Last Chance to Enter: “Best of the Best 2025” Slate Roofing Competition

Attention Master Roofers members: time is running out to enter CUPA Pizarras’ “Best of the Best 2025” competition! This global celebration of craftsmanship showcases the world’s finest slate roofing professionals, and entries close on 30th November 2025. Now in its fifth year, the competition recognises exceptional skill, precision, and pride in working with natural slate, […]

What should you know about Spanish slates

When choosing natural slate you are opting for the best roofing material: long service life, quality, ecology and beauty. But are all the slates the same? Where can you find the best ones? What is Spanish Slate? Today, most slate used in the UK has a Spanish origin and are used for high end projects, historical […]

How do you sort and grade natural slate roofing?

You can find natural slates in nearly every shape and size you can think of. From our 19 quarries and 22 transformation plants, our quality control team classify our natural slate into three different selections. The R Excellence selection is the result of an extraordinarily rigorous classification process that only passes slates of great flatness and […]