CertainTeed roofing in Houston.

Landmark shingles are laminated architectural asphalt, two layers, with more shadow than a flat three-tab. That is the CertainTeed roof most Houston houses are asking for. We install three lines in that family. Landmark is the core shingle. Landmark PRO is thicker and heavier, with Max Def blends that use more granule colors for contrast. Landmark ClimateFlex uses a polymer-modified asphalt so the shingle stays more flexible, and CertainTeed lists it to UL 2218 Class 4 for impact. Landmark and Landmark PRO are listed to UL 2218 Class 3.

Those listings belong to the product. They are not a promise about the next storm, and they are not a status we hold. We install the line you choose. A replacement is the whole roof: the old shingles come off, we look at the wood, then underlayment, starter, the field, hip and ridge, metal at valleys and walls, and attic vents. A Houston attic runs hot, so the vents are planned with the shingles.

We get on the roof, photograph the slopes, and say whether a repair will hold or the shingles need to come off. We do not cover a worn roof and call it new. Tear-off is how we see the wood. Soft decking shows up where a valley or a vent has been leaking. That wood is extra work, and we stop to show you before the job grows past the roof that was priced. Pipe boots, wall flashing on brick houses in Memorial and Bellaire, and the metal where siding meets the roof are part of the same job.

A walkable one-story replacement is often a few days on site once the shingles are in the yard. Steep, cut-up, or two-story roofs, and any roof that needs new decking, take longer. Rain pauses a tear-off. Shingles are ordered after you approve the line and the color: a wait, then the days on the roof. We tell you both after the inspection.

Spring squalls mark roofs from Katy and Sugar Land through Memorial, Bellaire, River Oaks, and The Woodlands, and the house can still look ordinary from the curb. Hail bruises laminated shingles and knocks granules into the gutters. It also marks soft metal on vents and gutters. Wind lifts edges and pulls flashing at a side wall. The front slope can be calm while the west slope took the hail. We look at all of them before we say the roof needs to come off.

A repair is right when the rest of the roof can still work and a matching shingle exists. Replacement is right when the bruises run across the slopes, the shingles are brittle, or the color is no longer made. South slopes fade faster than north slopes, so a new Landmark bundle beside older shingles often will not blend. We say that before a patch is ordered. If water is coming in, we tarp when the roof is safe to stand on. A tarp is temporary. Hurricane season is June 1 through November 30, and hail is not only a hurricane problem.

If you are filing, we photograph the roof before a tarp hides an opening, when that is safe. We can meet your adjuster on the house and walk through what we saw. The estimate we write is the price of the construction: tear-off, the CertainTeed line you chose, flashing, vents, and any decking we can already see. It is not the amount the claim will pay. You file the claim. Your insurer decides coverage and payment. We are not public adjusters, and we do not give legal advice.

A Texas wind or hail deductible is often a percentage on your declarations page. We do not have that number and we will not invent it. Some policies pay a depreciated amount first. Read yours, or ask your insurer. We install the roof you hire us to install and we do not rewrite it to match a check. If a slope in the claim cannot be matched to the Landmark color on the house, we say so before the shingles are ordered.

Landmark colors people ask for here include Weathered Wood, Moire Black, Georgetown Gray, Heather Blend, Colonial Slate, Driftwood, Resawn Shake, Cobblestone Gray, and Pewter. Landmark PRO uses Max Def blends of several of those names and adds others, including Shenandoah, Red Oak, and Espresso. Landmark ClimateFlex shares names such as Weathered Wood, Moire Black, and Georgetown Gray, and Burnt Sienna is one of its colors. Palettes change. We confirm the current sheet, and what the supplier actually has, before anything is ordered.

Look at a sample on the house in daylight. A phone screen will not show a south slope in July. Darker roofs read hotter on a Houston attic, and a light blend shows dirt sooner on a shaded north slope. CertainTeed publishes algae-resistance information for these lines. We still set the color against the brick or the siding, in River Oaks and West University as much as in Katy. CertainTeed also makes designer shingles. On most of these houses the decision is which Landmark line and which of these colors.

CertainTeed's literature describes wind resistance for Landmark shingles, including a published 110 mph figure and a higher figure, up to 160 mph in that literature, when CertainTeed starter and hip-and-ridge are used. Read the current sheet. Those figures assume the instructions were followed. They describe the product. They are not a promise about one Houston storm, and they are not something we unlock.

We install the nailing pattern in the instructions, starter at the eaves, and hip and ridge. Wind-driven rain in Memorial, Bellaire, and West University usually enters at a valley, a rake, or the metal against brick, not through the middle of an intact slope. Class 4 and Class 3 are reasons to pick a line, not a forecast. Any insurer credit for an impact-rated roof is between you and that insurer. The office is at 511 Crestwater Ct, Houston, TX 77082, Monday through Saturday, 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Call (713) 909-0034 for a free estimate.