by Tom Stortz | Feb 22, 2023 | Education
A new report from experts in Europe who delve into the science behind roofing slate has been published. Testing Natural Slate as a Fire Resistant Material Another quality post by Victor Cardenes Fake Roofing Slates Highlights Roofing slates are metamorphic rocks used...
by Tom Stortz | Nov 9, 2021 | Trip Report
I visited the slate quarry area of New York/Vermont 2 weeks ago and feel it’s important to give a perspective of the slate industry. It’s a 5 hour drive from Philadelphia, PA and the last hour is through small towns, population 2,000, like Argyle and...
by Tom Stortz | Apr 26, 2017 | Education
We created a post that explained how companies marketing synthetic material were naming their product “slate” and how this was not accurate and untrue. This post generated some lively responses that will mostly go unnoticed unless dug up from the comment...
