Hi everybody! This is Tracy Bookman owner of Homestead Roofing and welcome to today's
rigorous weekly walk in the park where we take three minutes to answer your
questions about roof repairs, roof replacements, and the insurance claim
process. Today we're going to answer your question why didn't my shingles last
thirty years like the guy told me they were going to?
First of all, let's clear up a misconception about the thirty year
thing. 30 year, 40 year, 50 year, those are all designations that the shingle
manufacturers placed on their singles but that number does not indicate (I don't know if you can hear me or not over the wind) that
number does not indicate how long the shingles are going to last. That number
is how long of a manufacturer's warranty you're getting from the manufacturer. So
basically that number says that that's how long the manufacturer is warranting
the product against manufacturer's defect. Second of all let's clear up
another misconception. It may be that the salesman for the roofing contractor that
you spoke to told you that the shingles were going to last 30 years.
He may have indicated that he may have applied that. I don't know cause I wasn't the one who told you that.
But what we see most of the time happening is that the homeowner is
simply misunderstanding what the salesman has told the homeowner. So the
salesman may have said this has the 30 year manufacturer warranty and maybe all
he said he may not have explained it very well but that translates
and the homeowners mind that that's how long the shingles going to last. And so
then after the next major hailstorm after a year or two years or five years
or you know on average seven years the homeowner is wondering hey why didn't my
shingle last thirty years like the guy told me it would. So the misconception is
that the roofing contractor salesman communicated that there was a 30-year
warranty on the shingles. The homeowner perceived that he was saying that that's
that's how long the shingles are going to last when that may not be what he said. It
may be that that's what he communicated and if he did he was wrong. In summary
please remember that the 30 year, 40 year, 50 year designation, does not indicate how long your shingle is
going to last especially here in El Paso County, Colorado where we get so much
hail there's so much wind and the sun is so intense. If there's no storm you're
doing pretty well if you're shingle last you 20 years maybe 25 years
at the tops. So don't get confused about that number. If you've got any other
questions about roofing, about your shingles, about something that another
roofing contractor has told you, please give us a call at our office phone
number right up here 719.433.6991 or you
can visit our website where we've got a ton of other information for you.
Tips, videos, education, the scam alerts all that you can visit our website right
down here HomesteadRoofingColorado.com otherwise I'm Tracy Bookman and
we'll see you on our next weekly walk in the park when hopefully it's a little bit warmer.