Roof replacement and fascia/soffit repair

[jmowreader]

9. 30-year and 40-year shingles have basically gone away

Or more precisely, the short warranty has gone away.

I looked up CertainTeed's warranty on the shingles you're talking about. There are three warranty phases.

To the original purchaser:

Phase 1 is the "SureStart" warranty. For the first 10 years, CertainTeed assumes 100 percent of the cost of fixing your roof if their shingles fail. You can assume they're going to have someone up there going over your roof with a fine-tooth comb trying to get out of the warranty, but they wouldn't be an American corporation if they didn't.

Phase 2 is the prorated period. From year 10-and-a-day to year 40, they only pay for new shingles and they reduce the amount they will pay you by 1/600th per month.

Phase 3 is from year 40-and-a-day until the original purchaser dies, sells or whatever: 20 percent of the cost to replace the shingles.

If you sell your house within the first 10 years, the new owner receives warranty protection for 50 years.

Since very few people keep their homes long enough to run out of roof warranty anyway this is mostly a marketing thing. More important to you is the wind warranty: 110 mph, valid for 10 years.