Non Asbestos Roof Slates

On diamond shaped tiles use two hooks one at 4 o clock and one at 8 o clock see below.

Non asbestos roof slates.

Cembrit fibercement slates are manufactured using portland cement together with a non asbestos formulation of superior blended synthetic and cellulose fibres. Slate hooks work well for fastening replacement tiles in place. The asbestos fibers inside slates can only be released when they are broken and this roofing material does not necessarily require removal although many people choose to do it. A ladder hook is inexpensive and works pretty well on asbestos roofs.

When the use of asbestos became forbidden manufacturers rushed to replace asbestos containing products with cement based products reinforced with non asbestos materials. A number of these products promising a life of 50 years or longer were found to fail early in their life in the 1990s. Before the 1980s most artificial roofing slate was made from asbestos cement a material that had a long track record of successful performance. When you use slate hooks you don t have to drill the tiles or caulk anything.

Health safety concerns related to the removal of asbestos containing roofs. Their color ranges between grey light green peachy orange and even purple. The slates are pigmented during production and are fully compressed.