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     Slate_man (Slate_man) Senior Member Username: Slate_man Post Number: 417 Registered: 01-2007 |
Look like Vermont Fading gray/green. | ||
| Olde_mohawk_masonry__historic_restoration (Olde_mohawk_masonry__historic_restoration) Senior Member Username: Olde_mohawk_masonry__historic_restoration Post Number: 77 Registered: 04-2007 |
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| Olde_mohawk_masonry__historic_restoration (Olde_mohawk_masonry__historic_restoration) Senior Member Username: Olde_mohawk_masonry__historic_restoration Post Number: 76 Registered: 04-2007 |
email them to Ward(at)WardHamilton.com | ||
| Milo (Milo) New member Username: Milo Post Number: 4 Registered: 05-2009 |
Ive tried to post pictures on the site but it wont let me...the pics are 2.13 MB each in size..? could email them to someone to take a quick look? | ||
| Slate_man (Slate_man) Senior Member Username: Slate_man Post Number: 415 Registered: 01-2007 |
MiLo have you posted a picture on this site of your slate? | ||
| Milo (Milo) New member Username: Milo Post Number: 3 Registered: 05-2009 |
Hopefully Im om the right thread... I recently aquired some used slate which I believe is vermont sea green. About 30% of it was very soft, crumbly and unuseable. My question is with this amount of slate in this bad of condition did I misidentify the slate as vermont and in reality is it Pen Argyl (which Joe has said is misidentified sometimes as vermont)?.?.? the weathered surface of the slate is grey/green/buff with occasional areas of red iron oxide stains. the inside of the slate is a grey/slight-green color. is Pen argyl slate a definite black/grey color when quaried? sorry I dont have any photos available at this time. thanks for any info. | ||
| Stone__slate (Stone__slate) New member Username: Stone__slate Post Number: 2 Registered: 05-2009 |
hello, this slate looks a lot like Welsh heather blue slate quarried in the penrhyn quarry in north wales,,, is this monson slate from north America? | ||
| Kwhord (Kwhord) Senior Member Username: Kwhord Post Number: 224 Registered: 10-2006 |
You can use them, just cull them out to make sure the bad apples aren't installed. | ||
| Slate_man (Slate_man) Senior Member Username: Slate_man Post Number: 413 Registered: 01-2007 |
You would want to check each one with a ligth tap to see if any brake , most like being that the is Monson it will be fine. | ||
| Jonma (Jonma) Junior Member Username: Jonma Post Number: 15 Registered: 05-2009 |
Thanks for the help, Walter and Kwhord. I was poking around an overgrown area of the yard and found a stack of extra slates sitting there. Unfortunately, they had been stacked horizontally. Does horizontal stacking weaken the slate (microfractures, etc), even if there are no visible cracks? Or is it OK to use as long as there is no cracking apparent? | ||
| Kwhord (Kwhord) Senior Member Username: Kwhord Post Number: 222 Registered: 10-2006 |
What he said... | ||
| Walter_musson (Walter_musson) Senior Member Username: Walter_musson Post Number: 155 Registered: 07-2006 |
Monson | ||
| Jonma (Jonma) Junior Member Username: Jonma Post Number: 14 Registered: 05-2009 |
Whoops... forgot the pictures. lol They were too big to upload here, but here are the links: Slate 1 Slate 2 Slate 3 Slate 4 | ||
| Jonma (Jonma) Junior Member Username: Jonma Post Number: 13 Registered: 05-2009 |
Would anyone be able to ID this slate? Any info on longevity, quality, where it was quarried, and a rough cost of replacement per-slate (not counting labor, just the slate itself) would be appreciated! |
