hard landscaping Information for Architects and Specifiers
Welsh Slate’s technical team will work with you to bring your landscaping vision into reality through our large range of hard landscaping products.
Paving, monoliths, feature stones, walling and decorative slate chippings can all work together or individually to create stunning landscape designs. Welsh Slate’s Hard Landscaping product range is wonderfully versatile with products such as walling, with a range of finishes, suitable for edging and steps as well as retaining walls.
All applications will naturally weather in the landscape, but the structure is unaffected by moss and lichen growth, so its practical life is measured in centuries rather than years.
Our technical team will help guide you to find the best solutions to any challenges in your hard landscaping design scheme.
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Working with Architects and Specifiers
- Penrhyn® Slate has been designated as Global Heritage Stone Resource, an indication of Welsh Slate’s importance to building heritage Worldwide
- Welsh Slate implement a fully quality assured production process to deliver the best natural slate available
- Welsh Slate will naturally weather in the landscape, but the structure is unaffected by moss and lichen growth, so its practical life is measured in centuries rather than years.
- Welsh Slate’s Hard Landscaping product range is wonderfully versatile with products such as walling, with a range of finishes, suitable for edging and steps as well as retaining walls.
- Welsh Slate is totally unreactive both acid and alkali so runoff from the stone will have no effect on the pH level in the surrounding soil and this chemical stability of Welsh Slate makes it compatible with all other building materials.
Providing digital, virtual and face-to-face support on everything Welsh Slate
Within this section of our website we have numerous resources to support you in designing and specifying Welsh Slate within your project.
Welsh Slate Hard Landscaping Products on NBS Source
Welsh Slate has partnered with NBS to provide a single source for all product information.
This platform brings together the NBS BIM Library, NBS Plus and Product Selector which means all our products can be specified directly into projects by importing the enhanced product data directly from NBS Source using the NBS Chorus cloud-based specification writing platform.
Below is an overview from NBS Source offering the full Hard Landscaping product range all authored to both CAWS and Uniclass 2015 standards. Simply select the relevant Welsh Slate product(s) and highlight the relevant items to match your product and project requirements.
Certification & Data Sheet Downloads
This area of our hard landscaping information for Architects and Specifiers provides an additional level of enhanced product data, in a consistent, structured format to help you save hours of time chasing product information.
ISO 9001 2015
ISO 9001 2015 Penrhyn Quarry
ISO 9001 2015 Cwt-y-Bugail Quarry
ISO 9001 2015 Blaenau Ffestiniog Quarry
ISO 14001 2015
ISO 14001 2015 Penrhyn Quarry
ISO 14001 2015 Cwt-y-Bugail Quarry
ISO 14001 2015 Blaenau Ffestiniog Quarry
Architectural Paving Penrhyn and Cwt-y-Bugail
Slabs for external paving Penrhyn DECLARATION OF PERFORMANCE
Slabs for external paving Cwt-y-Bugail DECLARATION OF PERFORMANCE
Flooring
Internal and external flooring and stairs Penrhyn DECLARATION OF PERFORMANCE
Internal and external flooring and stairs Cwt-y-Bugail DECLARATION OF PERFORMANCE
Copings
Cwt-y-Bugail Coping Product Technical Datasheet
Decorative Aggregates
Product Datasheet
Latest News and Case Studies
Roofing
WELSH SLATE TOPS AN HONOURABLE RESTORATION AT LINCOLN'S INN
Penrhyn Heather Blue slates from Welsh Slate feature on Lincoln’s Inn’s Great Hall, one of London’s most unique buildings
Roofing
WELSH SLATE TOPS A SUSTAINABILITY EXEMPLAR
Roofing slates from Welsh Slate feature on the Duchy of Cornwall’s Nansledan development.
General
PENRHYN QUARRY PLANNING APPLICATIONS
Breedon Trading Limited (trading as Welsh Slate) has submitted two planning applications for Penrhyn Quarry.
Roofing
WELSH SLATE HELPS DOVER MANSION BLOCK FROM ITS WATERLOO
An unusual double-mansard roof on a Grade II listed seafront mansion block is enjoying a new lease of life, thanks to Welsh Slate.
General
OAKELEY QUARRY COMPLEX PLANNING APPLICATION
A planning application has been prepared to extend the workings within the Bryntirion Tip in a northerly direction to release additional raw materials.
Exteriors
WELSH SLATE ENHANCES ITS TECHNICAL SALES TEAM
Leading UK manufacturer of natural slate products, Welsh Slate, has appointed Tim Piatt as technical sales manager for the London and south-east region.
Hard Landscaping
WELSH SLATE WEIGHBRIDGE CHRISTMAS 2021 OPENING HOURS
Final Roofing & Architectural collections Monday 20 December by 4:00pm Final Aggregate collections Monday 20 December by 4:30pm
Roofing
WELSH SLATE HEADS UP SARAH BEENY'S NEW HOME
Roofing slates by Welsh Slate were the material of choice for TV property expert Sarah Beeny’s own home.
Interiors
WELSH SLATE LAUNCHES VISUALISER TOOL FOR FLOORING AND PAIVNG
An online product selector that helps users visualise natural slate in flooring and paving applications.
Hard Landscaping
WELSH SLATE WALLING HELPS NEW HOTEL WIN AN INTERNATIONAL AWARD
The Pig Hotel in Cornwall features rustic walling from Welsh Slate.
General
WELSH SLATE HELPS CELEBRATE WINNING WORLD HERITAGE STATUS
The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales wins UNESCO World Heritage Site status.
Roofing
WELSH SLATE PROVES JUST THE TOPPING FOR QUEEN'S LACE
Cwt-Y-Bugail roof slates feature on a £5 million new-build private house.