NATURAL SLATES

As with plain tiles, slates have been a popular roof covering for many generations. In the early days, they were mainly Welsh being mined from a huge number of quarries across Wales and during that period almost equalled exports of coal. Nowadays in Wales there are only Greaves producing grey slates and Penryn producing Heather Blue (Purple in colour). With demand still good, alternatives were needed and Spain with its massive production ability suited the purpose. Coming mostly from North West Spain (Galicia) there are a huge number of quarries producing all sorts of slates. It is worth mentioning that natural slates come in many sizes, thickness's and grades so when choosing please spend time on what you want to achieve for your budget.