A residential roof replacement in Vernon, Texas using a Class 3 impact-rated architectural shingle system. The crew tore off the old roof, installed new underlayment, and laid architectural shingles across the full roof with clean ridge lines and proper ventilation.
Scope of Work
- Tear-off & deck prep
- Underlayment
- Class 3 architectural shingles
- Ridge & ventilation
How This Project Came Together
This Vernon home received a full roof replacement using a Class 3 impact-rated architectural shingle system, installed over a complete tear-off rather than layered on the existing roof. The scope covered the whole roof — removing the old shingles, installing new underlayment, and laying architectural shingles across every plane with clean ridge lines and proper ventilation.
The crew tore off the old roof, installed new underlayment across the deck, and laid Class 3 architectural shingles over the full roof. Ridge lines were finished clean and ventilation was set correctly, so the roof breathes the way it's supposed to instead of trapping heat and moisture underneath.
Challenge
Impact ratings come from UL 2218, a test that drops steel balls onto roofing material and checks the underside for cracking afterward; Class 3 sits one tier below the top Class 4 rating but still represents a meaningfully tougher shingle than a standard architectural product without an impact rating at all. Ventilation is easy to get wrong on a full replacement, too — ridge venting has to work with the roof's actual airflow, not just look correct from the ground, or heat builds up in the attic regardless of how tough the shingles are.
Solution
The crew handled the tear-off and deck prep before underlayment went down, so the Class 3 shingles went over a clean, sound deck rather than an old roof's leftover irregularities. Ridge lines were run straight and finished to shed water cleanly, and ventilation was set to actually move air through the attic rather than installed for appearance alone.
Result
The finished roof combines Class 3 impact resistance with clean ridge lines and ventilation that works as intended — a roof built to hold up to the region's weather and to breathe correctly underneath the shingles. It's a step up in durability from a standard shingle without an impact rating, installed with the tear-off and deck prep that let the shingle system perform the way it's rated to.
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