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Need help to choose your slates? Looking for information on installation or how to succesfully renovate your roof? Or want to know how to maintain our products? You will find all the answers you need here.

Etex Ireland Shortlisted for Health & Safety Excellence Award
18/02/2025
Etex Ireland Shortlisted for Health & Safety Excellence Award
Etex Ireland has been recognised for its commitment to workplace safety, earning a spot as a finalist for the Health & Safety Excellence Award in Manufacturing. Discover how our team drives continuous improvement in health, safety, and compliance.
Octabuild Awards 2022 - Enter Now
03/05/2022
Octabuild Awards 2022 - Enter Now
Octabuild have officially launched the 2022 Octabuild Builders Merchant Excellence Awards. For the first-time in the history of the Awards, will be an all-island competition to recognise excellence in the builders merchant trade on the island of Ireland. Enter now at octabuild.ie/awards
Etex are proud to be part of the Guaranteed Irish House Movement
19/04/2022
Etex are proud to be part of the Guaranteed Irish House Movement
Cedral, part of the Etex Ireland group, are on a mission to build a more beautiful world, one home at a time, with smart, sustainable, safe and beautiful materials. We are proud to be part of the Guaranteed Irish House movement, an initiative by Guaranteed Irish which is Ireland’s first national listing of construction sector businesses based in Ireland, offering architects, engineers, quantity surveyors and interior designers a listing of locally produced raw building materials and home furnishings for both private and commercial builds.
BES 6001 Explained
24/06/2020
BES 6001 Explained
BES 6001 is the ‘Framework Standard for the Responsible Sourcing of Construction Products’ by the BRE. And, so in demonstrating the company’s continued commitment to sustainable buildings, Cedral manufactured fibre cement slates achieve a ‘Very Good’ performance rating.
Using BIM for slates
Using BIM for slates
In the construction world, BIM has become a trendy, frequently used term. BIM stands for ‘Building Information Modelling’, which creates a digital 3D-model and virtual rendering of a building. BIM models consist of objects linked to data on, among others, technical specifications.
How much does a slate roof cost?
How much does a slate roof cost?
When you’re building a house or renovating a roof, you’re bound to have tons of questions. One of the most pressing questions is obviously: ‘What does a new roof cost?’. Given the huge range of options, there is no one-size-fits-all answer.