Why Catawba Valley Roofing Installs CertainTeed Shingles on Every Roof in Hickory, NC

When it comes time to replace your roof, most homeowners focus on finding the right contractor. That is important. But the materials going on your home matter just as much as the crew putting them there. At Catawba Valley Roofing, we made a deliberate decision to install CertainTeed shingles exclusively, and we want Hickory homeowners to understand exactly why.

Who Is CertainTeed?

CertainTeed has been manufacturing building products since 1904. They are one of the most established and respected names in the roofing industry in North America, with over a century of experience engineering products specifically designed to protect homes from the kind of weather that the Southeast throws at roofs year after year.

They are not a budget brand. They are not a mid-tier option. CertainTeed sits at the top of the market alongside a very short list of premium manufacturers, and their shingle lines reflect that position in every way, from the materials used to the warranties backed behind them.

How CertainTeed Shingles Are Built Differently

The Product Itself Is in a Different Class

Not all asphalt shingles are created equal and the differences are not always visible from the street. CertainTeed architectural shingles are constructed with a heavier fiberglass mat, a thicker asphalt coating, and a higher granule embedment than a large portion of competing products at similar or even higher price points.

Why does that matter? The granules on the surface of your shingles are what protect the asphalt layer underneath from UV exposure, heat, and weathering. The more securely those granules are embedded and the more densely they are applied, the longer your shingles hold up under the sun and rain that western North Carolina delivers every single year.

The heavier mat and thicker asphalt layer give CertainTeed shingles better structural integrity, better impact resistance against hail, and better resistance to cracking and splitting as temperatures swing between seasons. In a climate like Hickory's, where you can go from summer heat to winter freezes and back again, that material quality is not a luxury. It is what keeps your roof performing decade after decade.

Wind Resistance That Holds Up When It Actually Has To

CertainTeed Landmark shingles carry a standard wind resistance warranty of 110 mph. When the full CertainTeed system is installed correctly using CertainTeed starter shingles and CertainTeed hip and ridge caps, that wind warranty upgrades to 130 mph. That is exactly how we install every roof we build. We use manufacturer-matched components across the entire system so our customers get the highest wind coverage available on the product, not just the baseline.

For homeowners in Catawba County where severe thunderstorms and wind events are a regular part of life, that upgraded coverage matters.

Algae Resistance Built Into the Shingle

If you have lived in western North Carolina for any length of time you have seen those dark streaks running down roofs in your neighborhood. That is algae growth, and it is extremely common in our humid climate. Left unchecked it breaks down the surface of your shingles and shortens their lifespan significantly.

CertainTeed's Landmark shingle line includes StreakFighter technology, which embeds copper-infused granules directly into the shingle surface during manufacturing. Copper is a natural algae inhibitor and having it built into the product from day one means your roof stays cleaner and performs better for longer without any additional treatment required. The algae resistance warranty on Landmark shingles runs 25 years, which is one of the strongest in the industry.

The CertainTeed Warranty Is in a Category of Its Own

What You Get Depends on Who Installs It

Here is something most homeowners do not find out until it is too late. The warranty coverage on a CertainTeed roof is directly tied to the certification level of the contractor who installs it. A homeowner who has CertainTeed shingles put on by a non-certified contractor gets a basic limited warranty. A homeowner who has them installed by a ShingleMaster certified contractor gets access to the SureStart PLUS warranty program, which is one of the strongest residential roofing warranties in the industry.

Catawba Valley Roofing holds the CertainTeed ShingleMaster certification, which is one of the highest tiers CertainTeed offers. It is not easy to earn. It requires formal training, demonstrated installation quality, proper licensing and insurance, and a track record that CertainTeed vets directly. Because we hold this certification, every homeowner we install a CertainTeed roof for in Hickory gets access to the full SureStart PLUS warranty coverage.

What SureStart PLUS Actually Covers

The SureStart PLUS warranty covers both materials and labor during the most critical period of your roof's life. That is significant because a standard manufacturer warranty typically covers defective materials but leaves the labor cost of fixing a problem entirely on the homeowner. With SureStart PLUS, if something goes wrong due to a manufacturing defect, the cost of both the materials and the labor to correct it is covered.

The Landmark shingle line installed by a ShingleMaster certified contractor carries a lifetime limited warranty on the shingles themselves. That means the product is backed for as long as you own your home.

Transferable Warranty and Wind Coverage

The warranty is also transferable. If you sell your home, the remaining warranty coverage can transfer to the new owner. In a competitive real estate market, a transferable lifetime warranty on a recently installed CertainTeed roof is a genuine selling point that adds real value to your property.

When we install the full CertainTeed system using manufacturer-matched components, the wind warranty upgrades to 110+ mph coverage. That is not the baseline. That is what you get when every piece of the system is installed the right way by a certified crew, which is the only way we do it.

Why We Made the Decision to Install CertainTeed Exclusively

We could install any shingle on the market. We evaluated our options seriously and made a deliberate choice to commit exclusively to CertainTeed for one straightforward reason. When a homeowner in Hickory trusts us with their roof, we want to put the best possible product on their home. Not a product that is good enough. Not a product that hits a certain price point. The best one.

CertainTeed gives us a product line we are genuinely confident in, a warranty program that actually protects the people we work for, and a manufacturing standard that holds up to the weather conditions our customers deal with every year in Catawba County.

When you see a Catawba Valley Roofing truck in your neighborhood, you know two things. The installation is being done by a ShingleMaster certified crew. And CertainTeed shingles are going on that roof. That combination is what we stand behind on every single job we do.

Schedule Your Free Roof Inspection in Hickory NC

If your roof is showing its age or took damage in a recent storm, we would be glad to come out and take a look. We will walk you through the CertainTeed product options that make sense for your home, explain the warranty coverage in plain language, and give you an honest assessment of what your roof needs.

Call us at (828) 962-0617 or visit www.catawbavalleyroofing.com to schedule your free inspection. We are local, we are certified, and we stand behind every roof we build.