Design and Technical Services

We understand that a creating the perfect slate roof requires both good planning and a lot of attention to detail. So to help make your specification as straightforward as possible, we offer a personalised range of specification services to include:

Design Advice and Technical Support Service – here every element of your roofing slate specification will be addressed
Online Professional Resource Center – in the form on downloadable documents as well as interesting videos on a range of related subjects. This section is always updated to reflect current trends and standards.

Design Advice and Technical Support

Our goal is to make your life as easy as possible. Designing, specifying and fitting a natural slate roof should be a hassle-free job. So over many years we have developed the following range of services to ensure that a specified slate roof is always a happy and straightforward experience.

Our services include:

Design advice to allow you to create low-slope roofs (down to 17.5°)
Advice about using slate for either heritage projects or in conservation areas
General advice about the roof and details such as ridges, verges, hips, valleys, dormers and working around obstructions in the roof’s surface
A quantity take-off service direct from your drawings to give you an indication of quantities
An installation method statement that’s tailor-made for your roof, giving information about the best fixing method; headlaps; roof load-bearing and grading and sorting the slates
Technical advice about roofing slate and what to consider when specifying, choosing or buying
Specialist advice about complex roof shapes and designs, eg: circular roofs, random and diminishing courses
Recommendations for the optimum slate for your roof
An bespoke specification service to complete your specification and in the format you require
Providing onsite advice, support and supervision during construction
Product brochures, technical data sheets and The SSQ Natural Roofing Slate Design and Fixing Guide