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News Release from: Marley Eternit | Subject: Marley Eternit's Melbourn interlocking slates
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 18 July 2006
Interlocking slates for apartment roofs
Bicester Roofing has worked with Berkeley Homes on a development of 16 mixed community apartment blocks whose roofs were fitted with Marley Eternit's Melbourn interlocking slates.
Bicester Roofing has worked with Berkeley Homes on a development of 16 mixed community apartment blocks whose roofs were fitted with Marley Eternit's Melbourn interlocking slates The site is an old bus depot in Oxford and includes both social and private housing
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 22 Jul 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Nathan Staniford, estimator at Bicester Roofing, chose the Melbourn interlocking slate to help balance aesthetics with the cost efficiencies and low maintenance demands required for social housing.
He said: "We are seeing an increasing use of the slate look as authorities seek to recreate natural roofscapes that blend in with the skyline.
We recommended Marley Eternit's Melbourn interlocking slate because it is a lightweight product that closely resembles natural slate but is easier and faster to install. Request a free brochure from Marley Eternit ...
Sarah Hanlon, product manager at Marley Eternit, added: "The experience that Bicester Roofing had at the Old Bus Depot site reinforces our view that the increasing focus on mixed community developments is placing a renewed focus on modern manufactured alternatives to traditional roofing materials.".
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