I recently saw a program about a recycled rubber product that looks like slate and was said to last a hundred years. Has anyone out there used this product? Is it really everything they say it is? How hard is it to install? Maybe most importantly how expensive is it? We own a old stone house that when built it had a thach roof, now it has asphalt shingles, would like to have some good advise, Thanks hope to hear from alot of people, owners and experts

We provide our clients with this as an option quite often as an alternative to real slate roofs. Most of them go for it. I don't know the exact details, but, yes, it typically has a 30+yr warranty at about 1/2 the cost. It is more expensive than asphalt shingles, but much cheaper than real slate.

Thanks Neuner, can you reccomend a manufacture of this product, how hard is it to work with our house has numerous peeks and valleys, it is a tudor. The house is sheeted with 1 x 12 pine and hemlock, would you reccomend resheeting with plywood? Again thanks for the information

http://oikos.com/products/moisture/ecostar/

Recycled rubber slate tiles.

Last I used them they went for about $400 per square and that did not include the labor to install them nor accesory items like drip edge, felt paper, nails, ridge vents, etc...

Figure at least $500-$600 a square depending on your location.

A small gable roof on a 40x30 cape code or ranch would have about 17 square of roof material and cost at least $8500 for a new construction installation...perhaps as much as $17000 using these shingles when ripping off an existing roof and laying down new plywood for the same dimensions.

This is not a cheap alternative but could be a permanent solution for as long as you own the house...even if you live there till you depart this earth.

Good morning - I have recommended this product on a couple of Tudor homes. It doesn't take as much reinforcement as real slate, costs less and when people ask about it, they can't believe it isn't real slate. My clients really have like it so far.

I am a homeowner and my the original roofing is slate. We were having problems with broken slates and ice damming on our enclosed sun porch. Replacing the entire roof with slate was cost prohibitive so we decided on the eco-slate. The roof looks great and we have not had any ice dam issues all winter long. I have one of the eco slates and an original slate and I show it to my neighbors for comparison. All agree that it is difficult to tell the difference between the two. I contacted several roofers looking for a metal roof when one told me about the eco-slate. I have never been sorry that we made this decision. Good luck.

check out Tamko's lamarite line. that sounds like what your looking for. they will probably cost around 250-350/sq.

installed it rubber slate looks good and does fool people but 50yr. warranty and fading over time
instaation is simple keep recomm. spacing and flashing detais.
cuts with utility knife
some brands tend to curl &chatter tamko is 1 of the thicker ones

I'm a roofer in toronto, I've done a few jobs with authentic roof. They are the people who supposedly invented synthentic roofing slates. I've had a lot of compliments on the product and gained referrals from it. check them out on the internet, i believe they have a website too.