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(Tip: When you're paying this much for the material, you want a slate specialist to install it.) All told, the cost of installing a slate roof can range from about $1,500 to over $5,000 per square. On a 30-square (3,000 square-foot) roof, that's a price tag of $45,000 to $150,000 for the whole job. Now, back to the question of affordability, or more precisely, relative affordability.
1 The cost of a slate roof can be anywhere from around $10 to $40 per square foot installed and as much as $75 per square foot or more. 2  For a 1,500 square foot roof, that works out to approximately $15,000 to $112,500. 3  Synthetic roofing slate costs roughly $6 to $12 per square foot installed. Synthetic roofing slate costs roughly $6 to $12 per square foot installed. 2  The total cost for a 1,500 square foot rough might be $9,000 to $18,000. 3  Some homes may not be able to support a heavy slate roof without structural reinforcement.