Owens Corning Shingles Reviews

I thought the whole point of putting down the underlayment was for nail sealing. For waterproofing under the shingles. We nail right through that underlayment on the deck because when they sell it to us that is how it is sold, as water protection under the shingles and you should be able to nail through it. Those guys say they do all this testing, this and the other to proof if it waterproof. Well I met a guy from Owens Corning, said he is from corporate, works with the sales managers. Met him here in Toledo. Guy told me those underlayments are not really for waterproofing, they don't do anything for the nails. In other words underlayment can leak. I can't understand what the point of this product is if it does not protect water under the shingle. Shingles don't leak so why do I need this. Owens Corning has sold us a bill of goods. Very disappointed on their useless, expensive underlayment.

2 hailstorms and 1 hurricane Strong. What can I say, almost everyone in my neighborhood has had their roof replaced at least once except for the houses built by our builder who used Owens Corning Duration. I usually don't reviews but I thought this product was worth the time. This review is from everyone in Canyon Gate Subdivision who has Owens Corning. You get what you pay for. 5 Stars.

Bought a new spec house (7 years old) from a builder that has OC Brookville shingles. Some of the shingles has worn off the asphalt on the leading edge to where the fiberglass underlayment is exposed. Also the shingles have faded differently in streaks. Filed a warranty complaint with OC; replacement cost $23000, warranty settlement $2550!! I plan to sue. Please contact me if interested in a class action lawsuit.

Bottom Line: NEVER PURCHASE FROM OWENS CORNING UNLESS YOU ARE CERTAIN THAT YOU WILL NEVER NEED ADDITIONAL SHINGLES TO MATCH YOUR PURCHASE!!! Think: storm damage or future remodel. We purchased Berkshire lifetime shingles (made by OC) for our new home in November 2007. In June 2016, we decided to add a family room onto our home only to discover that the color of our Berkshire shingles (New Bedford Bronze) had been discontinued. We called Owens Corning, they refused to make any efforts to contact their warehouses to see if any surplus was available. Of course, they didn't provided us with information to contact them ourselves either. So, we will either have a different color shingle on our addition, or if we want the entire roof to match, we will have to re-roof the whole house.

I had 4 different roofs torn off including Cedar Shake shingles and had Owens Corning Oakridge installed. I have an attic unit air conditioner and now with the hot and humid I have the most awful smell coming from my vents in the ceiling when the A/C is on. I had A/C man check and found nothing wrong then had ducts cleaned and $700 later, I still have the AWFUL musty smell pouring out the A/C vents. HELP, WHAT DO I DO NOW???

4 years ago had a new Owens Corning Oakridge with fire/ice installed in the valleys etc. The contractor did an excellent job. However, we first noticed leaks in the bedroom upstairs then the bathroom/hallway and then the formal living room ceiling started caving in. For the past 2 months we have called numerous times (and get the runaround), stating they would send a rep out and then a week later to call and was told they don't have a rep in our area. Then I found out that they do in fact have a rep who came out, took pictures, and stated that without question the shingles have failed and that this is bad!!

Roof has defective shingles. Owens Corning shingles were installed on the home at **, a model home built by chesmar homes, in 2007. The home was sold to the first owners in 2009. My wife and I bought the home in 2013. In sept 2015 I noticed a small water leak in the upstairs front bedroom. I got a contractor to repair the leak and he told me the shingles were defective. The leak was fixed and I notified my insurance company to have the bedroom wall repaired. I then notified Chesmar Homes of the defective shingles and was told to contact Owens Corning about the shingles. I was informed that no warranty transfer was done in 2009 and thus no transfer to us in 2013 and no warranty is in effect. Owens Corning will not honor any warranty.

Before 2006 I had roof tabs coming off my roof, so I was worried about leaks. I had a local contractor do a tear off and install a 40-year warranty architectural shingle. Now I have whole shingles coming off with some high winds that happen once in a while. The contractor was back two years ago and now has to come again. More whole shingles are coming off. What a terrible design of shingle because they almost look like they are scored to break. Also, the contractor never removed the tar seal on the back of the shingles (do they ever?). I would not recommend OC at all.

My husband and I purchased Owens Corning TruDefinition Duration shingles (top of the line) for our home in 2013 and added onto our home in 2015 using the same exact shingle but was much brighter than the other. It was so different it appeared we had added on a completely different roof. I have brand new shingles from the original roof to compare two and there is such a big difference and that's when I decided to contact Owens Corning, I got no results whatsoever. They told me it is not a defect. It is from a different color lot and that is not under any warranty.

