Discontinued Shingles What Went Wrong!?

All over the Atlanta area, we've found two types of discontinued shingles, Atlas Chalet and CertainTeed Horizon. We already have an article for Atlas here, but CertainTeed Horizon is a type we’re only recently starting to find more of. So what’s wrong with these shingles?

For starters, both of these types of shingles very similar in appearance and problems. When these shingles were used, they were a 3 tab shingle but presented the appearance of a dimensional shingle and as such were passed off as dimensional shingles. They were a cheap way for builders to roof houses. It all goes south within the first few years. The granules wear down ten times faster than they should. A tale-tell sign of having one of these shingles, if the roof is less than four years old and a large amount of loose granules are found. Both these shingles can be replaced by minimal amount of wind damage.

While they’re not so common, there’s also T-Lock shingles which were once pretty popular. Rather than be glued together, T-Lock shingles were interlocked together using the T formation of the shingles themselves to snap the shingles into place. This made the shingles very resistant to wind; however, when hail storms came along, it was clear the T-Lock shingles were weak to hail damage. In the same way wind affects Atlas and CertainTeed, if minimal hail damage is found on T-Lock shingles, the insurance will replace the roof.

If you have a defective roof system, you qualify to get a new and improved roofing system. If you've talked to the insurance company before about this matter and they did not accept the claim, our best advice to talk to them again. It may not be an easy process, but with persistence the insurance company will grant your request to protect your biggest investment. When a claim is accepted, we work with the insurance company as well. In most cases, we’ll communicate directly with the team or adjuster assigned and the process of putting on a new roof as soon as possible, and we try to make the process as financially painless for the homeowner as possible.

Of these shingles, the most common and infamous in Georgia is Atlas Chalet shingles which we already have a detailed article about, you can read about at http://www.rcsga.com/#!atlas/c1bul.