Tru-Slate by GAF ????
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dennis
Jed,
Headlap would be the lap under the third course above.
A 24" tall slate would have an 10 1/2" exposure with 3" headlap.
Tru slate has for example a 12" tall slate with 10" exposure. There's the savings.
Old School
and there goes the head lap!
GSD
If it tells you how good they are doing, They are one of G-Tapes accounts. G-Tape made a special tape for their layout. They used to make a 5-10 case order per quarter for the last 2-3 years, last year they made none. This year they haven't made one either. As far as I know, they still have the tapes in all the installation pics. I just don't think they are selling it.
Old School
Boy Sean, that doesn't sound good for them or for you!
Jed
dennis Said: Jed,I know what headlap is Dennis, and I never go less than four, I don't care what the pitch.Headlap would be the lap under the third course above.
A 24 tall slate would have an 10 1/2 exposure with 3 headlap.
Tru slate has for example a 12 tall slate with 10 exposure. Theres the savings.
egg
It has been awhile since I looked over the TruSlate info and I'm too lazy today to do it now, but I would guess there is a headlap in that system, just not a headlap with stone in it. I put together a bid for this system a year ago, per request of owner as directed through architect and then builder. It was one of three alternates requested. At the last minute I balked. Submitted prices for the three alternates with the caveat I would not install the TruSlate, even as bid. Quite strange I suppose, but in the end they went for one of the other proposals. I don't mind labor savings, but it doesn't save any labor when you are waking up in the middle of the night logging hour after unbillable hour of tossing and turning time. It would probably be a viable system in my weather zone and no doubt look good, be easy to repair, but I just don't want to bite.
TomB
Mike,
I think we did a total 4 projects, (in Denver, Co), with it, 7 or 8 years ago....Before GAF bought it....it's still on and is performing fine....Although, I wouldn't put it on my house, or a house I was building to sell....The slate came mostly from China, (not that there's anything wrong with that). It is slate; The "savings" is that your using 1/2 the slater you typically would use, amd substituting the balance with a polypropelene liner....it may just work out fine. Time will tell....For the money, I don't think it's worth the risk in the long-term. It's not cheap.....By the time you fiddle with the SS hooks, liner, etc....For us, the labor actually came out more than if we had installed a regular/authentic slate system.
Oh yeah, the best part; The importer/manuf., had pumped us all full of BS, that we would be some sort of exclusive rep/distributor, only to sell it to any whore that came along....Apparently GAF bit.....
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