My wife and I are retired and in 2005 needed a new roof, we chose OC and in 2009 started having leaks in the kitchen and master bedroom went up and found shingles not sealed. In 2010 called a roofer in and found most shingles were not sealed. I contacted OC and they said that the sealing on their 30 yr shingle was only guaranteed for five (five) years. That is totally unacceptable. OC would not help in any way. Today as most all the roof is not sealed, I am having to replace a 10 yr. roof. I would not give OC a 1 if anything was lower.

I installed an Owens Corning HP Weatherguard, 40 year roof, with the intent of retiring and be secure from that expense going forward. Now, as I prepare to retire, I find the roof actually lasted 12 years in a non-severe climate. My neighbor has a 25 year old roof and a 30 year shingle, and is laughing at my decision to buy high quality OC product. OC offered to give me a credit on the same shingles worth 22% of the cost of a new roof. So they produce a defective product, it lasts 30% of the expected life, and leave me and my wife (retired with little money) to pay 80% of the cost to replace their poor quality product. I don't understand how a company can have such poor business ethics and leave the home owner subsidizing their business.

My roof started going bad next year after it was install. I went with Owens Corning for the reason that they were supposed to be the best. And find out the hard way that they are the worst. They will not back up their product. Their customer service is a joke, when they answer they sound like they're attending the corner liquor store. It’s funny I use atlas in all my other house and use them for my personal (the one I live) and this happens. By the way they are architectural. Stand up and add your reviews. They are taking advantage of us! Let's take them down passing the word!

We put Owens Corning Shingles on our home in 2013. They are all sliding down. We have had to fix multiple spots so far and don't have the money to replace. I am contacting the company today. My son is on roof now and all of them can be lifted right off. This is so disappointing. Now that I've seen other reviews, I wish we would never have bought these.

Complete tear off & installed O/C duration dimensional shingles. 40 square of roof that now needs to be removed, hauled to the landfill & Owens Corning will not back their product. My customer contacted O/C to see if they would help with a new roof. They are willing to give my customer enough credit to reorder 30 squares of their shingle. My customer refuses to put their product back on their house. I can't blame them but how do I keep my customer happy without me losing more than $15,000 to redo their roof? Thanks to Owens Corning Top Roofing.

BUYER BEWARE, OC 50 year warranty is a scam. You need a lawyer to review ANYTHING from them prior to purchase to understand what you ARE NOT getting. We "thought" we had a 50yr warranty but after their product failing after 8 years our proration went down 25%. The "award" offered is ONLY on replacement with their product and is only given to the supplier NOT the homeowner.

I am a roofing contractor in the business for more than thirty five years. What had prompted me to post here is the photo shown with the headlines " common complaints with Owens Corning Shingles". My question is: Why in the world show a photo of what is obviously an original ELK' product and blame OC for its failure. I will bet money, that is an old 25 year limited warranty ELK fiberglass Shingle. I have seen a lot of shingle failures in my life and only once was it an OC product. The industry has batted around failure for years but never seems to print whom has the most failures, GAF.

I am a retired person, 74 years old and is in the process of remodeling my house. I have a general contractor who hired an unknown roof by me, a who has installed Owens Corning Roof shingles for a new roof. I have a gut feeling this work is not quality. The shingles do not look like they are installed properly. I have fear that Owens Corning will not stand behind any lifetime guarantees made for this roof. Please refer to my attached photo of the roof shingle installation. Can you help me or direct me where to go to get confidence that the roof is built properly?

In 2000 I purchased a home which required a new roof. With a complete tear-off of the existing roofing I had the above product installed by a professional roofing company. THIS PRODUCT HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT A ROOFING HORROR STORY almost from year four. EVERY YEAR since, I have been sealing down curling edges, patching over failed granular adhesion, sealing horizontal cracks and watching small pits on the surface of these shingles multiply with each passing year. It is now 2015 and I am really in need of a complete tear off and replacement as it seems leaks are imminent.

I paid almost $13,000 to have Duration Premium shingles installed on my central Florida home in late 2007. I went with Owens Corning Duration Premium shingles because of their "premium" quality, their lifetime warranty and their high wind resistance. Within 3 months of the installation, I started having leaks. Every time it rains, I walk around the house to find the new leaks. Yes, it's that bad. Large areas of my roof have been replaced... some more than once. I've repainted all my ceilings at least twice and some rooms have been painted too many times to count.

