Roofing With Slates

Perhaps no other roofing material lasts as long as slate. Incredibly, come old churches and homes from America’s colonial period still have their original slate roofs. Slate is still in demand for updscale custom homes, churches, and country-club clubhouses, but most new instead, because they are so much cheaper.

Like asphalt shingles, slate comes in many colors, sizes, grades, and weights. Due to its weight – three times that of asphalt – roof rafters and roof sheathing need to be up to code to support slate’s heavy load. Slate can be placed over a layer of composition shingles only if the slope of the roof is 4-in-12 or more, and only if a structural engineer has confirmed that the roof framing can bear the weight of 7 pound per square foot.

Today, only handfuls of roofing companies specializing exclusively in slate are in business. Most roofing contractors will do occasional slate roofs. And because it is difficult to cut and apply, slate roofing is not an easy job for the do-it-yourselfers. If you do decide to do the work, expect to make a considerable investment in time and materials.

Installing Slate

Slate should be installed tilted slightly upward at the eaves,...

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Dumpster Rental Market Overview

The Dumpster Rentals sector of waste hauling industry is facing an increasingly diverse landscape and a fragmentation of the target market. Dumpster Rentals companies are more often finding that their traditional role as a "Waste Hauler & Waste Disposal contractor” is coming under threat from competitors such as cleaning companies, trash and rubbish removal businesses, waste trailer rentals, trucking companies that offer trash removal services, facilities management groups, recycling businesses, processing operators, logistics companies and Municipal Waste Management companies who offer dumpster rentals in many cities and towns. Add to this the developing legislative influence, local by-laws and local waste disposal regulations dictating how solid waste streams have to be collected, processed and pre treated before disposal and this has led to an imposing and complex market.

Amid this environment, businesses are now turning to marketing techniques and support to help establish their own presence and increase the exposure of their companies to the local market.

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