Authentic Roof synthetic slate survives the hammer test!

[jbmnd93]

Finally. I'm so tired of the neighborhood kids shooting at my roof and going at it with hammers. At least once a week, I'm like, "Hey you kids! Stop hammering my roof!!"

[indyonline1]

Like the shingles. HATE the Patriots Sweater... lol (Colts fan)

[AnAmericanFan]

This looks like the Majestic Slate I put on a shed to test its performance. I have a real slate roof on the main part of my house and fell for composite cement fiber slates when I put an addition on the house in 1988. That company is out of business and the composite cement is pock marked (spalling) and the fiber is beginning to show. The Majestic rubber based slate is FANTASTiC! You can walk on it, and folks are fooled into thinking it is real slate even though it is on a low roof .

[ringo9945]

I'm a 45 year-old consumer in a tract home. My worn-out cedar shake roof is 35 years old, with no leaks. As roofing lifespans go, I look for roofs that pass the "Until I'm dead test." I would be perfectly happy if the roof lasted until one day after my death, which will most likely be no longer than 30 years, if everything goes ok. My budget keeps me in the asphalt shingle range. Given my budget and strict adherence to the death test, I think I may go with this over the asphalt shingles.

[Scimiter1948]

I wonder how good this product will look after weathering on a roof, most artificial slates look awful after a few years weathering, where as natural products like slate and clay weather to a natural appearance.

[dirtbiker194]

I see this video is filmed in the upstairs lot of the lake arrowhead villiage right outside stater brothers. I caught that at the last moment before the video ended. lol.

[elvis237]

What kind of roofing is that? Fire Free?

[smidgey88]

and it looks fucking shit worst idea fucking plastic

[AnAmericanFan]

@smidgey88 Sorry dude. This product may not be Majestic Slate but it sure looks like it. I have experience with slate, asphalt, composite, metal, tiles, and rubber slate. Open up your mind dude! I love real slate, but the rubber slate actually looks damn sharp and will never crack. I've had it on a side building for about 6 years now and it still looks as good as the day it was put on! Had a 20 pound branch fall on it from about 10 feet up. No problemo! Slate would have shattered.

[spanton55]

Im going to go out on a limb too and say the guys nay-saying the composite slate too are the same ones who sell aluminum siding over he new vinyls, or even that cell phones are a waste of money in business. I am the VP of a company which builds 2000-4000 roofs annually. Ive roofed from Albuquerque NM to Boston Ma, and from Fargo ND to Atlanta Ga. This is the style product (Certainteed) Im chhosing on my home and as one of the nations largest roofing contractors, Id say that stands for something.

[CactassDupree]

Another plus for your product is the fact that it looks like you would be able to walk on it. Not so forgiving on a slate roof.

[ccrinc]

compairing to real slate, your funny. come on. lets see if your product is around in a million years.

[goingsouthbound]

i work for a large roofing contractor in sw florida and have used this type of imitation slate before,it is cheaper than traditional slate and looks great finished,scoreing the gable end cuts or valley cuts with a utility knife takes a little extra work to get it to look like the the factory slate edge,but going through a couple of hurricanes down here i can tell you that 5 v metal or standing seam metal roofs out performed all others as far as wind uplift and durability

[gunigoogoo008]

I see that when u lifted the tile up, it looked quite effortless. So in a high wind area, would the tiles rattle up and down causing alot of noise? And what sort of headlap would there be? I could see the fixings as you lifted the tile.

[doc6694]

The product is actually composed of a combination of plastic and rubber, and offers flexibility, allowing you to lift up a slate, as well as the durability you want in a roofing product. Authentic Roof slates have been used in high wind areas, where they have outperformed every other roofing product. In one case in Florida, there was one roof that withstood hurricane force winds that stripped every other roof in the neighborhood.

[kwhord]

The product may be durable. I don't think there's any question about that. Let's go out on a limb here. Let's say this stuff is installed properly, flashed properly, and last 50 years with no discoloration or warping. There are a whole lot of "ifs" in that scenario. And still: 50 years is a blink in the lifespan of a properly constructed building.

[doc6694]

Since most standard composite roofs offer a 30 year warranty, and their product is ripped off and dumped into a landfill in 10-15 years, I fail to see your point. If you keep a roof on a building for 50 years instead of 15, there is less waste, less filling up a landfill. After 50 years or 80 years, our product can be recycled. Composite shingles cannot.

[Smilodonus]

I am reroofing this year - have you got a better product than this? cause I'm impressed

[CactassDupree]

Yes, and a slate roof will last 100 to 150 years is what i've been told. Is this matrial half the price?? The problem with either roof is proper installation & fasteners.

[doc6694]

You ask one good question: how can you give a 50 year guarantee on a product that has only been around for 20 years. You could ask the same question about every "new" product brought out on the market this year. In our case, we have been on the market for 20 years without a single failure. One of the biggest advantage to Authentic Roof over real slate is that hail just bounces off instead of breaking every other slate. Hence the hammer test. I wish it would just rain, period.

[nasalflip]

Of course real slate will break. But, given rain, hail and other natural elements, a mad man with a hammer on your roof isn't one of them. This video is a joke and so is that dude. How can you give a 50 year guarantee to a product that hasn't been around 50 years in the first place? There are slate roofs in Wales that are hundreds of years old. However, if I lived where that dude lives I would buy a fake slate roof because apparently, it rains idiots there........

[doc6694]

The slates are shipped in bundles that are all 12" wide. Yes, they are pre-mixed in that there are 8 distinct molds patterned off 8 individual slates taken from a 100 year old roof back east. The bundles must still be shuffled to be sure to get the best color mix. Check out our Custom Roof Gallery to see a completely custom slate roof installed on an English Tudor Masterpiece in Lake Arrowhead, CA.

[crazycanidian]

yeah post another video with the product you are claiming to be the best with nothing solid under it of course if you hold slate in the air and hit it with a hammer it is gonna break! If you are going to compare make ur test fair!

[etodd1104]

it doesn't matter if it wasn't good stuff it would have broke any way.

[haryharycritter]

agree he did a different test on both pieces. I wanna hit it myself my own test.

[madwackplatipus]

i have put on this product on a home in north vancouver.B.C. very nice product to work with.I am 20yr cedar shake roofer this product kicks ass i did use my stanley staight blade on the hole job valleys, hips,half lap,we had to open bundles and mix the pattern up abit but other than that id say the best roof on the market.home owner paid for materials said it was expensive compared to other 50yr product

but he now has the best lookin roof in vancouver.