In an unsigned FINAL DISPOSITION, ** advised us that our claim was closed. She states that Owens Corning has full confidence in their INSPECTION PROCESS and the results THEIR EXPERT found on February 25, 2015. On that THEIR EXPERT arrived at my home in a white Ford pickup. The truck was without any form of Identification. The Expert did not have any form of name badge, ID and did not produce a Business Card.

It started 4 years ago - been arguing with contractor since then -- not sure of the problem -- not a roofer -- but have knowledge of contracting on all aspects of building -- and it is either bad shingles or bad installation -- guess I will have to contact an attorney -- it just keeps getting worse and need something done -- NOW.

Built my house in 2005 and 2006. In 2013 I started noticing dark streaks on my shingles. My contractor bought the shingles at Best Products in Roanoke, VA. I have two spare shingles that says 40 AR. All the dark streaks are in front of the house, and I live in a cul-desac. I first went to Best Products, and they said it was algae. They gave me the 800# to call Owens Corning.

Well I'm very through my process here so take this with a grain of salt. I just bought a home and on Jan 10th I will have lived in it for 2 years. After the first month of ownership I had shingles blowing off. I contacted the dealer from which I bought my home from and they said it's because the shingles need to be baked on by the sun in order to stick. I'm no roofer so I said ok and went on with life. 3 months later, 6 months later, and now 2 years later I have shingles blowing off with every gust of wind. I just started the claim process with OC so I will see how it works for me. After reading horror stories on this website I'm now very concerned. I will update this as I go through the process.

After about six months of waiting and having a rep come out to the house and remove shingles that were still under warranty they told me they decided the warranty has to be occupied by us before 1995 which it was not. After showing them proof of ownership and removing brittle dry shingles off of our roof then replacing them with an entirely different color they tell me it isn't covered under their warranty. If they don't stand by their warranty they shouldn't be in business. A roofer in town identified our shingles and strongly recommended contacting Owens to make them good. What a waste of time! I would NOT recommend this company to anyone.

Purchased 60 bundles OC Driftwood shingles April 24, 2001. Installed following manufactures instructions by experienced roofers that same spring in optimum roofing conditions. This summer we discovered water leaking in due to lifting of shingles. The tar strip on the shingles failed allowing water to enter under the shingles. We just spent the morning reapplying tar and flashing sealer under 50% of our shingles on the south side (100% sun) of the roof. Disappointed in failure of OC product.

Had this shingle put on my roof in 1998 and they were supposed to be 25-year life. The shingles are curling up on the ends at 15 years. I am angry as to the life of the shingle is not what was represented. How can I get a response from this company?

We called Owens Corning. They sent their rep. He looked at it. We both agreed it was a bad rough. The roofing failed so next session is to replace the roof. After taking pictures and sending and shingles we figured Owens Corning would support their material. As a contractor, you have to make a decision to tear off the roof before the claim is approved but as a contractor before month old roof that has failed already, this should be a no brainer. The homeowners decided to tear off the roof before the four-month-old rough claim was approved by Owens Corning. Unfortunately, not in my benefit, the roof was denied by Owens Corning. They tried to say there was nothing wrong with it when clearly in the 1000 pictures I sent them, it showed a bad roof. Owens Corning's rep and I agreed this is a bad roof but they denied the claim which in fact I as the contractor am fully responsible for the project. So thanks but no thanks to Owens Corning. What a world class pile of crap warranty they have. I have been a roofing contractor for over 17 years. Never have I seen a material manufacturer not stand by their material until now.

Owens Corning has never caused me any problems with a warranty claim. They have always come thru for my customers.

I requested a bid from a roofing contractor following refusal of a claim filed with my insurance company. The contractor identified my current shingles as Owen Corning Oakridge Driftwood shingles. He stated the shingles were worm out. This house was built in 1998 so the shingles should have lasted 14 more years. I had noticed over the years that every time I cleaned my gutters I could scoop out handfuls of granules from the roofing. Now the fiberglass glistens in the sunshine much like my neighbor's roof. I signed a contract to replace the current roof to protect my investment but I'm certainly not happy with Owens Corning.

This has been a nightmare. I called the original contractor who installed the roof to come out because we had shingles blown off our roof, due to CURLING, for the 4th time in 9 years (this happened in 25 mile an hour winds). We paid for it the last three times, even though it has a 30-year warranty. The contractor was rude and combative and I had to ask him to leave our property. He called back later that evening and talked with my wife and was combative with her. We contacted another contractor, and he said he would come out last week to do the repairs. He never showed up. In the meantime, we have had rain, compromising the roof. And these are licensed Owen Corning contractors. I followed up with Owen Corning and talked with the rudest people ever in their customer service. They make it so difficult to file a claim that most people just give up. Not us!!! Worst company I have ever dealt with!! If you need a new roof, search the internet. DO NOT GO WITH OWENS, PLEASE.

