b'Covering Home Impact-Resistant Shingles Penetrate Residential Market Bill Seibert W upset Mother Nature?rr,she\'sstorming mad hoFo months,been andthan ever. All summe she has delivered some punhotter ishing weather across the country,artingse hailstorms in the st with thoDallas,area that signaled just how powerful and relentless forces of TX, cane. naturebIn Dallas and throughout the Midwest, many MRCA members are working hard to help homeowners get their damaged roofs back to pre-st conditions. But many homeowners are tired of replacing orm roofs every time thereaorm. For th ,g to ishailst em returnin pre-storm conditions just isn\'tugh good eno anymore. Thanks totechnology, there is good news for property ownimproved resultingf homes ers: Impact-resistant shingles arein fewer and ewer sma stant needing reroofing after all hail event.Asa result, impact-resiroofingemsbe g athe residential roofing se toainingmajor share in market. After enduring arm containing golf ball- size hail (at least 1 stoinches in diameter), the majority of laminated asphalt shingles are damaged to the p of n repair. These repairs are typically ointeeding cover by insurance,the property ownerll incurs some expensePhoto credit: O Gaming\'s TruDefin Duration STORM"\' Impact-Resistant S s edbutsti wenition@hingledeductiblein the form of a. Class 4roofing products, those that resist hail as impact-resistant Properly train yourSecond,must bein how large as 2in diameter, protect the property owners from smallcrews.crew\'Strained inches to properlythese types of products and tomanufacturers\' storms and repeated reroofing-and all thetime and expenses.installfollow related strict installation guidelines. For example, if a Class 4 T ting Proceduresimpact-resistant es product is installed with a non-Class 4cap,homeowner does The most widelytesting procedure to d rmineridgethe recognizedete impactnot have a truly C 4-resistant roof system in place. F er, lassimpact urthresistance of roofingisUL 2218which is used productsthestandard,ifmanufacturer requires theown underlayment and a ause of its by most roofing product manufacturers and insurance companies. Thecontractor uses another underlayment, the hom rmay not UL 2218 test involves dropping steelof four diff rent sizes onto aeowne again ballse have aClass 4roof systemplace. sampleaproduct. Ifed not crack upon impact,trueimpact-resistantin ofroofingth productoesEducatecustomer. R lize that if you choose yourself and youreathe product earns an impact resistant rating.to ignore ainstallation methods, youyourself upr There are four different impactstance ratings:manufacturer\'ssetforesi potential litigation.Asprofessional roofing contractors,isjob toClass 1resistance to a 1steel ballitour signifies-inchknow and understand theoducts availableus.sto pr toContractor needC 2 signifies resistance to a 1steel blass-inchallcontinuallyes and their customers. Impact-resistantClass 3to a 1steel balleducate themselvsignifies resistance-inchroofing manufacturers are c ntlyimprove theirClass 4to a 2-inchball.onsta working to signifies resistancesteelproducts, but it istoas contractors to install them correctly and upus Tipsto explain the pro p ormance-good oroduct\'s realisticerf bad-tour Know the\'s limitations. First, it is imperative that roofingcustomers. productcontractors and their customers understand that impact-resistantRead up. There have b nyabout impactee man articles written roofing products do not guardsizes of hail. This product isresistant products and the different methods used to test them. If against allyou proven resistant tonhail-2or less-and shouldarestallingpact-resistant products, Ild suggest you search the certai sizeinchesin im wounever be"hail proof."Web for "impact-resistant roofing" and educate yourselfith some of consideredwAll roofs areto damage by tennis b - s hail, w the research that has already beenfor you. Ireading vulnerableall izehichdonerecommend measures about 2 inches in diameter, and certainlysoftball-sizeHailImpactesSimulatedDamage andResistance T t Procedures by hail. Be suretell customers that Class 4resistant shingles areand Hail: Sizing It Up by Vickie Crenshaw and Jim D.and toimpact- Koontz,Let designed to withstandhail up to 2in diameter. Contract it, Let it, Let itbyBinion. upinchesorsHail Hail HailTerry must clearlylain to homeowne that while Class 4 exp rsimpact-resistant MRCA Boa1\'dBill Seibert ofrofing,ey, NE, can shingles are aproduct, they have limitations and cannot pre tMemberFishe Ro Kearngreatvendamage in all situations.at be reachedBill@callfishe,:com. 20www.mrca.org- MidwestRoofer'