Roofing Shingles Reviews 2015

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Roofing shingles reviews 2015.

Dimensional roofing shingles are preferred by today s discerning homeowners. In canada lowe s and other retailers sell iko shingles to the public. A note on shingle pricing. I have lived in my home for over 15 years since i built and have never had a leak or a problem with my roof.

Three tab asphalt shingles are a linear traditional style that is rapidly declining in popularity and gradually disappearing altogether. Check our latest roofing ratings for detailed results for 16 different lines of asphalt roofing shingles. Best shingle according to consumer reports. Average iko consumer ratings are poor dragged down by widespread failure.

Consumer reports determined the best roof shingles. It still has a great look to it but the performance to me is the most important i would choose owens corning again if i was to ever build a house again. Consumer reports just finished its first comprehensive review of asphalt roofing shingles in more than a decade and found that the best of the batch are more than twice as strong as the. In a series of consumer reports tests designed to ascertain the best asphalt roof shingles they discovered that the leading shingles outperformed the others by more than 50 in efficacy.

Below cr members with digital access can read ratings and reviews of three top performing shingles from our tests. Asphalt roofing shingles are available in two primary forms. This is a new contender in the realistic looking shake style category with seemingly random cut tabs and triple layer technology similar in some aspects to certainteed s presidential and landmark tl. We built a new house in 2012 purchase 40 year duration shingles and after only 8 days a few blew off.

They never sealed down to the roof and within a year large. Gaf introduces this shingle in late 2015 and it has been a hit. That makes them popular. Iko asphalt shingles enjoy moderate sales volume across the us and have been one of canada s top brands.

Poor product and worse customer service i reviewed with bbb so i will not go into as much detail here we purchased and had 30 year tamko heritage shingles put on new construction in 2007 had a leak in march 2020 13 years old and while looking found a bigger problem than we knew the granules were coming off and the fiberglass base sheet exposed all over the roof. But they re not as durable as other types of shingles. Most roofs about four out of five homes in north america have them.