I purchased my home in 2006 which was built in 2001. Recently, I noticed that my shingles are curling. My roofer tells me that the glue is malfunctioning on the shingles. This is not only happening on my home but he pointed out that the same thing is happening on my whole subdivision. Based on this information, I filed a claim with Owens Corning. An inspector came out and took samples. I get my results back today and the roofing company who installed the roofs is being blamed. Had there not already been so many claims and class action suits, I may have believed them. The fact that many roofers are being blamed for improper installation plants many doubts in my mind and makes it appear to me that OC is willing to throw anybody in front of a bus just to get people to go away. In addition, they had to throw in that because I'm not the original homeowner that the warranty stopped at the sale unless it was transferred over in my name within a week of purchase. Who would have known to do such a thing? Ridiculous!

I had this house built in 2008/2009. Had your 30-year shingle put on at that time. They are tearing in two and falling off the roof. The contractor is out of business. I wasted a year trying to find him. It's starting to lose more as they age. Had another contractor out here. He said it's a warranty problem. Something went wrong with the shingle. He has had some that were bought in that time frame and I was told to try to get a hold of you guys.

February 2013. Replaced roof on 1850 sq ft house. Used all the requirements stated in the preferred warranty requirements which required a Owens Preferred Contractor. I researched how a roof should be done and knew exactly what I wanted and had it included in the contract. Chose Lev-Con Contractors, Inc; signed a contract and he promised that he would be doing the work himself. Instead, he showed up (this was a rental House) when I had not been told and only on the second day did I know he was there when he emailed to say that they had to remove some of the gutters. I went over immediately and found a Mexican company from Palm Coast doing the work and most of the gutters had not been removed, but ripped off and totally ruined. No one else was there except 4 or 5 workers and a supervisor or owner who could speak English.

My shingles are cracked, curling and splitting. The roof was torned completely off when in 1998 these Owens Corning Canyon Red shingles were installed. After filing a claim with Certain teed their response was the following: Shingle have a continual dash sealant pattern, release tape does not match theirs; Shingles are organic. Owens Corning never manufactured this shingle with these characteristics. They gave other manufacturers to call on if it maybe theirs. My contract with the Roofing company does state OC Canyon Red. How can I prove them wrong? I have the lot number from the back of the shingle. Is there a way to track the manufacturer this way? On the back of shingle, it is stamped 09107. Anyone have any ideas?

I have my first replacement roof nearly 25 years ago with the dimensional shingle by Owens Corning. It was a 25 year shingle, but after about 15 years the rock began coming off. It got to the point of seeing more of the asphalt (black) than the color of the shingle. We never noticed any leaking, until we replaced them 2 years ago, and there had been a leak in the valley which had not rotted the wood, but was of unknown duration. I was considering replacing with CertainTeed, but in researching found that they were in the midst of a class action suit as well for premature loss of the colored rock.

Owens Corning has had to find roof inspectors due to large volume of complaints. As you can see, there is not much prior roofing knowledge required to become an Owens Corning roofing inspector. Now consider all those Preferred and Platinum contractors with Owens Corning, they are likely lacking experience as well. Our roofer installed the OC shingles - not according to the specifications required by the manufacture. The installer was and still is at the Platinum level with Owens Corning... yet they didn't install the product correctly. Owens Corning confirms their platinum contractor did a bad job, yet still keep the contractor in Platinum status. So OC takes no corrective action.

We're having a similar issue with Owens Corning shingles we had installed a couple years ago. Were you able to get this resolved with Owens Corning? We have filed a claim through our roofer and Owen Corning is sending us a box to send shingle samples back for them to inspect. They said they couldn't send someone to take a look. Sounds like we may be in for a nightmare. I'm hoping your story ended well!

Now I'm worried. After reading these reviews, I am really nervous about getting my true definition shingle put on in the morning. My contractor says they are great shingles; however, I wanted the top of my roof to have the shingle look on top instead of the metal ridge vent and I was told I wouldn't have a warranty if I got the shingle look. My contractor says the filter gets clogged and the roof doesn't breathe. And the plastic ridge that goes over the filter cracks where it is nailed into the roof. He also said, where it is nailed down, it holds water around the nailhead and it eventually rusts and breaks off. He says he will not give me a warranty on that. So I called OC and they said it would be under warranty. I don't want the metal ridge but from what I've read, maybe I should. I've already purchased everything. HELP!!!

