![]() ![]() The average age of the roof subject to a cracking complaint was 7 years. For example, one of the findings was that the cracking claims increased by 43% from 2001-2002 alone.Ī 2006 report by GAF employees, Sudhir Railkar and Adem Chich, revealed that the company received 10,170 cracking complaints for Timberline products through 2002. To address this issue, the company assembled “cracking teams”, who investigated the source of the problem.Īs a result, they discovered that defective raw materials and inadequate manufacturing practices were used to make the shingles in several of its factories, including facilities in Minneapolis, Minnesota Baltimore, Maryland Millis, Massachusetts Fontana, California, Dallas, Texas and Mobile, Alabama. By late 1990’s GAF received information about premature cracking on many of its roof shingles, including Timberline. Damage to other building materials (anything directly connected to the shingles themselves or the roof System, such as flashings, gutters, siding, valley metal, crickets and saddles, plumbing vents, and soffit and fascia).ĭuring the course of the investigation it was discovered that for many years GAF deliberately continued to hide Timberline’s defects from suppliers, installers and consumers, while actively marketing it as a top quality product.ġ. Damage to the roof system (roof structure and roof system including the roof deck, underlayment, leak barriers, starter strips, ridge cap shingles, and attic ventilation.)ģ. The settlements would cover the following claims:Ģ. ![]() Between 19 at other GAF manufacturing plants. Between 19 at GAF’s plant in Mobile, Alabama.Ģ. However, the company agreed to offer two settlements covering products manufactured:ġ. GAF, in turn, claimed that they were not defective and were appropriately covered by the warranty. Plaintiffs claimed that the company’s Timberline products have a defect that makes them prone to prematurely crack, tear or split. of America Asphalt Roofing Shingle Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. In 2013, a class action lawsuit, titled Building Materials Corp. They have been touted as “the # 1 selling shingle in North America”, “the heaviest and longest-lasting fiberglass asphalt shingle in the Timberline series” offering “superior strength and improved weathering in harsh conditions”, because their exceptional design “promotes longest life and extra durability.” Case Summary Its top selling roofing shingles, Timberline, have been installed on millions of homes across the US. In the residential roofing market, for many years GAF has been holding the top spot as the “Largest Roofing Shingle Manufacturer in North America”. The company has been covering up this issue for years (we will show quotes from high-ranking company officials), failing to inform homeowners, roofing contractors and state authorities, or to recall the defective product. Since the shingles in question were manufactured from 1998 to 2009, at the rate of 10,000 claims per year, our guess is that there were at least 100,000 failed Timberline roofs. The actual number of people involved the class action was not disclosed, but there were more than 10,000 warranty claims related to this problem, that were filed in just one year. While the GAF lawsuit has been settled in April 2015, we want to make you aware of this situation and summarize the case, because there is a complete lack of media coverage on this issue. Standing Seam Materials & Cost Calculator. ![]()
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