Month: November 2015
Welsh slates may well be the best in the world as they are easy to split yet very strong and durable. These qualities mean that they are particularly suitable for roofs (water and ice don’t affect them at all), billiard and laboratory tables and electrical switchboards (slate doesn’t burn or conduct electricity). In Tudor times,
And for those of us that don’t know the world famous folk song or think we’ve all ’gone bonkers’ at All Slates – fear not. In translation the title means “On Ilkley Moor without a hat”. It’s a love song in essence about Mary Jane who is to being wooed by her pretender, a young
All Slates, the roofing reclaim experts have been key in the housing regeneration scheme in Klondyke, Bootle. All Slates used specialist machinery in Klondyke in order to ensure the safe salvage of Welsh slate.
A Mill being re-roofed by a sheeting company provided All Slates with the chance to reclaim some exceptional Yorkshire Greys. For more information call David on 01829 262 600.
A Glossop Mill gave All Slates the opportunity to demonstrate its turn-key project management skills. With 5,000 slates to be reclaimed on a site with heavy traffic running by its side, the All Slates team had to project manage the whole salvage operation. A 5.00am start with controlled road closure and traffic management meant that
The site of one of the largest ever regeneration schemes in the North of England, Horwich Loco Works, has been witness to one of All Slates’ greatest challenges. Jimmy Mitchell, on-site Director of All Slates said: “We are salvage experts with a speciality in Welsh Slates and as such we are both equipped and ready