Warranty Guide

Congratulations! Thank you for purchasing asphaltic shingles and/or accessories
from GAF, North America’s largest roofing manufacturer — your best choice.
While many factors can affect how long your shingles and accessories will last,
this GAF Shingle & Accessory Limited Warranty covers your asphaltic shingles and
accessories, including GAF Ridge Cap Shingles, GAF Starter Strip Shingles, GAF Leak
Barrier Products, GAF Roof Deck Protection Products, and GAF Cobra
®
Ventilation
Products (the GAF Products), in the unlikely event that they contain a manufacturing
defect. It provides great coverage that is “non-prorated” during the crucial up-front
period of your ownership (the Smart Choice
®
Protection Period) with continued
coverage for extended periods of time afterwards. Note: This limited warranty
does not cover low-slope membranes, Master Flow
®
Ventilation Products, or
ShingleMatch
Roof Accessory Paint. Please go to gaf.com for a copy of the limited
warranties covering these products.
How Long Your Warranty Lasts
Manufacturing Defects: GAF Lifetime Asphaltic Shingles. Subject to the
provisions below, all GAF Asphaltic Shingles other than Royal Sovereign
®
and
Marquis WeatherMax
®
Shingles and Ridge Cap and Starter Strip Shingles carry a
Lifetime limited warranty (as defined below) against manufacturing defects and a
SmartChoice
®
Protection Period of 10 years.
Manufacturing Defects: Other GAF Asphaltic Shingles. Marquis WeatherMax
®
Shingles are warranted against manufacturing defects for 30 years; Royal Sovereign
®
Shingles are warranted for 25 years. The Smart Choice
®
Protection Period is 5
years for Marquis WeatherMax
®
and Royal Sovereign
®
Shingles. The warranty term
and Smart Choice
®
Protection Period for Ridge Cap and Starter Strip Shingles are
described below.
Manufacturing Defects: GAF Accessories Used With Any Brand Of Lifetime
Asphaltic Shingles. When you install three or more of the GAF Accessory Products
listed above on your roof with any brand of Lifetime Asphaltic Shingles, your GAF
Accessory Products carry a Lifetime limited warranty (as defined below) against
manufacturing defects and a Smart Choice
®
Protection Period of 10 years. When
you install fewer than three of the above-listed GAF Accessory Products on your roof
with any brand of Lifetime Asphaltic Shingles, your GAF Accessory Products carry
a 40-year warranty against manufacturing defects and a Smart Choice
®
Protection
Period of 5 years.
Manufacturing Defects: GAF Accessories Used With Any Other Asphaltic
Shingles. When you install one or more of the above-listed GAF Accessory Products
on your roof with any brand of non-Lifetime Asphaltic Shingles, your GAF Accessory
Products carry a 25-year warranty against manufacturing defects and a Smart
Choice
®
Protection Period of 5 years.
Definition Of Lifetime: The word “Lifetime” means as long as you, the original
owner(s) [or the second owner(s) if coverage was properly transferred during the
Smart Choice
®
Protection Period], own the property where the shingles and/or
accessories are installed. The Lifetime warranty is applicable only to shingles and
accessories installed on a single-family detached residence owned by individuals.
For any other type of owner or building, such as a corporation, governmental
entity, religious entity, condominium or homeowner association, school, apartment
building, office building, or multi-use structure, the length of the warranty is 40 years.
Failure To Seal/Blow-Offs/Wind Damage. GAF Lifetime Shingles, Timbertex
®
Premium Ridge Cap Shingles, and Ridglass
®
Premium Ridge Cap Shingles are
warranted against failure to seal, blow-offs, and wind damage for 15 years. All other
shingles (other than starter strips) and other ridge cap shingles are warranted against
failure to seal, blow-offs, and wind damage for 5 years. There
is no coverage for failure to seal/blow-offs/wind damage for any other GAF
Accessory Products.
