O/C Duration shingles

Hello out there,

Is anyone else starting to come up with handfuls of rusty nails in the O/C Duration SureNail strip? I've come across a handful of roofs lately with this problem - one under 4/12 and most of them over 4/12 but less than 7/12. Nailing seems to be properly located, and I'm finding this in wide-open field areas of the roof. I can't find any installation faults on any of the areas inspected. Seems to me this will be problematic as these are all under 2 years old.

Thanks in advance for sharing your experiences!>>>

You are right John, OC Jim just kept on brushing that off as a non-issue.

Ed>>>

I'm in FL also - same nails everyone in town uses, same everything. And roofdoc is right - water gets in the butt-joints and runs across this lower, smooth "surenail" line and just sits there trapped. I'm finding some nail heads almost completely rusted off at the 2 year mark.

I've just called in my first claim. I'm concerned about the 100+ roofs of Duration I put on when all of Orlando wanted that new 110mph shingle before CTD and GAF upped their warranties from 80mph.

I'll let you all know how it goes (hoping for a miracle).>>>

That was the majority voiced concern when they first came out with that solid continuous sealant line.

Now, it seems as if those concerns are warranted.

I haven't installed an Owens Corning Roof since around 1998, with the one exception of doing my Dad's roof on his home in Wisconsin, because he is a cheap SOB and wouldn't pay the extra $2.00 per square for a better quality, but at least they were OakRidge instead of Durations, and that is primarily because OC takes the marketing point of supplying the Big Box at Lowes.

Ed

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We've installed a few of these. Certainteed products are the shingle of choice for us, but sometimes color choices don't work. I'll have to stop back and take a look see . . .>>>

Did not specify he just blamed it on the nail. If your not familiar with the duration line they have what they call a sure nail strip. The problem seems to be the smooth sure nail strip is lower than the granular edge and the water dams up there. It does not sound like it would be enough to rust a nail but it is. I'm in Fl. I also saved a shingle wrapper that has not been changed yet, all they say about the nail is it has to be 9 or 10 gauge nothing else. I did hear they are changing the wrappers, so if you don't keep an old one you don't have a leg to stand on.>>>

Yes its getting reported alot around my area. One of our local roofers called OC and the tech guy came out and inspected the roof with the contractor and the home owner. He told the contractor in front of the HO the wrong nails were used and that was the problem, THEN HE LEFT. I only used OC now I only use GAF. Its scary for me I have hundreds of sq. out there, and OC is gunna leave me holding the bag from what I hear.>>>