KPost Company provides professional slate roofing services in Dallas, TX, including natural slate roof installation, replacement, repair, and inspections. Slate is a premium roofing material that requires specialized knowledge, from evaluating the structure beneath the roof to properly installing and repairing individual slate tiles.
Whether you’re considering a new slate roof, replacing an aging roofing system, or need repairs to an existing slate roof, our experienced team can evaluate your property and recommend the appropriate solution. KPost has installed slate roofing throughout North Texas, including projects at SMU and Dallas Country Club.
Key Takeaways
- Slate outlives the metal around it. The slate itself can run a century. Valleys, flashings and fasteners fail decades earlier, which is what most slate roof repair actually addresses.
- Individual slates can be replaced without disturbing the roof. A slate hook or copper strap holds the replacement without nailing through the course above. Done properly, the repair is invisible from the ground.
- Matching aged slate is a sourcing problem. Quarries close and colour shifts with weathering. On older roofs we often pull sound slate from a hidden elevation and use new material where it will not be seen.
- Structure comes first. Natural slate is heavy enough that the framing has to be verified before installation. That assessment happens before anything is ordered.
- Walking a slate roof breaks it. Slate fractures under point loads. Anyone servicing the roof, including other trades, needs to stage off ladders and hook boards rather than step on the field.