Owens Corning Lifetime shingles - As I was getting close to selling my house I decided to invest the extra for quality shingles. I and another roofing contractor Installed the Duration shingles (bought from our closest Lowe's distributor). The very first heavy rain I saw evidence of a leak (I discounted it as the shingles hadn't set yet). Second season, still was leaking and I could not determine exactly where from. Third season, I had the contractor that helped me install the shingles come and figure it out for me. He located the exact cause and reinstalled an area of bad (Defective) shingles. By defective I mean the shingles were porous and moisture was seeping through the actual shingle. He replaced what looked to be the specific amount of bad shingles last year (2013) but I now am having the same leaking problem again so I am wondering if with heavy freezing, moisture is getting into the shingle and causing it to go bad over a period of time.

My wife and I wanted our vacation and retirement home to have upgraded shingles. We are on the Tangier Sound. Winds are severe at times. We spent a huge sum of money ordering special 40 yr in blue, which cost above the normal cost? Roof was placed in summer. Mild winds have blown shingles off. After numerous repairs (using different color due to Corning's abrupt discontinuation), we are informed about this particular defect. We received a form, filled it out online, but never heard from the company. This form was to bring a complaint, in which Corning was to make good. Capitalism and the Free Market only work when capitalists have integrity.

In 2008, I had four buildings reroofed with Owens Corning Oakridge Shingles. Each year shingles come off my barn. The contractor returned twice to put shingles back on but has not returned since and not returned my calls. I see that others have had the same problems with these shingles.

I had Owens corning shingles installed on my house in May, 2011 and they look terrible. The shingles look nothing like they did when they were originally installed. I called Findlay Roofing (the company that installed them) and asked them to take a look, and after 5 MONTHS OF CALLING they finally came out and said there was nothing wrong. I called a different roofer to confirm and they pointed me to this website and said I too had defective shingles. I have an appointment next week with Owens Corning and hope they will honor the warranty. Beware of both of these companies!

I sympathize with people who have defective roofs from Owens Corning. My work experience with OC was as a Quality/Lab Specialist encompassing almost 25 yrs. Few people understand roof manufacturing from a hands on testing and process solving view like I do. Essentially several OC plants changed their processes to run their production lines at the expense of Quality. Two adjustments to the equipment in particular caused cracking, brittleness and granule loss on most of their products, while testing the product with undertrained workers pressured to not make changes if it caused downtime. I put huge quantities of badly out of spec material on hold to be downgraded, according to UL PROCEDURE. I was roughed up, insulted and then fired.

We had a free estimate done by Owens Corning. The salesman, Jim, was actually quite pleasant and not pushy, which was rare. But after about 1.5 hours of pitching their product and learning that it was nothing more than insulation covered with fabric, attached with cheap plastic snap in pieces, we were told that our basement remodel would cost $56,000! Our house was purchased 7 years ago for $150,000. It is about 1,000sq ft of basement space. We scoffed at him and then the salesman magically came up with all these discounts, repeatedly asking us to do business right then and there, when I had clearly stated I would not be interested in starting a basement remodel for at least 1-2 years.

Oakridge (PRO 30) AR Shingles: We had an Insurance Adjuster and Roofing company come out and look at our roof. They both said we had discoloration caused by algae. The shingles are only 8 years old and should not have turned, and are now having leaking problems. I have tried to call and talk with someone, but they seem to only give me the runaround. I would truly like some help with this matter. I do not think it is right that I have paid a roof that should have at least lasted 25 years. Thank you.

As a matter of design choice made by Owens Corning, their duration shingles are shorter than shingles of companies such as CertainTeed. Choosing the shorter design insures that only one row of nails goes through each layer of shingles, compared to the two rows of nails that catch the longer design of the CertainTeed. In 2007, Owens Corning used a layer of what can only be described as cellophane on the self-sealing strip. It is this material that does not seal uniformly across the roof. To their credit, Owens Corning no longer uses this cellophane type material and has replaced it with a material that has the appearance of a fabric. This fabric appears to have the ability to grip the tar and secure the shingles with greater consistency. Yet it is these 2 earlier fatal design flaws insure a high incidence of roof failure. Two design flaws (2 strikes) and a wind speed of more than 30 mph (strike 3) and your roof begins to disintegrate.

