Eternit slates show their true new colours

Breakthrough technology adapted from the automotive industry has enabled Eternit Building Materials to launch unrivalled colour guarantees for its lightweight range of fibre cement slates.

Breakthrough technology adapted from the automotive industry has enabled Eternit Building Materials to launch unrivalled colour guarantees for its lightweight range of fibre cement slates.

Investment of £4million in the technology for the coating line at the company's fibre cement slates factory in Widnes, Cheshire, is designed to counter the effects caused by UV rays.

Eternit's premium slate Rivendale, that has a textured surface and dressed edges, now has a colour guarantee of 20 years, as does the Birkdale slate, formerly E3000, that has a flat surface with dressed edges.

Both of these slates are available in three colours.

The 20-year colour guarantee also applies to the Garsdale slate, formerly E2000T, which has a textured surface and square edges.

The remaining product in the range, the lower-priced Thrutone that has a flat surface and square edges, is colour guaranteed for 12 years.

All colour guarantees are in addition to the existing 30-year durability guarantees.

All of the products are compliant with current British and European standards as well as having a BBA certificate.

They are also pre-drilled for quick and easy fixing with simple hand tools.

Investment at the Widnes factory has also been made to the packaging line and the slates that used to be shrink-wrapped with a cardboard hood are now covered in a more robust, full-length cardboard hood covered by a plastic outer.

Eternit slates product manager Mark Hampshire said: "These improvements ensure our fibre cement slates offer remains streets ahead of the competition".

" Customers should be aware there are slight shade differences between the old and new coatings so new and old slates should not be mixed in stock or on the same project.

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