A lot of people don't take much time to think about what their roof is made from. Many companies out there that build roofing solutions and roof shingles spend all their time doing just that. With the Owens Corning roof shingles, the Corning company innovated a new and powerful technology for weather proofing homes and businesses. We can go to the retail store and purchase one of these shingles and may realize that this is not made from materials we recognize right away but the technology inherent with these shingles broke records in its day!
The Owens Corning roof shingles have a heart with fiberglass, it's no surprise really since Owens Corning started out making insulation products for a range of uses. That core fiberglass system is a brilliant way to both protect the home from the weather and insulate it while doing so. Essentially these shingles act as a wonderful insulation system outside your attic so whatever tries to escape that attics insulation won't make it outside thus keeping the warm (or cold) air trapped and distributed! The fiberglass also provides stability, strength, and a much needed fire resistance!
In today's climate there have been an incredible number of that will fire that have claimed many homes, but homes using the Owens Corning roof shingles are less likely to lose, at least the roof, the part that usually gets hit first, quickly! This also makes the shingle go longer meaning your investment is worth more. This is just the core of the shingle; often the external part of the shingle offers protection as well. Made of asphalt mixed with granules of crushed rock it protects the internal core in the elements of the weather as well.
The granules that are mixed into the asphalt are partially responsible for the wonderful designs we see in the Owens Corning roof shingles. I bet you didn't know that right? Did you know that a lot of these granules also provide UV protection to the shingle/fiberglass core and your home? The Corning company also puts the pills to the test to make sure they can stand the tough winds, hottest sun, and harshest snow and weather storms. When you use these shingles you're using a whole lot of technology you never knew was in there!