News: July 2010

Burlington is focusing on targeting architects, planners and developers, asking them to think ‘British’ when specifying roof slate for both new and refurbishment projects.

“We see our roll as being one of protecting the heritage and future of natural slate production here in the UK. As a result, we are campaigning vigorously for specifiers across all levels of the building and construction industry to continue to buy British,” said Burlington’s sales & narketing director, Nick Williams.

Focusing its energies on promoting the virtues of what is a quintessentially British product quarried from the heart of the English Lake District for over 400 years, Burlington’s message is a clear one. Nick added: “If you’re looking to create a roofscape completely in unison with our heritage and which is proven to offer longevity whilst provide an exquisite finish to any home or building, new or refurbished, there is simply no alternative to British slate.”

Firing Burlington’s resolve is the impact that imported materials has had on the UK roofing market over recent years and as a result the company is more defiant than ever to see British product win through.

Carrying the BSI Kitemark to standard EN12326, Burlington’s natural slate roofing is renowned for its longevity and ability to create roofscapes of distinction. Revered by architects worldwide, Burlington’s slate is non-combustible, unaffected by freeze/thaw cycling, atmospheric pollution, acid rain and salt spray. Likewise, it will not rot or delaminate, does not encourage the growth of lichens or mosses and is compatible with all common building materials.

Burlington says that its slate stands as the only true roofing material and whatever the project, it speaks permanence, consideration and quality. Burlington also says that in terms of its environmental credentials, never before has roofing slate been so sympathetically extracted and produced.