RARE ROOFING - One of the Best Steel Shake and Slate Roofing Systems Available
Iron Stone Slate
This profile was designed in-house by Rare and is intended to simulate the look of old world slate. It is an interlocking, hidden fastener system, just like its sister product Ironwood Shake.
The hip/ridge cap on this profile is also interlocking and each cap covers the fasteners on the previously installed cap.
Minimum slope requirements are 3 in 12. This profile is installed directly onto either a solid sheeted deck or partially filled in skip sheathing. It can be installed directly over asphalt as well, depending on local building codes. The IronStone Slate product is available in a variety of color choices as shown below.
The hip/ridge cap on this profile is also interlocking and each cap covers the fasteners on the previously installed cap.
Minimum slope requirements are 3 in 12. This profile is installed directly onto either a solid sheeted deck or partially filled in skip sheathing. It can be installed directly over asphalt as well, depending on local building codes. The IronStone Slate product is available in a variety of color choices as shown below.
Ironwood Shake
IronWood Slate
This is the Ironwood Shake, its a steel roof tile designed to give you the aesthetics of a wooden shake, but unlike wooden shakes the Ironwood Shake lasts a lifetime and never curls or cracks. This profile is installed directly onto either a solid sheeted deck . It can be installed directly over asphalt shingles. It is an interlocking system with hidden fasteners which ensure the panels wont leak. Our Ironwood Shake profile w is available in a variety of color choices as shown below.
About Rare Roof Coatings - Hylar 5000 or Kynar 500
Hylar is a resin used in architectural coatings that has exceptional weathering characteristics. PVDF stands for polyvinylidene fluoride. It is also known as ‘Kynar’, or more properly, Kynar 500®. Kynar 500® is a registered trade mark of Arkema Inc. To quote Arkema, “Kynar polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) resin is one of the most stable and pure of all commercial resins. It resists strong acids, solvents and reducing agents and is used in several industries, including electrical and electronic manufacturing, chemical processing, pulp and paper, and transportation." The word Kynar is being used in everyday conversation the way the trade name Kleenex is used with tissues. However, as long as Arkema continues to protect its right to the trade name Kynar 500®, the generic way to describe it is ‘polyvinylidene fluoride’ or ‘PVDF’. This is not exactly the same thing as a fluorocarbon resin. PVDF is one of several fluorocarbon resins. Another trade name used for PVDF is Hylar® 5000. Hylar® 5000 is a registered trade mark of Solvay Solexis Inc.
