LudoSlate

Ludowici LudoSlate is a lightweight interlocking terra-cotta roof tile with the texture and chiseled edges of natural slate. It can be installed in straight rows or staggered. LudoSlate Premier is the random-width version, offered in three sizes.

LudoSlate is made in the United States and is offered in 12 standard slate colors or custom colors or blends. The tiles are ASTM Grade 1 and Class A fire resistant.

• Weight per square: 598 pounds (LudoSlate), 676 pounds (Premier)
• Pieces per square: 109 (LudoSlate), 119 (Premier: 100 full, 9 two-thirds, 10 half)
• Overall size, LudoSlate: 10 3/4 inches by 16 inches
• Overall size, Premier: 5 3/4, 7 3/4 and 10 3/4 inches wide by 16 inches long
• Exposure, LudoSlate: 10 1/8 inches by 13 inches
• Exposure, Premier: 5, 7 and 10 1/8 inches wide by 13 inches
• Minimum slope: 3:12
• Base texture: Quarried Slate

Premier widths do not arrive pre-blended. Each width is packed on its own and the installer blends them on the roof.

The base texture, Quarried Slate, is the texture of Ludowici's Lexington Slate clay tile. Weathered is listed as a custom texture. The 3D texture treatments shown are Aged Cedar, Brunswick Black, Strata Gray Impressionist and Vermont Gray Black.

Standard color blends: Antiqued Brunswick Black, Antiqued Montpelier Green, Antiqued Slate Gray, Brunswick Black, Ebony Mist, Montpelier Green, Mottled Green Purple, Plumstone, Slate Gray, Slate Red, Strata Gray and Vermont Gray Black. All standard and custom colors, and custom textures, are also available.

Recommended blend groupings for an authentic slate look are:

• Antiqued Brunswick Black, Brunswick Black and Ebony Mist
• Antiqued Montpelier Green, Montpelier Green and Mottled Green Purple
• Plumstone blend
• Antiqued Slate Gray, Slate Gray and Slate Red
• Vermont Gray Black

• Miami-Dade NOA No: 13-0430.08
• Miami-Dade NOA No: 23-0125.11 (interlocking and XL tile)
• State of Florida Approval No: FL 13777
• ASTM C1167 Grade 1 Roof Tile with water absorption less than 2%
• Class A fire rated
• IAPMO UES ER-452, edition ER-0452-2026
• Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) approved, evaluation report RC309
• Florida Building Code evaluation report
• Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)
• OSHA GHS safety data sheet (2014) and China GHS safety data sheet (2014) for glazed and unglazed clay roofing tile

LudoSlate is trimmed with left and right detached gable rakes, an end band and an under eave piece, weighing 2.8, 5.5 and 2.3 pounds. Both rakes and the end band are 16 inches long, exposed 13 inches. The under eave is 12 inches.

Hip and ridge trim comes in four groups for LudoSlate: V-Hip and Ridge, #118/#211, Circular Cover and #102/#206. Each group has a hip starter and hip and ridge pieces, and the sheet adds closed ridge ends and terminals.

The accessory pieces named for this tile are:

• Terminal: a tile installed at the intersection of hips and ridges
• Ridge tile: shaped to cover the uppermost horizontal part of the roof
• Hip starter (bullnose): installed at the bottom of a hip
• Closed ridge end: a closed-end tile installed at the gable end of a ridge
• Hip tile: covers the external angle formed by two sloped planes

Installation drawings are published in PDF and AutoCAD formats, numbered in the LSLATE series:

• LSLATE-100: section at eave with under eave
• LSLATE-101: section at eave with cant strip
• LSLATE-102: section at side wall
• LSLATE-103: section at head wall
• LSLATE-104: section at rake edge with detached rake
• LSLATE-105: section at rake edge with 90 degree rake
• LSLATE-106: section at rake edge with rake flashing
• LSLATE-200: section at hip
• LSLATE-300: section at ridge
• LSLATE-400: section at field cut valley

An English interlocking tile installation manual covers the profile.

All Ludowici tiles carry a 75-year warranty against color fading and manufacturing defects. LudoSlate is one of the slate-look clay tile roofing products in the Ludowici range, alongside Lexington Slate in the slate category. LudoShake is the shake-look companion in the interlocking range.