If you stick to this general rule your options are shades of black, gray, and brown shingles. I have a cookie cutter 2 story house and went form Oak wood-I think to Williams burg gray and I see now that estate gray does have a green tone to it-I was thinking about that one as well! Glad I didn’t greenish is not in my color pallet.
Roofle considers Class 3 and 4 to be impact resistant. CertainTeed warrants that its shingles will be free from manufacturing defects, and provides the extra assurance of SureStart™ protection. Below are highlights of the warranty for Landmark®. See CertainTeed’s Asphalt Shingle Products Limited Warranty document for specific warranty details regarding this product.
And I thought selecting colors for my interior walls was hard. Finding anything remotely like a true grey was challenging indeed. That’s when I realized it was time to bring in the experts!! And thankfully, I had several to turn to because I’m a member of the online resource Interior Design Community, filled with incredibly talented interior designers and other home experts. There are a multitude of colors and shading levels from which to choose, so chose wisely. PricingRoofle offers an apples to apples price match for final estimates from a licensed roofers.
The faux cedar shakes help balance out the stone and brick. For those who prefer the classic Presidential Shake but with refined performance, the Presidential Shake TL is the upgrade you need. The three layers of material make this shingle the toughest, thickest, and heaviest in the industry, while the sculpted texture makes it suitable for all styles of homes and buildings. Lifetime Architectural shingles come with a lifetime limited transferrable warranty against manufacturing defects. They are also made to be algae-resistant and come with a 10-year StreakFighter warranty. With so many different weathered wood selections you can see how getting an exact shingle color match on a roof repair is very difficult.
American Classic supplied and installed this beautiful roof. The shingles used are CertainTeed Landmark, in the color Weathered Wood. In hindsight, after going through what youre going through, in some ways the close up details of the shingles really don’t matter. It’s what it looks like from a distance and how much of the roof you can see that’s important. And here are my final choices at the warehouse IN the direct sun.
I went to the warehouse, checked out samples and put them up on my roof to see them in the daylight. And frankly I could barely tell the difference, but it did help me make my decision. And who ever knew that the shingle I finally picked turns out to be from their new “Artisan” collection. If you are in a climate with higher temperatures, a lighter roof will reflect the heat of the sun and can make a difference in controlling the temperature of your home. Darker shingles will absorb the heat helping homes in Northern / cooler climates maintain the heat in your home.
I mean who wants to spend countless hours trying to decide what the roof shingle will look like in different light? For this week’s #TextureTuesday I bring you my tale. Exterior siding, stucco, and roof colors by international beginner free printable wildlife wood burning patterns color consultant, Amy Wax. Photography by, and with permission from, Amy Wax. Impact resistant shingles are designed to withstand hail and their durability rating is established by administering the UL 2218 impact test.
