01/30/2014
The installation of a natural slate roof depends on the slate type, the style and the design. Slates are supplied in pallets and stacked on their long side. Once removed from their pallets, slates need to be graded and sorted into three or four thicknesses. There are two methods of fixing natural roofing slates: nailing and hook fixing. FIXING WITH NAILS Once slates have […]
01/28/2014
Natural slate is the best choice for roofing material in terms of its impact on the environment. Slate is a totally natural product which has the lowest embodied energy of all the roofing materials. Natural slate is ideally suitable as a roofing material because its embodied carbon value is at most 16% of that of […]
10/17/2013
CUPA PIZARRAS natural slate covers a new ‘Canadian-style‘ log cabin built in Czech Republic. Our natural slate was specified for the sympathetic roofing because they needed that all materials used on the project harmonised with the landscape.
10/09/2013
CUPA PIZARRAS has been specified for the Ardgartan Hotel, located near Arrochar (United Kingdom). The roof, with a total surface of 2,700 square meters, was restored in 2012 with our CUPA Heavy 3 40×22, thanks to high-quality and excellent durability of our natural slates.
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09/12/2013
CUPA PIZARRAS adds warmth and elegance to theses houses located in Montevideo and Punta del Este (Uruguay). Our CUPA 4 natural slate offers a wonderful balance of the traditional and the contemporary for roofing design. CUPA 4 enhances the architecture of the amazing facades, made of natural materials like stone and wood. CUPA 4 NATURAL SLATE CUPA 4 is a blue-black slate with […]
07/12/2013
Natural slate was the perfect choice for the roofing at Ripponden Housing development in West Yorkshire (United Kingdom). CUPA 12 was specified for the project because of its exceptional consistency of thickness and surface appearance.
07/03/2013
CUPA PIZARRAS covers a residential development of converted barns in Duddon Bridge (Lake District, United Kingdom). Our CUPA Heavy 14 natural slate was the perfect choice for the roofing material because of the need to be sympathetic to the surrounding architecture and wider environment. CUPA HEAVY 14 NATURAL SLATE CUPA Heavy 14 natural slate, purchased by […]
06/20/2013
Fermanagh’s five-star Lough Erne Resort covered by CUPA natural slate, hosted the latest G8 Summit, the annual meeting of the leaders of the eight wealthiest nations: Germany, USA, UK, France, Italy, Japan, Russia and Canada. Our CUPA Heavy 3 natural slate was the perfect choice for the roofing material, used exclusively throughout the golf complex that hold the most powerful politicians in the world […]
