laying the slates cutting fixing verges ridges illustration. Our old world slate shingles have the thickest synthetic slate roof profile available. Tuesday 3rd november 2009.

This allows for less expensive shipping costs and ease of installation. Cedar shakes shingles. This was part of a stack of spare pieces of tile that were not used so it is in great condition. Odd sized odd shaped slates in small quantities are usually worth least.

Some slates have been known to last over 200 years. I ve got all the old slates from my roof lying around the back. With a 1 profile brava s old world slate polymer tile has the volume of traditional slate roof tiles with a fraction of the weight.