2000 by the National Roofing Contractors Association. No

In Part 3: Asphalt Shingle Warranties information is
derived from two sources: an examination of the
warranty or guarantee document itself and the
manufacturer’s response to a questionnaire sent by
NRCA.
All manufacturers listing asphalt shingles in the guide
are invited to submit their warranties for examination
and listing. Those without warranty listings have
elected not to participate.
For each warranty, there are 20 categories, or items of
information listed. The information provided in the
following categories was obtained by examination of
the document itself.
No. Item of Information
1. Identity of issuing entity
2. Title, original publication date, and identifying
symbol (if any)
3. Products covered
4. Scope of coverage
5. Length of coverage
6. Nature of remedy
7. Monetary limitations
8. Specific exclusions from coverage
9. Wind coverage/exclusion
10. Notification of requirements
11. Determination of warranty applicability and
coverage
13. Specific conditions that make warranty ineffective
or void
14. Inclusion of consequential damages
15. Assignability
18. Is the warranty an additional or exclusive remedy
for the owner?
19. Special features/conditions
20. Executed by owner
In addition, information in the following categories was
provided by the manufacturer in response to a
questionnaire accompanying the warranty document:
No. Item of Information
2. Title, original publication date, and identifying
symbol (if any)
3. Products covered (if products are not specified in
the language of the warranty document)
4 Scope of coverage
5. Length of coverage
6. Nature of remedy
9. Wind coverage/exclusion
10. Issuing entity manufacturers and/or sells shingles
16. Cost to obtain
17. Warranty backed by insurance coverage
In response to this information, NRCA endeavors to
prepare an accurate, comprehensive, and objective
listing for each warranty submitted by a manufacturer.
Generally, a separate listing is generated for each
document. Sometimes, however, a manufacturer uses
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the same warranty document to cover different
products, and in the length of coverage, the cost to
obtain it, the minimum charge, or the monetary
limitation vary. In such cases, there may be more than
one listing for a particular warranty reflecting these
differences.
A blank space appears for a category of information if a
manufacturer does not provide the relevant data.
Brackets ([ ]) are used in listings to indicate information
that a manufacturer feels is pertinent but that may not
be contained in the document or at least was not
apparent to NRCA in its review. In effect, the use of
bracketed statements provides a means for
manufacturers to disagree with the analysis made of
the document by NRCA; in some instances, these
statements may even contradict NRCA’s conclusions
concerning the import of language in a warranty,
In should be noted that the name of the manufacturer
as it appears in Item 1 Identity of Issuing Entity may not
necessarily be identical to or even similar to the one
listed in the Index or in the asphalt shingle sections.
This is because the name appearing in the warranty
section is the name of the entity appearing in the
warranty document itself. For example, if a
manufacturer changes its corporate name but does not
change a warranty document that bore its original
name, the original name will appear in the warranty
section. In other sections of the Guide, if one company
purchases the assets of another, upon request NRCA
simply moves the products of the acquired company
under the name of the company that acquired it. In the
warranty section, on the other hand, this may not be
possible until warranty documents bearing the new
corporate name are provided to NRCA. Until that time,
the name of the entity must remain as it appears in the
documents. An explanation of such situations is
sometimes provided in a footnote in the warranty
section in order to clarify an apparent discrepancy in
corporate names.
By necessity, the warranty listings in the Guide present
rather succinctly a great deal of information contained
in the manufacturer’s warranties, as well as the policies
surrounding them. For this reason, the reader should
obtain and examine the warranty document itself,
discuss additional questions with a representative of
the party issuing the warranty, and obtain professional
advice from counsel when desired. A warranty has
significant legal consequences; therefore, all parties
should understand the document at the outset of a
construction project to preclude subsequent
misunderstandings.
The firm of Hendrick, Phillips, Schemm & Salzman,
Atlanta, Ga., in cooperation with NRCA staff prepares
the warranty section of the Steep-Slope Roofing
Materials Guide.