Shingle Roofing
Aesthetics
When replacing your roof some considerations should be quality installation, product selection, durability, and appearance. Your roof covers almost 50% of your home’s exterior so it is important to be sure that you have an attractive roof that also performs well. There are hundreds of shingle choices available. Our sales professionals can help you decide on a shingle selection to match your existing architectural style and detail, or give it a new look with a change in color and shingle type. We can install designer shingles that resemble slate or cedar, as well as the traditional strip shingles and dimensional shingles, offering 25 year to limited lifetime warranties.
Performance
You, the discretionary homeowner, want to have the most appealing shingles installed on your home and you need them to be installed correctly. With so many shoddy roofing contractors out there that have given “roofers” a bad name over the years, you need to be careful to hire the right one. Fichtner Services has installed thousands of shingle roofs over the last 16 years and is a GAF Master Elite contractor. This status is awarded only to the most highly trained and qualified 3% of roofing contractors nationwide, and allows us to offer enhanced warranties above and beyond other roofing contractors.
While we are proud to be a GAF Master Elite installer, we also install Tamko and Certainteed shingles as well. Fichtner Services is fully licensed and insured, giving our customers peace of mind.
Strip Shingle
These are the most basic shingles available, which makes them the most affordable. They are made from a basic 3’ by 1’ strip of asphalt embedded in fiberglass mat which is then covered in stone granules. This three foot strip then has two thin strips stamped out of it every foot in order to make 3 – one foot tabs. This is why you made hear it referred to as a “3 tab shingle”.
Dimensional Shingle
This shingle is well worth the nominal increase in price because the dimensional look and feel it provides is significant. This dimensional, or architectural, shingle is also made from a 3’x1’ strip but it is then laminated with additional layers that gives it a deeper, more defined look. The manufacturers have also developed a “shadowing” affect that uses darker shades of granules near the overlap which creates a look of depth in the shingle.
Designer Shingle
These shingles are usually larger, heavier and thicker. They can range from multi-laminates that simulate the look of slate to extensive cut-out patterns that resemble cedar. They are almost always lifetime warranted shingles- which means that this will be the last roof you will ever need to install!
GAF Lifetime Shingle Warranty
GAF Shingles now carry a Lifetime Warranty on ALL of their laminated shingle lines! Only GAF Master Elite Roofers can offer these enhanced warranty upgrades. Meaning that Fichtner Services can install the last roof that you will ever need!
Your roof will only perform as well as it installed – Call the best! Call Fichtner Services today for your free consultation and estimate to protect one of your most valuable assets!
