Churches across America topped with DaVinci slate and shake

By DaVinci Roofscapes.

For roofers, church projects can deliver lasting beauty, strong performance and highly visible proof of craftsmanship.

Like an answered prayer, composite slate and shake tiles are helping churches across America reduce long-term roof maintenance while preserving the character that makes each structure special. Whether the need is driven by age, leaks, failing natural materials or storm damage, DaVinci Roofscapes products give roofing professionals a dependable way to combine authentic appearance with jobsite practicality.

Why church projects point to DaVinci

• Authentic character: Slate and shake profiles modeled from natural materials complement historic and contemporary architecture.
• Lower structural burden: Lightweight composite tiles can help avoid the weight and structural costs associated with natural slate.
• Installer-friendly versatility: Tiles can be cut on site for curves, steep slopes, steeples, domes and custom details.
• Weather-ready performance: Available products resist impact, wind, moisture, salt air and everyday deterioration.
• Long-term value: Churches gain a durable roof designed to reduce recurring repair and replacement concerns.
• Visible craftsmanship: High-profile worship facilities become enduring showcases for the roofing contractor.

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Proof on the roof: Projects across America

St. Catherine of Siena — Wichita, Kansas

This 30,300-square-foot expansion added a sanctuary, chapel, classrooms, gym, kitchen and offices. For the project, DaVinci Single-Width Slate covered the main church; DaVinci Multi-Width Slate helped create a uniform appearance on the curved Adoration Chapel. This had multiple benefits, including allowing crews to cut shingles on site, creating an economical solution without premade shapes, and the lightweight nature of the product keeping structural weight and cost low. Greg Tice, AIA, Spangenberg Phillips Tice Architecture, shared some thoughts on the project: “The product is reliable, aesthetically pleasing and has long-lasting value.”

Sacred Heart Ukrainian Catholic Church — Johnson City, New York

This landmark church's 1977 cedar shake roof had deteriorated badly. When it came to replacing it, it was important for the solution to respect the building’s traditional Ukrainian design while providing a longer-lasting alternative. With this in mind, ninety squares of DaVinci composite shake in a Tuscano blend recreated the warmth of the original wood roof. When looking at the new roof, Reverand Teodor B. Czabala, Jr. had this to say, "The new composite shakes look almost identical to the older wooden ones, but these will last so much longer.”

Historic Designs Recreated — Dayton, Ohio

The 150-plus-year-old chapel at the Dayton VA Medical Center originally had a slate roof featuring a large cross and star-studded border. When it was time to replace it, they wanted something that looked like the original design. That's where medium tan and black DaVinci composite slate came in. As Edward Groh of PEDCO put it, "The availability of different shades of tiles made it possible to accurately duplicate the original design.”

Big roofs, fast results and landmark approvals

• Saint John’s Cathedral, Colorado: After approval from the Denver Landmark Preservation Commission, Horn Brothers Roofing installed 245 squares of DaVinci Single-Width Slate.
• Magdalen Catholic Church, Kansas: A full Eaton Roofing and Exteriors crew completed the composite slate roof on the 30,000-square-foot church and gathering space in just nine days.
• Grace Episcopal Church, Ohio: DaVinci Single-Width Slate replaced natural slate that had required constant attention for nearly a century. Reverand Joe Ashby of Grace Episcopal Church shared some thoughts, “After we saw the authentic appearance of the DaVinci product, we knew we’d found the solution to our problem.”
• St. Paul’s Church, Minnesota: Crews installed lightweight DaVinci Single-Width Slate and custom metal details 135 feet above the ground, restoring a century-old steeple.

Storm recovery with historic character

Stone Chapel at Drury University, Missouri

Following hail and wind damage, Kingdom Krafters replaced failing asbestos tiles with Steel Gray Inspire Slate. The Class 4 impact-rated roof, new decking and copper details were completed in less than four weeks. Garret Brumley, of Kingdom Krafters, shared some background info, “This advanced resin product from DaVinci Roofscapes has a Class 4 impact rating… and a slate-style look that complements the historic stone exterior.”

Central Community Church, Kansas

DaVinci Multi-Width Slate crowns a steep 12:12 chapel roof more than six stories high. The lightweight product delivers the look of slate while supporting the church’s goal of minimizing maintenance and replacement concerns.

Tested by Hurricane Harvey — Mustang Island, Texas

On an ocean-front property in Texas, impact-resistant Single-Width Slate tiles were used on roofs and straight mansard applications. They were chosen for their resistance to salt air and sea spray as well as curling, cracking, fading, mold, algae, fungus and insects. But another benefit of the choice quickly became clear when a Category 4 hurricane made landfall six miles away just a few months after the install. With reported winds of 120 to 140 mph, the half-inch composite tiles of the roof performed outstandingly, with only a few shingles blowing off. This protected the conference center from structural damage. Rob Watson, Episcopal Diocese of West Texas, shared, “I was pleasantly surprised that the tiles held their ground.

Match the product story to the church’s need

The roofer’s opportunity

Church roofs demand more than a standard replacement. They require respect for architecture, confidence in performance and a plan for details that may rise more than 100 feet above the ground. The projects across America show that DaVinci composite slate and shake can help roofing contractors answer each of those needs.

• Use samples and color blends to support building committee and preservation reviews.
• Present lightweight composite as a practical alternative to natural slate or wood shake.
• Match profiles to the architecture: Formal Single-Width, dimensional Multi-Width or authentic shake.
• Build the proposal around reduced maintenance, weather performance and long-term value.
• Show proven church projects to turn product claims into credible, visual evidence.

Win the next church project with a roof that honors the past, stands up to the future and puts your craftsmanship on display for generations: Specify DaVinci composite slate and shake.