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Centennial*Slate  

Centennial Slate offers the most luxurious architectural look to your roof, accurately duplicating the rich look of authentic blended slate

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Innovative new technology invented by Certainteed allows specific color to be applied to each shingle tab individually with a precision previously only found in nature. Centennial Slate replicates the true look of blended slate with uncanny accuracy, but at a fraction of the cost and weight.

After a century of setting and surpassing the highest standards in the roofing industry, Certainteed presents its crowning achievement: Centennial Slate. This new shingle is the first in a new generation of asphalt roofing shingles made possible by this new patented color application system.

Where most shingle colours are added to the top of shingles in a manner similar to "Seeding the grass" with a random overall colour spread, Centennial Slate colours are precisely placed on each tab. This creates an individual piece look just like real slate, especially with the authentic blended slate colours selected by Certainteed for their palette of blends and colours. The size and scale of each Centennial Slate tab is also similar to real slate thus adding to the realism.

The basic format of this shingle is designed as a "Super Shangle". This is a patented and ingenious design in which two full-sized 18" x 36" base shingles  are laminated together to simulate the profile of natural slate, providing FOUR FULL LAYERS of weather protection when installed.  This "Super Shangle" design was awarded Consumer Reports No.1 Rated shingle in 2003, for Certainteed's "Grand Manor".

And to ensure this handsome profile endures unblemished, a special formulation of copper granules within this shingle protects your roof for a full 15 years against the streaking and discoloration that can be caused by air-borne algae.

With Centennial Slate looking this good we often question why one would select some of the synthetic or plastic slates which are often double the price of this Super Shangle, but often those synthetic slates do not provide the architectural drama of this exciting shingle. Fiberglass shingles such as the Centennial Slate are easily installed, and will save the consumer hundreds of dollars per "roofing square" installed. Many of the synthetic slates are mono-toned and thin thereby not equating to the look of the Centennial Slate.

The exception to the above statement would be a plastic slate called DaVinci Slate which has an amazing realistic likeness to real slate, and it also has pre-blended colours with multi-size widths. But again one will pay around $200 more per square for the DaVinci on the materials alone, and with labour you can almost double the difference.

So if you want the realism of authentic quarried slate in blended colours like real slate can have, and if you do not have a "Rockefeller" budget to install the real slate, we suggest taking a hard look at Certainteed's Centennial Slate for a durable and compelling roof.  

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