Frisco has a lot of newer custom and semi-custom homes with steep, cut-up roofs, stone and stucco, and HOAs that care about how a roof looks from the street. When owners there want the look of slate without the weight and cost of stone, DaVinci composite slate is one of the names that comes up. The question I get most is: Province or Multi-Width? And now and then: “I think I have Bellaforte. What do I do?”
I’m Blake Snow. I’ve been roofing for 30 years, on everything from basic shingles to natural slate, tile and copper. Here’s how the two current DaVinci slate lines compare, using DaVinci’s own tech sheet effective 9/29/2025 and product pages, not a sales pitch.
Who makes DaVinci now
DaVinci Roofscapes is a brand of Westlake Royal Building Products, and its product pages now live on Westlake Royal’s DaVinci site. DaVinci says its tiles are made from virgin resins with UV and thermal stabilizers and a fire retardant, and are made in Lenexa, Kansas and Metamora, Michigan.
DaVinci’s current slate lineup lists four lines: Multi-Width Slate, Single-Width Slate, Province Slate and Inspire Slate. This post compares the two Frisco owners ask about most.
Side-by-side: Province vs. Multi-Width
All numbers below are from DaVinci’s tech sheet effective 9/29/2025 unless noted.
| Province Slate | Multi-Width Slate | |
|---|---|---|
| Tile widths | 12” only | 6”, 7”, 9”, 10” and 12” mixed |
| Tile length | 11.5” | 18” |
| Exposure | Fixed 8” | 6”, 7”, 7.5” or 8” |
| Coursing | Straight | Straight, or staggered at 7” or less (straight only from 3:12 to 4:12) |
| Minimum pitch listed | 3:12 or greater | 3:12 (6” exposure); 6:12 or greater for 7” to 8” |
| Pieces per bundle | 10 | 28 |
| Bundles per square | 15 | 6.4 at 8”; 8.5 at 6” |
| Weight per square | 201 lb | 262.4 lb at 8”; 278.8 at 7.5”; 299.3 at 7”; 348.5 at 6” |
| Nails per square | 600 | 359 at 8”; 476 at 6” |
| Hip and ridge | One-piece hinged (12” or 8” exposure); two-piece over 12:12 | Two-piece 6” or 7”; one-piece hinged |
| Special pieces | Rake, transition and starter pieces made for Province | Starter, solid accessory, turret and 9”/10” accessory pieces |
What that means in plain terms:
- Look. Multi-Width is the one that reads most like a hand-laid natural slate roof, because the widths change across every course and DaVinci pre-sorts bundles by size and color. Province is a single width with a fixed exposure, so it looks cleaner and more uniform. DaVinci introduced Province in 2022 as a more cost-effective single-width slate.
- Weight. Province is the lighter of the two per square on DaVinci’s sheet. Multi-Width gets heavier as the exposure gets tighter, and lower-slope roofs require the tightest exposure.
- Install. DaVinci describes Province as self-aligning, with a backside rib structure and alignment ledge, which speeds up layout. Multi-Width takes more care, because the installer is mixing widths and keeping the joints offset so it doesn’t look patterned.
- Steep, cut-up roofs. Both have hip and ridge pieces. Multi-Width has turret and accessory pieces that help on towers and tight curves. Province has its own rake and transition pieces.
Ratings and warranty (both lines)
On DaVinci’s product pages, both lines are listed with a Class A fire rating, and DaVinci lists Class 4 impact, Texas Department of Insurance among its approvals, and a Lifetime Limited Material Warranty with a 10-year non-prorated period against manufacturing defects. Province’s page also lists Hurricane Wind Performance Rated and Cool Roof colors. DaVinci says it offers more than 50 standard slate and shake colors that can be blended.
Two cautions I give every Frisco owner:
- An impact rating is a lab result. It is not a promise that hail can’t damage the roof, and a material warranty is about manufacturing defects, not storms. Hail is an insurance question.
- Read the warranty document. Registration, installation to DaVinci’s instructions and the listed exclusions all matter. Ask your roofer for the warranty paperwork at closeout.
Which one I’d steer you toward
- Pick Multi-Width when the goal is the most authentic slate look on a showpiece roof: a French or Tudor-style home, a steep main roof seen from the street, or an HOA that wants a natural slate appearance. You’ll want a roof 6:12 or steeper to use the longer exposures.
- Pick Province when you want the composite slate look with a cleaner, uniform pattern, lower weight per square, and a simpler install, or when parts of the roof sit closer to a 3:12 to 6:12 pitch.
- Mixing them on one house is usually a bad idea on the same visible plane, since the tile length and exposure are different. On separate roof sections that can’t be seen together, talk it through first.
If you’re deciding between composite and real stone, our synthetic vs. real slate guide covers weight, lifespan and repair differences. Our DaVinci page and synthetic slate page cover the full lines, and our earlier post on DaVinci Multi-Width Slate in Highland Park and University Park goes deeper on Multi-Width alone.
If your roof is DaVinci Bellaforte
Some DFW homes have an older DaVinci product called Bellaforte. DaVinci’s older tech sheet (04/23) listed Bellaforte Slate as a 12-inch-wide tile, 15.5 inches long, laid at a 12-inch exposure on roofs 4:12 or greater, at about 160 pounds per square.
Bellaforte is not in DaVinci’s current slate lineup, and it isn’t on the 9/29/2025 tech sheet. I haven’t seen a DaVinci notice that states a discontinuation date, so I won’t give you one. What matters for repairs:
- It won’t course in with the current lines. Bellaforte’s 15.5-inch tile at a 12-inch exposure doesn’t line up with Province (11.5 inches at 8 inches) or Multi-Width (18 inches at up to 8 inches).
- Find your paperwork. The install contract, invoice or warranty registration tells you the product, color and install date. That’s what DaVinci’s warranty team will ask for.
- Document problems early. If you see cracked, loose or shifted tiles, photograph them from the ground and have the roof inspected. Then contact DaVinci through the warranty and registration page before any repairs are made, so you don’t affect a possible claim.
- Storm damage is separate. If hail or wind caused the damage, that’s an insurance claim. In Texas you generally have 1 year from the date of loss, but check your policy.
What we do on a Frisco composite slate job
- Check the deck, ventilation and flashing details before we quote, and tell you which DaVinci line fits each roof plane’s pitch.
- Price it with DaVinci’s own pieces (starter, hip and ridge, rake or accessory tiles), not cut-down field tiles.
- Use new step, wall and valley flashing. On high-end homes we often recommend copper; see our post on copper flashing for slate and tile roofs.
- Bring full-size samples for your HOA and give you a free digital photo report.
- Back our work with a workmanship warranty from 10 years up to lifetime, depending on the job.
Talk to us about DaVinci slate in Frisco
We install DaVinci composite slate in Frisco, Prosper, Plano, Southlake and Westlake to DaVinci’s published specs. We’re certified with GAF, CertainTeed, Owens Corning, Atlas, Johns Manville, Carlisle, Tropical Roofing Products, Mule-Hide and Enviroshake, and many other roof manufacturers. We’re BBB A+ rated, with 5.0 stars on Google at all three offices: Bridgeport, Decatur and Rhome. Request a free inspection or call (817) 733-9228.
