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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, 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 warranty does not cover low-

slope membranes, Master Flow

Ventilation Products, and 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 warranty (as deﬁned below) against manufacturing defects and a Smart

Choice

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 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 Accessories 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 Accessories 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) is 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

covered 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

-labeled Shingles and Ridge Cap

Shingles are warranted against algae discoloration for 10 years. 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 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.

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 Shingles or Accessories

(excluding non-GAF accessories, metal work, or ﬂashing) and will provide

replacement shingles or accessories or the reasonable cost of obtaining replacement

shingles or accessories, at GAF’s option. GAF will not pay to tear off your shingles or

accessories, 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 Shingles or Accessories, or at GAF’s choice, reimbursing you for the reasonable

cost of replacement shingles or accessories. The amount of shingles, accessories or

reimbursement provided to you will be reduced to reﬂect the use you have received

from your shingles or accessories. 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 Failure to Seal/Blow-offs/Wind Damage Warranty is speciﬁcally

conditioned on your shingles or ridge cap shingles being fastened and installed

strictly in accordance with GAF’s application instructions. This warranty does not

apply to starter strip shingles. GAF warrants to you that you 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 reserve 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 or ridge cap shingles on your roof.

Shingle

Wind Speed Coverage

with special installation

(mph / km/h)

Wind Speed Coverage

without special installation

(mph / km/h)

All GAF Lifetime Shingles 130/209* 110/175

Marquis WeatherMax

N/A 80/130

Royal Sovereign

N/A 60/96

* Your shingles will be covered up to the maximum wind speed above ONLY if your

shingles are installed using 6 nails per shingle and you have GAF Starter Strip

Products installed at the eaves and rakes.

Ridge Cap Shingle

Wind Speed Coverage

with special installation

(mph / km/h)

Wind Speed Coverage

without special installation

(mph / km/h)

Timbertex

& Ridglass

130/209** 110/175

All other GAF Ridge Cap

Shingles

90/144** 70/112

** Your ridge cap shingles will be covered up to the maximum wind speed above

ONLY if your ridge cap shingles are installed in strict accordance with the

“Maximum Wind Speed Coverage Under Ltd. Warranty” section of the applicable

ridge cap shingle application instructions.

Note: All self-sealing shingles and ridge cap shingles, including GAF’s, must be

exposed to warm, sunny conditions for several days before they completely seal.

Before sealing occurs, shingles and ridge cap shingles are vulnerable to blow-offs

and wind damage. Shingles and ridge cap shingles installed in fall or winter may not

seal until the following spring. Shingles or ridge cap shingles that are not exposed to

direct sunlight or adequate surface temperatures or that are not fastened or installed

properly may never seal. Failures to seal, blow-offs, and wind damage under these

circumstances result from the nature of self-sealing shingles and ridge cap shingles,

not a manufacturing defect, and are not covered under this warranty.

Algae Discoloration: What Is Covered/Sole And Exclusive Remedy.

This StainGuard

Limited Warranty applies only to shingles and ridge cap shingles

sold in packages bearing the StainGuard

logo. GAF warrants to you that blue-green

algae (also known as cyanobacteria) will not cause a pronounced discoloration of

your StainGuard

-labeled Shingles or Ridge Cap Shingles. During the ﬁrst year,

if your StainGuard

-labeled Shingles or Ridge Cap Shingles exhibit a pronounced

discoloration caused by blue-green algae, GAF’s contribution will be either the

reasonable cost of commercially cleaning your shingles or ridge cap shingles or, at

GAF’s option, replacing discolored shingles or ridge cap shingles, up to a maximum

of the original cost of the affected shingles or ridge cap shingles. During the

remainder of the StainGuard

Limited Warranty period, GAF’s contribution to you

will be reduced to reﬂect the amount of use you have received from your shingles or

ridge cap shingles since your shingles or ridge cap shingles were installed (100%,

reduced by a percentage equal to the number of months from the installation date to

the date of claim divided by 120).

Note: Preventing pronounced algae-related discoloration of your shingles or

ridge cap shingles is achieved through formulations or through unique blends of

granules.

What Is Not Covered.

Even if your shingles or accessories were not properly installed according to GAF’s

application instructions or to standard good rooﬁng practices, this limited warranty

remains in effect. However, GAF will NOT compensate you for:

(1) Damages resulting from anything other than an inherent manufacturing defect in

your shingles or accessories, such as:

(a) Improper fastening of your shingles or accessories or application not in

strict accordance with GAF’s printed application instructions, if the improper

installation was the cause of the damage.

(b) Settlement, movement, or defects in the building, walls, foundation,

or the roof base over which the shingles or accessories were applied.

