<html><head></head><body>Slate is a natural material, quarried from sedimentary rock, they tend to be very smooth and not overlap too much. Usually found on older buildings, are rare on modern buildings unless they are in a conservative area and need to fit in.<br><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate#/media/File%3ASt_Fagans_Tannery_7.jpg">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate#/media/File%3ASt_Fagans_Tannery_7.jpg</a><br><br>Tiles are moulded from clay and are designed to lock together and overlap. Common on more modern buildings.<br><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roof_tiles#/media/File%3ARoof-Tile-3149.jpg">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roof_tiles#/media/File%3ARoof-Tile-3149.jpg</a><br><br>Phil (trigpoint)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 10 March 2023 18:53:09 GMT, Timothy Noname <hervbeof@gmail.com> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="auto">How are slate roof tiles totally different to roof tiles? <div dir="auto">They are both manufactured to a certain size and laid in an overlapping pattern?</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 10 Mar 2023, 17:19 Philip Barnes, <<a href="mailto:phil@trigpoint.me.uk">phil@trigpoint.me.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Fri, 2023-03-10 at 16:01 +0000, Timothy Noname wrote:<br>
> Slate roof tiles<br>
> roof:material=slate<br>
> Or<br>
> roof:material=roof_tiles<br>
> <br>
> I admit I've used both in the past.<br>
<br>
Tiles are totally different to slates, I would never consider a slate<br>
to be a tile.<br>
<br>
Other than being used for roofing, they are different and easily<br>
identified.<br>
<br>
Phil (trigpoint)<br>
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