Slate Pavers: Always a Great Choice!
- Exceptional Durability: It Lasts a Lifetime!
- Low Maintenance
- Slate Can Handle Extreme Temperatures
- Environmentally Friendly
- Healthy for You: No Chemical Emissions
- Reusable & Recyclable
- Slate’s Eco-friendly Processing Procedure
- Naturally Beautiful in Many Colors
- Unlimited Design Possibilities
1. Exceptional Durability: It Lasts a Lifetime!
Natural slate has a proven life expectancy of over 100 years. A good quality slate is very durable and will outperform better than other materials in hardscaping projects.
2. Low Maintenance
Slate slabs or cut tiles can be used in residential or commercial landscaping to build attractive outdoor seating, patios, or walkways that will require only regular sweeping and an occasional ‘hose down’ to keep their appearance in top form. Slate’s durability means maintenance costs are minimal to nothing at all!
3. Slate Can Handle Extreme Temperatures
Thermal stability is one reason slate is so popular. This means it won’t easily lose heat or warm up very quickly. This makes it a popular material for firepits, fireplaces, and outdoor kitchen cooktops and counters.
4. Environmentally Friendly
Using green building materials is an important thing to take into consideration when choosing products. Natural slate is eco-friendly in all stages of its life span. The Natural Stone Council’s life-cycle analysis provides an analysis of the environmental impact of slate on a global scale. It confirms that slate is an excellent sustainable option for your hardscape project.
5. Healthy: No Chemical Emissions
According to Control Union, an independent body, natural slate is the hardscaping material with the lowest carbon footprint throughout its entire life cycle. Natural slate has a simple production process, without chemical products, and when installed it has no chemical emissions to harm you, your family or pets — or your plants.
6. Reusable & Recyclable
Slate can be easily dismantled and recycled if you choose to make changes, making slate a sustainable alternative for any project.
Slate is 100% natural, subject only to extraction and working processes, and does not need any additional treatment. This is one reason slate is deemed to be a healthy choice for the environment.
7. Slate’s Eco-friendly Processing Procedure
The slate is split or sawn, gauged (made to even thickness), honed to various finishes, and sometimes “flamed” — torched with a gas flame and then bombarded with freezing water. Flaming creates an even, slightly textured finish that removes all traces of saw blades and any irregularities. Much of this work is done at the quarry. This greatly reduces fuel consumption and road usage for slate to reach its final consumer destination.
The simplicity of its production process — no artificial materials, furnaces, or chemical products — makes slate an eco-friendly, sustainable alternative for any project.
8. Naturally Beautiful in Many Colors
Slate’s natural appearance is one of its strongest aesthetic attributes.
Slate has a unique composition that includes many different minerals. These different ‘ingredients’ play a role in the color of the slate. Before making your final color selection browse several slate tile product lists. You can find greens, purples, browns, and even red slate colors — and many are multi-colored with beautiful patterns.
9. Unlimited Design Possibilities
Slate adds unique aesthetic value to commercial buildings and your home with its natural colors, unique patterns, and rugged textures. Used for entryways, patios, pool decks, pathways, and walls, slate delivers a clean, sculptured, and strikingly beautiful appearance.
