Roof Shingles 30 Year Warranty

The specific length of the tru protection period varies by type of warranty and shingle installed.

Roof shingles 30 year warranty.

As of january 1 2011 most of these shingles carry a limited lifetime warranty even though the shingles themselves have not changed. They may cover one hundred percent of the replacement cost of defective shingles for five or ten years. In our environment a typical 30 year shingle can be expected to last approximately 15 20 years. The golden pledge limited warranty provides all of the same coverage available in the silver pledge limited warranty but the workmanship coverage lasts for 20 25 or 30 years depending on the type of shingles you choose to install.

The 30 year shingles are covered by the manufacturer for any defects that occur before and after the shingles are laid on the roof. Depending on point of view repair costs could be 20 towards the roof replacement. Your manufacturer s shingle warranty is intended to provide coverage against product or manufacturing defects for a certain length of time usually 20 to 50 years ensuring that the manufacturer will make the necessary repairs or replacements to defective parts within that term. Please refer to the warranty table for the shingle you are considering.

Laminated or architectural shingles used to be rated as 30 year 40 year 50 year or lifetime. Shingles are not apples to apples and neither are the warranties. If it costs 10 000 to replace the roof today. While nearly all shingles come with limited warranties the 30 and 50 year shingles have more specific guarantees that come with the product.

Each warranty starts with a tru protection period during the initial years where coverage includes labor cost to repair replace defective materials. Or wait 3 years with repairs costs 2 000.