6 Green-Roof Myths, Busted

6 Green-Roof Myths, Busted

After a long, cold winter and a wet spring, you may have found that it’s time to put a new roof on your home. Chances are that once you take the time to do this, you’ll never want to do it again. Choosing a very durable material, like slate, can mean you...
Have Your Flat Roof and Your Snow Too

Have Your Flat Roof and Your Snow Too

After a long, cold winter and a wet spring, you may have found that it’s time to put a new roof on your home. Chances are that once you take the time to do this, you’ll never want to do it again. Choosing a very durable material, like slate, can mean you...

Slate is also a fireproof material. While the wood decking installed under slate is obviously not fireproof, fires that affect entire neighborhoods are consistently transferred from roof to roof, and homes with slate roofs are typically spared.

Deborah Quagmire
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