— Slate Roofing
Natural and DaVinci synthetic slate — the roof that outlives the house. DaVinci Masterpiece-certified installation for DFW's premier custom and historic homes.
Slate is the roof that outlives the house. Natural quarried slate routinely lasts 100 years or more — roofs installed in the 1920s are still watertight today. DaVinci synthetic slate replicates the aesthetic with modern material science, offering 50+ year warranties at roughly 40% of the weight and a lower price point. Both are generational roofing, not twenty-year roofing.
Knox Roofing is DaVinci Masterpiece certified — the manufacturer-authorized installer tier, held by a limited number of DFW roofers. Slate installation is unforgiving. A single mis-placed fastener or a rushed flashing detail is the difference between a century of performance and a decade of problems. We send only trained crews, and every slate roof is supervised on-site by a Knox owner.
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— Visual Breakdown
Three slate options Knox installs across DFW — natural, synthetic, and metal slate-style. The choice comes down to architecture, structural capacity, and budget.
Quarried stone, hand-fastened. The original generational roof — 75 to 200+ year lifespan, copper flashings, and a depth of color and texture that no synthetic fully matches. Heaviest of the three, requires structural review. The right call for landmark and Highland Park-grade custom homes.
Engineered polymer molded from real slate, with 50-year warranties and roughly 40% of the weight. The right answer when slate is the architectural intent but the structure, the budget, or the HOA push back on natural. Knox is DaVinci Masterpiece-certified — the manufacturer-authorized installer tier.
Standing-seam or stamped panels detailed to read as slate at distance — the modern, cost-conscious alternative for transitional architecture. Lightest of the three, fastest install, and a 50+ year service life when fabricated and flashed correctly. We make ours in our own sheet metal shop.
— Why Knox
Slate is an unforgiving material. These are the details that get it right.
One of a limited number of Masterpiece-tier installers in DFW — with the training to back it up.
We install quarried slate when authenticity matters, and DaVinci synthetic when weight, cost, or color consistency is the priority.
Slate roofs installed in the 1920s are still watertight today. This is generational roofing.
Every slate is hand-placed, hand-fastened, and hand-detailed — there is no machine shortcut for this work.
Slate is a consequential decision. We'll walk your home, review the structure, and talk through natural vs. DaVinci honestly.
Schedule Free InspectionSlate requires a slower, more deliberate process than shingle or metal. Here's how ours runs.
Natural slate is heavy. We inspect your home, review structural capacity, and talk through how the roof should read against the architecture.
We bring samples on-site, walk you through natural quarried slate vs. DaVinci synthetic, and match color, profile, and thickness to your home's intent.
Every slate is hand-placed and hand-fastened. Flashings are copper, fabricated in our in-house sheet metal shop to your roof geometry.
We walk the roof with you, register your DaVinci or natural-slate warranty, and hand over a full photo archive for your records.
Natural slate: 75–200+ years. DaVinci synthetic slate: 50+ year warranties. Either one will typically outlive the current homeowner.
Not necessarily. Natural is heavier, more expensive, and requires structural review. DaVinci gives 90% of the look with 40% of the weight and a lower price point.
Very likely — Highland Park and Preston Hollow have plenty of homes built for slate-weight roofs. For others, we coordinate a structural review first.
Copper, almost always — it outlasts galvanized and patinas beautifully. Fabricated in our in-house sheet metal shop to your roof's geometry.
— Your next roof starts with a phone call
Free inspection, written scope, no pressure. A Founder-led walk-through of exactly what your roof needs — and what it doesn’t.
— What homeowners say
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