Slate Tiles

Go the Natural Root and Opt for Slate Tiles for Your Home

Slate tiles are basically a type of rock that has been used for roofs and floors for many years now and they give your home a solid, natural appearance. You will often find slate in a variety of natural colours to suit the rest of your home, especially if you have brighter colours on the walls and furniture. You can match it up to reds, browns, blues, greens and greys by using slate of a similar tone.

When you consider all the options available for stone coverings, you will start to notice that a lot of them are quite expensive. That is mainly due to the fact that extracting the rock and making it usable is quite costly and you will find that the harder the rock is, the more expensive it is to extract. Slate on the other hand, is formed in layers, similar to sedimentary rock and it can literally be chipped off into big flat pieces that can be cut down further into smaller pieces.

That makes it a really versatile stone that is cost effective to use around the house. The thinner pieces are usually used for roofing because they are easier to install and provide adequate covering and protection from the outside elements. Slightly thicker pieces need to be used for flooring because they have to endure being walked on all the time, however once they are secured to the floor, they give the room a natural earthy feel that compliments the rest of the house.

Slate Tiles for Your Roof, Floors and Walls

Slate tiles work really well in most settings and it is all due to their natural appeal. The fact that you can get them in hues that are as outlandish as purple or orange means that you can find a tone that suits you best. Even though the stone can be broken up quite easily using the right tools, it is still quite a durable stone that make sit long lasting. You just need to be careful of extremely heavy items that placed or dropped on to the floor as they can still crack under serious pressure.

Roof tiles made from slate are seldom thicker 5mm but that is just so they don???t weigh the roof down, as that much stone can get quite heavy and the last thing you want is your roof caving in on you in the middle of the night. The thin stone still provides you with an adequate roof covering and as long as it is secured to roof correctly, it will even hold out in a heavy thunderstorm.

The tiles for the floors are usually around 15-20mm in thickness depending on the cut, and that is so they can endure all the traffic and heavy furniture you put on it. They are fairly easy to clean and maintain, but they will look the same for many years to come. Even if you get tired of it after a while, you can still throw a rug over it to cover a part of the floor up and change the way the room looks.

Wall coverings are slightly different because they often need to cover a bigger area, and instead of using regular flat tiles, similar to the ones you use for the floor, you can opt for a side profile of the stone, giving it a slightly different look and feel to a regular wall. In that case you will find them reaching a thickness of up to 45mm creating a type of face brick effect out of stone.

It???s a Versatile and Friendly Stone

If you look at all the possible options and applications for slate, you will see that it is quite an effective, versatile stone that can be used anywhere.