Facts About Atlas Chalet

In February 15, 2010, Atlas Roofing Corporation released a statement officially discontinuing Atlas Chalet shingles, but these defective shingles are still on homes in Georgia. Four years after their discontinuation, they're still all over the place in Atlanta. They affect the decision to buy a home, sell a home, or continue living in a home. It may seem like it's just a shingle, but shingles are meant to protect the house from the elements such as rain and wind, as well as add value to the home. When a shingle fails to protect your home it opens the door to leaks that damage the ceiling, walls and floors of your home and that's even accounting for if leaks start right above your valuables. A failure of your roof performing can be the cause of more extensive damage to your home, and Atlas Chalet from the time they were installed fail to perform. In this blog we're going to reveal the things homeowners need to know about Atlas Chalet and why it's urgent to get a home inspection if you've been told or you suspect you have these defective shingles and that's it's not something to wait around on.

Types of Home

Atlas Chalet was a popular shingle type in the mid 2000's. It was used by home builders as a cheap means of roofing houses, and it was used on several houses big to small, but the main target was upper class homes. We've seen all sizes of homes with this shingle type but our resident inspectors can usually determine an Atlas Chalet neighborhood based on if it has a big fancy entrance. The Richmond Place neighborhood in Loganville even had a gazebo at its entrance with, you guessed it, Atlas Chalet shingles on it that worked with the HOA to replace along with several homes in that neighborhood. Chances are if your home was built between 2005 and 2009, you have Atlas Chalet and your chances only increase with how much the house is worth.

Appearance

Atlas Chalet are a faux-laminate shingle, meaning they're flat 3-tab shingles meant to give the illusion of  architectural or 3-dimensional shingles. The architectural shingle typically has a step-and-repeat pattern with several squares stepping and repeating, while the 3-tab has a brick pattern. If you'll look at Atlas Chalet, they retain a brick pattern with mini squares are meant to look like architectural's step-and-repeat but where those are separate shingles with a true architectural shingle, they are just built up granules on Atlas Chalet. The architectural shingle also has a shadow for the shingle that "step out" of the roof, with Atlas Chalet there's a shadow only because they used darker granules to emulate a shadow. If the shadow is the same regardless of the time of day, it's probably the "painted on" shadow of Atlas Chalet.

Problems

The Atlas Roofing Corporation gave the Chalet shingles a 30-year warranty, but after discontinuing the product they did not honor the warranty which is because most Atlas Chalet roofs don't even last 10 years. They also lose granules much faster than other roofs causing problems for gutters and downspouts and exposing the asphalt to the sun. The shingles only wear within a few years and easily dent and blister without hail even causing it. The shingles are also vulnerable to heavy wind storms, creasing and tearing where even normal 3-tab roofs hold up.

Trust Us

If you see these signs on your roof, you should have a roofing contractor send a resident inspector to take a look of the home and give their opinion. If they discover it is Atlas Chalet and compromised by wind, they can work with your insurance company to get you a roof. We recommend calling us at 1-844-5RESTORE to come out and take a look, the inspection's free and we're licensed, insured, and are backed by the BBB. We can list all the reasons but you don't have to take our word for it, as are backed by our gallery and customer testimonials.

One More Thing

When getting a roof replaced, don't settle for less than a true architectural shingle. Some insurance companies try to replace the roof with 25 year 3-tab shingles which is alright but your home was built with shingles meant to be architectural so we make sure you get an architectural roof. We make sure you get the best as we only replace Atlas Chalet with GAF Timberline, they have a limited Lifetime warranty and they've been tested to protect homes the way they were meant to.