"When I was cleaning the lee side of the gutters, lots of shingles were loose," says Larry. "Then I noticed a number of hairline cracks and some curling and there also appears to be some bubbling. I contacted our builder and the supplier of the shingles (the house is only seven years old) and they both indicated that there were lots of problems with CertainTeed shingles. And they both told me that there have been lots of complaints with CertainTeed shingles. I also checked with my son who works construction. A guy he works with is experiencing the same problems—just about anyone in construction knows that these shingles are useless.
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You can also do an overlay—where you can lay new shingles over the old ones—but my son told me that the problem is this: it would void the warranty on the new shingles. This whole mess has really caught me off-guard. I am totally shocked with the contacts I have had with builders in lumberyards: they know CertainTeed is a bad product and they have been instructed to tell their disgruntled customers to complain directly to CertainTeed. Evidently they are sold under a number of brand names and we have the Horizon shingle. But it is made from the same cloth as CertainTeed. A key issue is that the shingle is organic-- made with cardboard and covered by asphalt. Newer shingles now use a fiberglass core.I contacted the Iowa attorney general's office and they suggested that I look up a website to investigate a class action lawsuit, and they recommended [LawyersandSettlements]. They were well aware of CertainTeed and its defective products."