Cupa Pizarras is a natural slate producer that has quarried and split slate by hand since 1892 and now supplies more than sixty countries. Its roofing slates are graded and traceable from quarry to site, carry a service life of more than a hundred years without colour change, and are offered in a range of formats and thicknesses. The company is certified carbon neutral for its own operations. Alongside roofing slate it produces Thermoslate, a slate-faced solar thermal collector, and Cupaclad, a ventilated rainscreen cladding system in natural slate.
Suitable for: re-roofing period and listed buildings in natural slate where a graded, traceable product is specified, and for slate cladding on new work in historic settings.
Services: natural roofing slate in a range of formats and thicknesses; Thermoslate solar thermal roofing; Cupaclad rainscreen cladding; technical advice; referral to local distributors and installers.
Location: Spanish producer with a UK office; supplied through distributors and installers across the UK.