Actually, there are three differentiators – thickness, multiple widths and factory collated color blends – that give DaVinci Slate and Shake the authentic look discerning buyers want.

Thickness:  Profiles range from 1/4-inch to 5/8-inch, DaVinci offers multiple synthetic tile options to fit desired look and style.

Multiple Widths: DaVinci slate and shake come in single and mulit-width tile options. All bundles are pre-sorted from the factory, arriving at the job site bundled and pre-sorted by color, creating a distinctive and varied pattern when installed.

Single Widths: DaVinci Slate and Shake are available in single-width only bundles as well as multi-width.

Natural Colors: Unlike other synthetic roofing materials, only DaVinci Slate and Shake tiles can be customized to work seamlessly with your design. Our standard colors are available in more than 50 slate and shake colors, which can be mixed for a custom look. We offer a variety of blends, or you can use our virtually limitless color palette to create a unique color for your project.

DaVinci Slate and Shake have a Lifetime Limited Material Warranty, which includes an industry leading 10-year non pro-rated warranty against manufacturing defects. Download the full warranty here.

We use virgin resin in our roof tiles. While other synthetic tiles may be manufactured from recycled materials such as tires or milk bottles, it is our opinion that the variability found in recycled materials could compromise the long term viability of a roof. Roofing tiles are exposed to extremely harsh conditions (extreme weather, extreme UV, extreme temperature). The only way to assure that a synthetic slate or shake will provide good service for 50 years or more is to consistently produce those tiles to very exacting standards. We do not feel it is possible to meet our high standards for quality and durability using recycled materials.

Every DaVinci roofing tile manufactured is 100% recyclable. Scraps and cuttings from a project, along with unused and used tiles, may be returned to DaVinci in Lenexa, Kansas. Here they will be re-purposed and recycled as starter tiles.

DaVinci also offers a job site waste recycling program. For all projects within 500 miles of Kansas City, roofing tiles and waste free of nails and metal scrap may be shipped back to DaVinci free of charge. For job site locations outside this area, roofing contractors may ship unused tiles back to DaVinci at their own expense for recycling.

DaVinci Slate costs significantly less than installed natural quarried slate of a similar thickness. It is difficult to compare DaVinci Slate with other synthetic slate shingles on an apples-to-apples basis, because DaVinci Slate offers so many extra features:

Thicker profiles
Variety of tile widths
Arrives at the jobsite in pre-collated bundles
Lifetime Limited Material Warranty with 10 year non prorated material and labor guarantee
Optional Renaissance finish with Kynar for additional UV protection
Even with these superior features, DaVinci Slate costs generally the same as the less desirable, old-fashioned “fake slate” shingles. Simply put, DaVinci Slate provides superior value and aesthetic appeal at a comparable installed cost to competitive synthetic slate roof tiles. In all cases, of course, the total installed cost (labor and materials combined) is determined by the contractor based on the specific details of each project.