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Re-Roof Your Home Fact Sheet

Re-Roof Your Home Fact Sheet

Re-Roof Your Home Fact Sheet

Product catalog summary
Introduction
TapcoSlate Classic offers a premium roofing solution designed to protect homes with a natural slate appearance. It is lightweight, durable, and comes with a 40-year warranty, making it an ideal choice for harsh weather conditions.

Specifications
TapcoSlate Classic is available in a variety of colors and is made from a composite polymer blend with UV inhibitors. It is lightweight, weighing as low as 12kg per m2, and can be installed on roofs with pitches as low as 14°. The product is designed to be easy to install with pre-marked guides and does not require sorting, clipping, or drilling.

Performance and Testing
The product has been rigorously tested and meets BBA standards for fire, wind, snow, rain, and water absorption. It has a Class IV hail rating and has been tested for wind-driven rain, showing superior performance compared to equivalent materials. The tiles are impermeable to water and show no damage after freeze/thaw cycles.

Design and Manufacturing
TapcoSlate Classic is manufactured using a state-of-the-art molding process that ensures a unique natural slate appearance. The product is made from virgin limestone and polypropylene, ensuring vibrant colors and minimal expansion or contraction.

Certifications
The product holds BBA certification and is recognized by various authorities, ensuring compliance with building standards. It also has LABC and LABSS Registered Details, facilitating faster approvals for building projects.

Conclusion
TapcoSlate Classic provides a reliable and aesthetically pleasing roofing solution with extensive testing and certifications to ensure long-lasting performance. It is suitable for a wide range of roof pitches and offers significant savings in installation time and costs.
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Catalog excerpts

Re-Roof Your Home Fact Sheet-1

Grade 2 Listed Property – Northamptonshire Re-Roof Your Home Your most valued asset deserves the best, premium, long-lasting roofing product to protect it! You can depend on TapcoSlate Classic to armour your home With outstanding, natural look-and-feel, low waste and unbreakable qualities, Classic Slate is perfect to protect your home from today’s harsh weather. Easy to install, easy to cut and shape, and an incredible 40-year warranty, Classic Slate is in a class all of its own. Its 16 different tile moulds make sure that your roof has a natural, non-repeated look, just like natural slate, but at a quarter of the weight – saving costs on materials and installation times. We put our Classic Slate through extremely rigorous testing so that you can rest easy and enjoy your home with a roof that not only looks beautiful, but was also built to last. Easy to install with pre-marked nailing and exposure guides, plus horizontal spacers BRE testing for wind-driven rain found TapoSlate Classic to perform much stronger than all equivalent materials tested Fully tested to BBA Standards, including fire, wind, driven snow & rain, and water absorption Easily cut with a sharp utility blade or saw No sorting, clipping or drilling, can be fixed direct to roof, out-of-the-pack No breakages – will not crack, split or break if dropped or walked upon Authentic slate appearance – combines the beauty of slate with modern technology Peace-of-mind from a company that has supplied both the trade and endusers since 1961 Not made from recycled materials but from virgin limestone and polypropylene for colour vibrancy A Choice of Amazing Stocked Colours

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Re-Roof Your Home Fact Sheet-2

COMPOSITION AND MANUFACTURING o Advanced composite polymer blend ‘UV’ inhibitors, blockers and absorbers, achieving an extremely LOW-MAINTENANCE product. o Colours are vibrant and controlled by using a blend of 100% virgin resins and limestone. O State-of-the-art moulding process produces a unique natural slate appearance on each tile. o A more natural colouring is created by blending-in colour during the forming process. STABILITY - DIMENSIONAL AND ‘UV’ o Product formulation results in minimal in-service product expansion/contraction on the roof. o The ‘UV’ package allows the tile to weather...

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