Algae Discoloration. All StainGuard Plus
with Time Release-labeled shingles
carry a 25-year limited warranty against algae discoloration and a Smart Choice
®
Protection Period of 10 years. All StainGuard
®
-labeled Shingles and Ridge Cap
Shingles carry a 10-year limited warranty against algae discoloration and a Smart
Choice
®
Protection Period of 1 year. There is no coverage for algae discoloration for
any other GAF Accessory Products.
Who Is Covered By This Limited Warranty; Transferability.
You are covered by this limited warranty if you live in the United States or Canada and
are the original property owner (i.e., not a builder or installer) or the first subsequent
owner if this warranty was properly transferred.
This limited warranty may be transferred only once. The second owner must notify
GAF in writing within 60 days after the property transfer for warranty coverage to
be transferred. (Other than this one transfer, this warranty may not be transferred or
assigned, directly or indirectly.) If the transfer takes place within the Smart Choice
®
Protection Period, the second owner is entitled to the same coverage as the original
owner. If the transfer takes place afterwards, the length of this warranty shall be
reduced to the two-year period after the ownership changes. If there is a defect
during this two-year period, GAF’s reimbursement to the second owner will be based
only on the reasonable cost of replacement shingles or applicable accessories,
reduced by the amount of use that has been received from the shingles or applicable
accessories from the date of installation through the date of claim.
Manufacturing Defects: What Is Covered/Sole And Exclusive Remedy.
GAF Warranty Company, LLC, a subsidiary of GAF, warrants that your GAF Roofing
Shingles will remain free from manufacturing defects that adversely affect their
performance during the applicable Smart Choice
®
Protection Period or that cause
leaks for the remainder of the applicable warranty term and that your GAF Accessory
Products will remain free from manufacturing defects that adversely affect their
performance during the applicable warranty term. Note: Failure to seal/blow-offs/
wind damage and algae discoloration are covered separately below.
(1) During the Smart Choice
®
Protection Period: GAF will pay you the full
reasonable cost of labor to repair or re-cover any defective GAF Products (excluding
non-GAF accessories, metal work, or flashing) and will provide replacement GAF
Products or the reasonable cost of obtaining replacement GAF Products, at GAF’s
option. GAF will not pay to tear off your GAF Products, or to dispose of them.
(2) After the Smart Choice
®
Protection Period: Labor will no longer be covered.
GAF’s contribution to you will be based on either providing you with replacement GAF
Products, or at GAF’s choice, reimbursing you for the reasonable cost of replacement
GAF Products. The amount of replacement GAF Products or reimbursement
provided to you will be reduced to reflect the use you have received from your GAF
Products. The amount of use will be calculated by dividing the number of months
which have elapsed since installation to the date of claim by the number of months
in the warranty term. For a Lifetime warranty, the number of months in the warranty
term is deemed to be 600 for years 11-40 of the warranty term. For years 41 and
beyond of a Lifetime warranty, GAF’s contribution is 20%. For example, if you make
a claim for Lifetime Shingles installed on a single-family home after your shingles
have been installed for 25 years (300 months), GAF’s contribution will be reduced by
300/600 or 50%.
Failure To Seal/Blow-Offs/Wind Damage: What Is Covered/Sole And
Exclusive Remedy.
This limited warranty is specifically conditioned on your shingles or ridge cap
shingles being fastened and installed strictly in accordance with GAF’s application
instructions. This limited warranty does not apply to starter strip shingles. GAF
warrants to you that your GAF shingles or ridge cap shingles will not fail to seal, blow
off, or sustain damage from winds (including gusts) up to the applicable wind speed
listed on the reverse after your shingles or ridge cap shingles should have sealed but
did not due to a manufacturing defect. If your shingles or ridge cap shingles do fail
to seal, blow off, or suffer wind damage, GAF will reimburse you for the reasonable
costs of replacing the blown-off or damaged shingles or ridge cap shingles and hand-
sealing any unsealed shingles or ridge cap shingles. Costs related to underlayment,
metal work, and flashings are not included. GAF’s maximum liability under this
paragraph is to reimburse you for the cost of hand-sealing all of the shingles and
ridge cap shingles on your roof.
SEE REVERSE FOR LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS
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