We had OC Duration TruDef shingles installed in early Feb. (temps in the 40s). Since then, we have noticed that some 20-30% of my roof has humps and bumps similar to what was described by Karen from Louisville in an earlier post. We're starting to complain to the install contractor but getting "wait for some hot days" excuses. We've had multiple 80+F and sunny days since install and the humps and bumps aren't moving.

The shingles have been leaking for 3 years. A roofing company came out to inspect our problem and told us the shingles were defective.

I have new Owens Corning Duration shingles. The roof was installed on October 29 2012 in a 50-degree weather with no wind. Probably a dozen or so shingles were curled up in the corners the day the roof was installed. Now, I also have partially sealed shingles with a hump in the middle of the tab, so there is a void going under the tab. I am also seeing some cracking and deterioration of the corners. The installer contacted OC, and they sent a letter saying that after being removed from the bundles and installed, there will initially be a lifted appearance, and some shingles may be cupped. I responded that my main issue was with shingles that are curled up in the corners, some about 1/2", but there are shingles that are the opposite of cupped, with a 1/8" lift in the center, and they are sealed along the vertical edge of the tabs.

Owens Corning defective roof shingles - We had our roof replaced Nov. 2011. A few months later, our roofer came out to inspect for defective shingles. They took their time, removed sample, and took pictures. We have blistering on our entire back roof. These samples and pictures were sent to Corning. This month, Corning sent an inspector out. What a joke. This inspector did not get on the roof, looked only at the front of my garage roof, and then left! Two minutes max! This was no inspection. This was a fly-by-night viewing. I was initially told there was no damage. My roofer told me Corning is now trying to not pay these valid claims. I am still waiting for something in writing. I smell a class action suit coming soon. I intend to challenge this "inspection". I live in Kennesaw, GA.

I bought a house 6 months ago that had the roof replaced by Findlay Roofing in 2011. The roof is now buckling and blistering and they came out to look at it, not sure if the shingles was the problem or the installation. The salesperson from Findlay was extremely rude and said I needed to call Owens Corning and that since the shingles were defective, I needed to go directly to the manufacturer to have my warranty honored. Owens Corning is now giving me the runaround and saying I have to give them copies of my deed and a bunch of other stuff that makes me feel like they are trying not to honor the deal. This is a joke and my roof looks terrible.

We recently had our roof replaced with Owens Corning TruDefinition shingles. Once on the roof, we are having problem with the shingle not laying flat and sealing due to a bump in the middle of the shingle. These shingles fail to adhere to the "SureNail" strip as well. Has anyone else encountered this problem?

I purchased a new home in August 2008 that has Owen Corning Shingles. I kept noticing granules from the shingles on the driveway. After looking at the roof, I called Joe Guy Roofing. He came out, looked it over and explained that it was bad shingles, and we proceeded to file a claim. They acknowledged receipt of the claim on June 21, 2012 and would respond within 48 hours. I have called probably 8 to 12 times to customer service with their unwillingness to take care of this claim, always saying to call back later and they would give a time that they would come to my home. Can anyone tell me what to do to get this settled? It has been almost two months. We are in our rainy season and I don't want the possibility of damage to my home.

I have been in the business for 20 years. I have made a business of fixing others' mistakes. Far too often, shingles are installed during improper conditions, preventing them from sealing. Temperature and high winds are often to blame, and the homeowners are oblivious. Too many companies ignore sensibility for the dollars and would not want their crews waiting for ideal conditions. I have watched immigrant crews work in the rain, snow and high winds, which is ludicrous, but unfortunately all too common. I have not had a problem with any brand of shingle that was not covered by the manufacturer.

I had the roof replaced by Billy Odom Roofing in 2011. The roof started to buckle and they came out to look at it; not sure if it is the shingles or felt. I have had a partial replacement done but I want the whole roof redone. They have now (3/1/2012) said that it is the felt. Owens Corning is saying they need a copy of my tax return and the house papers so it prevents fraud. I don't believe in that and will not give them. Billy Odom Roofing has the receipts and they can provide them.

I installed new roofing in 2006. I have had leaks. I found out the 40 year Owens Corning best shingles are defective. They are cracking, some totally in half causing damage to interior of home. They want to give us less than $900.00 for damages. The whole roof needs to be replaced. It cost us $5000 to $6000 in 2006. Now it would be $7000 to $8000. I am very unhappy.

I installed new roofing in 2005. I have had leaks. I found out the 40 year Owens Corning best shingles are defective. They are cracking, some totally in half causing damage to interior of home. They want to give us less than $900.00 for damages. The whole roof needs to be replaced. It cost us $5000 to $6000 in 2005. Now it would be $7000 to $8000. I am very unhappy.