(2) Damages resulting from causes beyond normal wear and tear, such as:

(a) Acts of nature, such as hail, ﬁre, winds (including gusts) over the applicable

wind speed listed above, or ice damming above the areas of your roof deck

covered by a GAF Leak Barrier.

(b) Impact of foreign objects or trafﬁc on the roof.

(3) Shading or variations in the color of your shingles or ridge cap shingles or

discoloration or contamination caused by fungus, mild, lichen, algae (except

for blue-green algae if your shingles or ridge cap shingles were labeled with the

StainGuard

logo), or other contaminants, including that caused by organic

materials on the roof.

(4) Labor costs, except as speciﬁcally provided for above, disposal costs, tear-off

costs, and costs related to underlayments (unless your claim involves a

manufacturing defect in a GAF Underlayment), metal work, and ﬂashings.

(5) Damage to the interior or exterior of the building, including, but not limited to,

mold growth.

Other Limitations Concerning Coverage.

Decisions as to the extent of repair, re-cover, or cleaning required, and the

reasonable cost of such work, will be made solely by GAF. GAF reserves the right

to arrange directly for your shingles or accessories to be repaired, re-covered,

or cleaned instead of reimbursing you for such work. The remedy under this

warranty is available only for those shingles and accessories actually exhibiting

manufacturing defects or algae discoloration at the time your claim is settled. Any

replacement shingles or accessories will be warranted only for the remainder of

the original warranty period. GAF reserves the right to discontinue or modify its

shingles or accessories, including the colors available, so any replacement shingles

or accessories may not be an exact match for the shingles or accessories on your

roof. Even if GAF does not modify a color, replacement shingles or accessories

may not match your original shingles or accessories due to normal weathering,

manufacturing variations, or other factors.

Claims: What You Must Do.

You must notify GAF about any claim within 30 days after you notice a problem

and provide proof of the date your shingles or accessories were applied and that

you were the owner at that time (or that the warranty was properly transferred to

you). If you are claiming a Lifetime warranty on any GAF Accessories, you must

also provide proof of the date(s) your three or more GAF Accessories and Lifetime

Shingles were applied. You must either call GAF at 1-800-458-1860 about your

claim, or send a notice to GAF in writing to: GAF, Warranty Services, 1 Campus

Drive, Parsippany, NJ 07054, USA. You will then be provided with complete details

about submitting your claim. GAF may require you to send to GAF, at your expense,

sample shingles or accessories for testing and photographs. Within a reasonable

time after proper notiﬁcation, GAF will evaluate your claim and resolve it in

accordance with the terms of this limited warranty. If you repair or replace your GAF

Products before you notify GAF about your claim or before GAF has completed its

evaluation of your claim, your claim may be denied. If you need to repair or replace

your GAF Products before your claim is resolved, you MUST provide GAF with

reasonable notice. NOTE: Notice to your contractor, dealer, or home builder is

NOT notice to GAF. You should retain this document for your records in the unlikely

event that you need to ﬁle a claim.

Sole And Exclusive Warranty.

THIS LIMITED WARRANTY IS EXCLUSIVE AND REPLACES ALL OTHER

WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS AND GUARANTEES,

WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WHETHER BY STATUTE, AT LAW OR IN

EQUITY, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR

FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. This limited warranty is your EXCLUSIVE

warranty from GAF and represents the SOLE REMEDY available to any owner

of GAF Shingles or Accessories. GAF makes NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS,

CONDITIONS, GUARANTEES, OR WARRANTIES of any kind other than that

stated herein. GAF WILL NOT BE LIABLE IN ANY EVENT FOR CONSEQUENTIAL,

PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR OTHER SIMILAR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND,

including DAMAGE TO THE INTERIOR OR EXTERIOR OF ANY BUILDING, whether

any claim against it is based upon breach of this limited warranty, negligence, strict

liability in tort, or for any other cause. Some jurisdictions do not allow limitations on

or the exclusion of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitations

or exclusions may not apply to you. This limited warranty gives you speciﬁc

legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from jurisdiction to

jurisdiction.

The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the Sale of International Goods

shall NOT apply either to the sale of the GAF Products or to this limited warranty.

Modification Of Warranty.

This limited warranty may not be changed or modiﬁed except in writing, signed

by an ofﬁcer of GAF. No one (other than an ofﬁcer of GAF) has the authority to

assume any additional or other liability or responsibility for GAF in connection with

your shingles or accessories except as described in this warranty. (Note: Warranty

subject to change. For current information, visit gaf.com or write to GAF at 1

Campus Drive, Parsippany, NJ 07054, USA, Attn: Warranty Services.)

Effective Date.

This limited warranty is effective for GAF Asphaltic Shingles and GAF

Accessories installed after September 1, 2017.

The GAF Shingle & Accessory Limited Warranty