Bangor Blue Slate

[Digester Man]

Does anyone have any good contacts for buying new Bangor slates, they are a fortune here in N.Ireland and quite hard to get. Just wondering if any of our Welsh members might have any tips on where they can be bought at a slightly more reasonable price? This is for a new build house, to tie in with existing slated outbuildings around the yard.

 

[Headless chicken]

Does anyone have any good contacts for buying new Bangor slates, they are a fortune here in N.Ireland and quite hard to get. Just wondering if any of our Welsh members might have any tips on where they can be bought at a slightly more reasonable price? This is for a new build house, to tie in with existing slated outbuildings around the yard.

I believe the same band can be found in Canada and it’s cheaper to import it from there.

 

[Digester Man]

Any links or contacts?

 

[SilliamWhale]

Yes its the same seam as Canadian

Try these guys.

https://www.slatecentrewales.co.uk

 

[Digester Man]

Yes its the same seam as Canadian

Try these guys.

https://www.slatecentrewales.co.uk

Called them but the Canadian slate is grey, not heather blue. They gave me another supplier called Huws Gray to try for a price on Welsh slate.

Anyone else got any other suggestions?

 

[linga]

http://www.welshslate.com/

 

[tomlad]

I have bought slates of a guy called criss yates in clithroe yates slates I think , seemed knowledgeable, I would use him again.

http://www.yateslate.co.uk/

 

[MickMoor]

You have to blame the planners! Permission for slate quarries is not forthcoming. I helped build a large village store in NW Wales some years ago, and it was stipulated that the roof had to be slate, similar to those surrounding. We found it cheaper to import slate from Spain that matched in that case!

 

[Riverblue]

Try Travis Perkins. That's where we got some Canadian slate last time.

 

[Still Farming]

Harris slate and stone
Cembrite
Lots out there.

 

[RhysT]

The Canadian slate is called Glendyne. We looked at using them as they came recommended. Worked out at approx £2 each. We ended using a Spanish slate called Hastings Ultra. Good finish. Slates graded well and little waste. £1.23 each. We used approx 4000 on a new build. Roof finished last week.

 

[onesiedale]

Could always try Penrhyn Quarry direct
01248 600656