Bird Cap & Drip Edge in Blackīird caps do more than highlight the peaks of a roof. To accentuate the look of his roof, he bought bird caps. Perhaps more importantly, this premier solar fan will help their insulation work better, keeping energy costs down and preserving the service life of their AC unit. Cooler attic air won’t bake the shingles and accelerate their aging. Attic Breeze solar attic fans solve this issue by continuously removing attic heat during the summer months. Attic BreezeĪttic temperatures in Central Texas regularly reach the mid-hundreds. This homeowner chose to optimize the service life of his new shingles by modifying his old attic ventilation system with an Attic Breeze solar fan. Getting that richness and depth right results in fierce sophistication and dangerous beauty. Owens Corning mastered a timeless color with classic black, gray, umber brown, and a hint of sable. This shingle comes from OC’s line of TruDefinition Duration Designer shingles. The owner decided to go with the 2019 shingle color of the year, Owens Corning’s Black Sable. This homeowner’s insurance adjuster agreed that this roof met the threshold for being totaled and needed to be replaced. While it will break in the extreme condition we believe it will perform better in colder temperatures and will have lower temperature flexibility threshold compare to most competitors products.Ĭomment below what you think and if you have tried installing it yet.This old roof in Georgetown was damaged by the April 2021 hail storm.

Conclusionĭuration Flex is one of the best asphalt shingles on the market, and the best product we have seen from Owens Corning. No one expects for any asphalt shingles to perform well in Siberia in winter time, but point to be made: both tests were not scientific and we don’t feel its fair to compare any products in extremely cold conditions, but since OC performed the test first, we wanted to point that it can be misleading and send the wrong impressions about characteristics on new addition to Owens Corning family of products. Both shingles kept breaking at all points he tried to bend it.ĭoes it mean that flex failed? Not at all. Dmitry placed duration flex and competitor shingle (not class 4) into his freezer for two hours and results were very different. In Owens Corning video shingles were placed in the freezer for 24 hours but the temperature was not disclosed. Scientific or not, but claims were made and Dmitry and roofing insights team were tempted to mimic it. In Owens Corning promotional video, the company claimed shingle performs much better than other class 4 shingles, but have a disclaimer that test “is not scientific”. In the coming month, we will for sure compare how they compare to all competition shingles. Best class 4 shingle we have ever tested.

You could see where it hit but you couldn’t feel it with a touch of your finger on either front or back, nor visually see the dents. If shingle would be flat it would hold water in dents from impact. You could visually see dents, and feel them with your touch. This was the most impressive part.īoth Duration and competition shingle dented deeply.

2″ steel ball was dropped from 20′ height on duration flex, regular duration shingle and competitor shingle (not class 4 rated). Secondly, Dmitry and his team performed a hail simulation test to see how it will hold.

Compared to regular shingles it flexes, it bends and it goes back to original form. Not that it’s applicable but it shows characteristics of a very important feature of innovative roofing product Owens Corning have created. Shingle stands up to its name and flexes easily without cracking. You can literally roll this shingle and its unheard off in asphalt shingle world. Just like other Owens Corning shingles, SureNail Technology is still present and with the combination of new flex technology provides even better strength against blow-offs.ĭmitry Lipinskiy has decided to test Owens Corning new roofing shingle for its claims for flexibility, durability and hail resistance. These shingles are designed in such a way that they deliver improved flexibility and superior performance in harsh weather conditions. Earlier this year (February 13th, 2019) Owens Corning ‘s OC Roofing business launched TruDefinition Duration FLEX shingles, an exclusive blend of SBS polymer modified asphalt, in Nashville, TN.

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