Our home was re-roofed in 2003 with Classic Shingles, 20-year warranty. Our area had quite a few hail storms this last year and many neighbors had damage. Even though the roof was not that old, we had it checked. We have areas that look like chicken pox. The roofer says it is a manufacturer's defect-asphalt bubbles up and pops, removing the grit and leaving a hole. I have just started filling out the paper work but have been told by our installer that the warranty will be prorated and that it will only apply towards the shingles, not installation. It seems that even a 20-year shingle should last longer than eight years! Has anyone had any trouble with this Owens Corning Shingle? We are awaiting reply from OC. We have been told by the installer that we cannot expect more than the % prorated. I just wanted to find out if others were having problems with this particular shingle.

Very poor. We built a new home in 2001 using Oakridge 30 harbor blue. Shingle turned grey after eight years and made my home look ugly. I sent numerous correspondence to Owens Corning and also went back to the place of purchase. No help on any end. I spent over $10,000 on roof system.

Old roof stripped to wood planking, new roof installed. A complete failure after the first rainfall with over 30 leaks within the house and from the soffits around the entire perimeter of the house.

I purchased Oakridge 40 year shingles in 2001. Now my roof is leaking and there are large cracks in the shingles. Is there a class action suit that I can get in with against this company? I have been in touch with them with my complaint. And I have to do a host of work, plus ship the defective shingles and show ridiculous proof of ownership of my home. I have read on the internet that their offer is minimal. I am very upset.

I am writing on behalf of a client who owns a home built in 2000. The Owens Corning Oakridge 40-year-laminate shingle was installed on client's home in 2000. The shingle had horizontal cracking, nearly over the entire roof. The client had to replace this very big roof with an expected 40-year life, just 11 years after it was installed. Owens Corning would not file a claim as client was the 2nd owner of the home, and is not listed on a warranty. Do they warrant an owner or their products?

My mother had a new Owens Corning Oakridge II fiberglass roof put on several years ago. It seemed to start turning grey fairly quickly. She died and I inherited her home. The shingles continued to deteriorate and just a month ago I had to replace the entire roof. This roof should have lasted at least 20 years since it was a 30 year roof shingle....it maybe was on 10 years at best but begin to turn shiney and grey within a couple of years.

I contracted and had installed 49 squares of Owens Corning Oakridge II shingles in 1995 on my new house. They have de-granulated and discolored badly. I went through OC's warranty office with many photos and samples of the defective shingles including copies of costs for purchase and installation of these shingles. OC agreed that they are defective and offered me a check for $2,068.66. This is grossly unfair, as it will cost me at least $12,500.00 (by actual estimate) to tear off and re-roof my home. It appears that we will have to wait for the class action lawsuit to rectify this injustice, although I am 74 years old and wonder if the suit will be finished in time for me to get a new roof.

Our home was built in 1992. It has recently come to my attention that we may qualify for a new roof due to a class action lawsuit that is underway. I have verified that Owens Corning, Oakridge II shingles were installed when we built our home. We are the original owners and still occupy the home. We have had many problems with our roof over the years and feel it should be replaced. We are in need of a new roof and felt it should have lasted longer than it has. Our current builder we use for renovations mentioned to us that we likely qualify for a class action lawsuit for the Owens Corning Oakridge shingles that were installed.

Replaced roof with 25 year warranty Owens Corning fiberglass shingles oakridge driftwood. The shingles did not tab down and are now all loose to the point that I am getting water leaks. Insurance inspector stated it was defective shingles since none of them taped down and you can lift them up with ease. These are 25 year warranty shingles.

I have defective Owens corning shingles throughout my roof. After filling out forms, attaching photographs, as well as, actual shingles, clearly showing the defects, Owens Corning responded with a letter saying the warranty was not transferable and they would not offer a settlement since I am not the original homeowner.

We purchased a home in 1998 and said to have a new Oakridge Owens-Corning roof. The inspection report said it was approximately 2 years old. The roof is deteriorated to the point of requiring replacement. Roofers said there are defective shingles. Insurance said it is not weather related. Owens-Corning asked for title documents, shingle samples and then said the warranty did not transfer! They should advertise that the warranty is only to the original purchaser and not on the product.

We now own the house that my husband's parents had before they died last year. We were going to sell it but was told that there would be no way we could until we replaced the roof although the roof is only about 12 years old. The neighbors in the neighborhood said that all those houses had defective shingles which made them look bad (silver stuff all over it where the fiberglass was showing through).

