Warranty

Limited Warranty
GAF Materials Corporation warrants to you, the original
owner of the Master Flow
®
Ventilation Products listed
below, that GAFMC will reimburse you in accordance
with this warranty if your Master Flow
®
Ventilation
Products do not perform properly as a result of a
manufacturing defect.
Product Warranty Term (yrs)
AR 10 Metal Ridge Vent 4
Roof Louvers 4
Static Foundation Vents 4
Powered Foundation Vent 1
Soffit Vents 4
Gable Louvers 4
Chimney Caps 4
Turbines Lifetime (50+)
The warranty period listed above starts at the
completion of installation of your Master Flow
®
Ventilation Products and terminates if either your
Master Flow
®
Ventilation Products are replaced or
if the building is sold or transferred (subject to the
limited transferability provision below).
Exclusive Remedies
For any Master Flow
®
Ventilation Product that does
not perform properly as a result of a manufacturing
defect, GAFMC will provide you with replacement
product, excluding labor and any costs involved with
repairing or replacing other roofing or building materials.
Decisions as to the extent of repair or replacement
required will be made solely by GAFMC. The remedy
under this warranty is available only for those Master
Flow
®
Ventilation Products exhibiting defects at the
time of settlement. The replacement Products as
well as any remaining original Master Flow
®
Ventilation Products will be warranted only for the
original warranty period.
Limitations on Coverage
Even if your Master Flow
®
Ventilation Products were
not properly installed according to GAFMC’s application
instructions, this limited warranty remains in effect if
your Master Flow
®
Ventilation Products fail to perform
as a result of a manufacturing defect. However,
GAFMC will NOT compensate you for:
1. Damage to your roof or your building or resulting
from anything other than an inherent manufacturing
defect in your Master Flow
®
Ventilation Products,
such as:
a. Improper installation of your Master Flow
®
Ventilation Products, faulty application or
application not in strict accordance with
GAFMC’s printed application instructions.
b. Settlement, movement or defects in the building,
walls, foundation, roof deck, or materials adjacent
to or over which Master Flow
®
Ventilation
Products were installed.
2. Damage to your Master Flow
®
Ventilation
Products or leaking into your building resulting
from factors beyond GAFMC’s control, including,
but not limited to:
a. Acts of nature, such as hail, storms or winds.
b. Improper storage or handling of your
Master Flow
®
Ventilation Products.
3. Damage resulting from the application of
overlying or adjacent roofing materials.
4. Damage resulting from mold growth
or condensation.
5. Chipping, fading or peeling paint on your
Master Flow
®
Ventilation Products.
6. Labor costs for removing or replacing your
Master Flow
®
Ventilation Products or any other
roofing or building materials.
Transferability;
Remedy for New Owner
This Limited Warranty may not be transferred
or assigned, directly or indirectly, except for one
transfer as follows:
1. Coverage will be automatically extended to only
the second owner of the property.
2. For all products except turbines, if the transfer
of ownership takes place within the first year, the
second owner shall be entitled to all benefits
contained in this warranty. If the transfer takes place
after the first year, the length of this warranty shall
be reduced to the one-year period after ownership
changes (but in no event longer than the original
warranty term).
3. For turbines, if the transfer of ownership takes
place within the first 10 years, the second owner
shall be entitled to all benefits contained in this
warranty. If the transfer takes place after the first
ten years, the length of this warranty shall be reduced
to the two-year period after ownership changes.
What You Must Do
To file a claim under this Warranty, you must send a
notice of claim in writing describing your complaint,
together with proof of purchase to establish that you
are the original or second owner and proof of
application date, and photographs of the affected
products (if possible) to: LL Building Products Inc.,
a subsidiary of GAFMC, 295 McKoy Rd., Burgaw, NC
28425, within 30 days after your discovery of a
potential manufacturing defect. NOTE: Notice to
your contractor or dealer is NOT notice to GAFMC.
Within a reasonable time after proper notification,
GAFMC will evaluate your claim and resolve it in
accordance with the terms of this Warranty. You
should have this warranty certificate signed and
dated by your contractor or dealer to help establish
proof of purchase and related information. You
should retain this certificate for your records in the
event you need to file a claim.
Sole and Exclusive Warranty.
THIS WARRANTY IS EXCLUSIVE AND REPLACES ALL
OTHER WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS, REPRESENTA-
TIONS AND GUARANTEES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, WHETHER BY STATUTE, AT LAW OR IN
EQUITY, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE. This written warranty is your exclusive
warranty from GAF Materials Corporation and
represents the SOLE REMEDY available to any owner
of GAFMC's Master Flow
®
Ventilation Products.
GAFMC makes NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS,
CONDITION, GUARANTY OR WARRANTY of any kind
other than that stated herein. GAFMC WILL NOT BE
LIABLE IN ANY EVENT FOR CONSEQUENTIAL, punitive,
special, INCIDENTAL or similar DAMAGES OF ANY
KIND, including DAMAGE TO THE INTERIOR OR
EXTERIOR OF ANY BUILDING, whether for breach of
this warranty, negligence, strict liability in tort, or for
any other cause.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limi-
tation of incidental or consequential damages so the
above exclusions or limitations may not apply to you.
Modification of Warranty
This Limited Warranty may not be changed or modi-
fied except in writing signed by an officer of GAFMC.
No one, including any representative or employee of
GAFMC, has authority to assume any additional
liability or responsibility for GAFMC in connection
with your Master Flow
®
Ventilation Products except
as described in this Warranty. This Warranty gives
you specific legal rights, and you may have other
rights, which vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.
Effective Date
This Limited Warranty is effective for Master Flow
®
Ventilation Products installed within Canada, the con-
tinental United States and Hawaii after May 1, 2005.
Limited Warranty
Master Flow
®
Ventilation Products

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