slate roof tiles

I am currently building a house out the country, I would love slate roof tiles but they are so expensive.

Are there such a thing as tiles that look like slate, or should I suffer the price of them?

Thanks

Look at Tegral ThrutonePlus & ThrutonePlus Relief Slates.

http://www.tegral.ie/Tegralbp/index.asp

the blue black Plus Relief is ok on an older building but if your building a dormer or something modern it may not suit.

I've never seen the Rivendale Blue-Black but it's worth a look.

These are man-made slates which will be a fraction of the price of natural slate.

Also see http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054926998&referrerid=59211

Here's a picture of the relief slates on an old building. Not quite the natural slate look but they do look a hell of a lot better on a single story roof than the plain tegral slate. [broken link removed] - warning 1MB for the detail

davidoco said:

I've never seen the Rivendale Blue-Black but it's worth a look.

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We used them, and are very happy with them. They are a lot dearer than Trutone, but do look better. Not as good as the real thing, but close enough.

I've recently installed a reconstituted natural slate (Cambrian Slate) with the material coming from Capco roofing via Lafarge roofing. I'm delighted with my new roof, and in a year or so will look like a real natural slate. See below for details


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