I bought 20 bundles of Owens Corning Supreme AR shingles. I placed them inside my garage to keep them cool. The shingles are sticking together on the bottom 5 or 6 on each bundle. It appears this is a factory problem. They may be bundling them up too hot at the factory. I don't mind one or two, but I am consistently getting four to five stuck together around 40% of the length. This is not acceptable. I work in the quality assurance field (28 years). I have placed over 600 bundles to date and this is the first time I have ever seen such nonsense. The bottom layers are stuck together in the first 5 of 7 bundles opened! I am very upset with this vendor at this time.

I had Owens corning shingles installed on my roof in 1994. The roof has been losing massive amounts of granules the last few years. The insurance adjuster said there was no hail damage. A roofer said there was a problem with the shingles. Now it's looking really bad. Is this the shingle that has had the class action suit? How do I find out?

My shingles are coming apart where the two layers were put together. It appears they were never bonded to one another. I was wondering if this was a complaint that has been filed by others.

I had an Owens-Corning roof (Oakridge 40 Deep Shadow) with a 40-year warranty installed in August, 1999. The granules started running off immediately, but I assumed it was just because it was new. It is now 10 years later and they are still running off, quite a lot, so I asked about the warranty. I was sent a form and told to take off two shingles and send them in with the forms. I am an old woman of 64. Doing this is out of the question, which means I have to pay someone to do it. I believe these shingles are defective since others are having the same problem. How do I get Owens-Corning to replace my roof at their cost? Replacing the whole roof would cost money that I don't have. The reason I had the 40-year roof put on in the first place was so I would not have to go through this and now I can't afford it.

We had 40-years Owens Corning shingles put on the roof of our house at ** in Jamestown, KY in the fall of 1994. Last year, cracking was noticed. This spring, the roof began to leak. A claim was submitted and denied. The reason given was that our deck was moving. The house is 23 years old and the deck is not moving. Our insurance company is sending an engineer from Donan Engineering to inspect the property. We do not yet know the extent of the damage. When the shingles are removed and the roof is inspected, we will know what has to be replaced. So far we have had our maintenance man remove and send in shingles and try to stop the leaking. There has been some interior damage due to leaking.

I was told by my contractor that was working on a project, adding a bathroom to my upstairs, that it looked as if I had hail damage to my roof when installing the venting through my roof for vent fan and dryer. I had my insurance agent come out to look at the roof. And he determined that it was not hail, but potentially "premature aging" or a manufacturer issue with my shingle. I looked up the age of my roof, in which the shingles were installed in June of 2003. So, it's a 7 year old roof. I was able to find an old bundle of shingles in my shed that were used back 7 years ago to re-roof my house: Owens-Corning Fiberglas Oakridge II Dimensional Shingle Driftwood-M Lot # (available upon request).

I had my roof replaced with Owens Corning 30-year roof. Beginning into the second year, I started having issues with the roofing falling off of my home. Loosing granules, cracking, curling and leaks. I continued to have the contractor make repairs each year until I finally felt that Owens Corning should be aware of the defective material. They had me send them some of the material from the roof and then I received a letter basically saying the material was not the problem and gave me every possible excuse there could be. I feel that I should be compensated for the product as well as labor. I already paid for a tear off and now I will need to tear it all off again. Any advise would be appreciated.

Grid on roof starting coming off shortly after moving into house thought is was normal, now after several years roof is starting to leak. Contacted roofer and he tells me that Owens Corning has had problems with there shingles. Everyone that I have read about they give them $2000.00 that won't even begin to replace my roof, it may pay the labor, so I'm starting the paper work. I bet I get $2000.00. I will have to pay for a roof that was bad to begin with and they knew it.

I have Oakridge class a roofing. It is 9 years old. I have a 30 yr warranty. Every roof shingle is cracked. It is 38 squares. I am 80 yrs. old and a recent widow. They told me to go up on the roof and take 2 shingles off and send them to their Toledo office. They also wanted me to get on the roof and take pictures of the shingles. I called the people, Onan roofers and they were kind enough to come and take off the 2 shingles. I sent them to Toledo with the pictures and my warranty.

Our house was built from 1994-1995 and have Owens Corning asphalt shingles. Approximately 1 1/2 years after our house was built, the shingles began coming off. We notified our home owners insurance company and they said that they could not cover any damages. The shingles have continued to fall off. Last year, we notified our insurance company again and they sent an inspector out to examine the roof.