"Travis Jordan" wrote in message
. ..
| wrote:
| But the stuff that HD is currently offering up as slate that I've seen
| barely qualifies as such: it's soft, dirty and prone to falling apart.
| I'd gotten good slate tile from HD about 8 years ago, but lately it
| seems to be really cheap crap.
|
| Amen. My experience too. DO NOT put the HD slate outside. You'll
| regret it.
|
|

Thanks for all the opinions.
How do I purchase good slate? by price, by brand? how do I know some other
tile store has the same one as HD?