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SSQ UK Ltd

Natural Roofing Slate & Natural Flooring Slate Products

The SSQ Group is one of the world’s leading suppliers of slate and phyllite for use by the construction industry. Formed in 1983, it has built a worldwide reputation for sourcing and marketing high-quality, natural slate products for roofing and architectural use.

The company’s success can be directly attributed to its long-term partnerships with some of the world’s premier slate quarries, partnerships that ensure a consistent supply of premium-quality roofing slates on an exclusive basis. In 2003, SSQ strengthened its portfolio by acquiring La Florida Quarry in Argentina, a major source of phyllite.

Products

Forged by nature over millions of years, slate and phyllite have ‘beauty-and-the-beast’ characteristics that make them exceptional natural building materials. Phyllite is closely related to slate and could be considered ‘super-slate’ as it shares slate’s essential features but surpasses its qualities being generally stronger and more resilient.

Slate and phyllite have been used as a building material for thousands of years, their properties making them ideal for roofing, cladding and flooring. SSQ offers a choice of eleven different roofing slates in a wide selection of sizes and grades. Its architectural stone products are available either in off-the-shelf sizes or to meet a unique specification.

SSQ markets its slate-based roofing products under well-known brand names that include Del Carmen®, Matacouta® and Domiz® roofing slates and its phyllite-based products as Riverstone® roofing slates and architectural stone.

Quality

Quality is a cornerstone of SSQ’s marketing philosophy, its relationships with the quarries that supply the products ensure high quality-control standards are agreed and achieved.

All SSQ roofing slates carry the CE marking and have received an ‘A1-S1-T1’ classification in the three key performance tests set by EN 12326. SSQ architectural stone has been tested in accordance with both EN 12057 and EN 12058 and also carries a CE marking.

A combination of appearance, availability and quality has led to a number of SSQ’s roofing slates being approved for use as an alternative to indigenous slates by the UK’s principal conservation agencies.

Sustainability & Environmental Impact - Natural Slate Materials

Although slate and phyllite are non-renewable resources, the amount available is immeasurable and, providing they are quarried responsibly, their use as a building material makes very little impact on either total stocks or the environment.

The two most frequently used methods of comparing the environmental impact of building materials – BREEAM and the Inventory of Carbon and Energy – show the use of roofing slate has very little impact on the environment: BREEAM gives slate an ‘A’ rating and ICE’s more objective results show it to be far less damaging than either clay or concrete tiles.

Services

SSQ offers a comprehensive support service that includes:

Advice on all aspects of slate roofing
Advice about low-pitch (to 17.5°) & complex roof designs
Advice about using slate in heritage & conservation areas
An NBS specification service
An installation method-statement against an individual roof-design
A quantity take-off services direct from your drawings
Onsite advice, support & supervison during construction
Brochures, technical data sheets, samples & a quarterly newsletter
A RIBA-approved CPD seminar – An Introduction to Roofing Slate

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SSQ UK Ltd
301 Elveden Road
London
NW10 7SS

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Tel: 020 8961 7725

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Chafford Gorges Nature Park Visitors Centre, UK – SSQ Del Carmen® Blue-black roofing slate

Hotel Potrero de los Funes, Argentina –
SSQ Riverstone® floor tiles

Prestonpans Library, Scotland –
SSQ Riverstone® Grey roofing slate

Woodside Green Christian Centre, UK –
SSQ Riverstone® Grey roofing slate

Designer Bathroom, UK –
SSQ Riverstone® wall cladding

Luton Hoo, UK –
SSQ Sarria® Blue roofing slate

Private Dwelling (Driveway), UK –
SSQ Riverstone® setts

Shopping Mall, Sweden – SSQ Riverstone® floor tiles

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