Owens Corning Durations – Great Unique Technology Dimensionals
- Super Strength Fabric strip prevents wind blow offs.130 MPH warranty
- Extra very unique colors available in the Designer Color series of same shingle.-Offers deeper color ranges than competing shingles.
- MADE by USA company for those is United States seeking a fully home grown product
- Installers need to adapt to new thinner nailing zone.
- More expensive specialty cap shingle recommended
- Although a bit pricier than some cheaper dimensional shingles, we think worth extra cost
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Owens Corning Duration and TruDefinition Duration Review
Premium Lifetime Architectural Shingle: An upgrade to the Oakridge line of shingles and the best dimensional style shingle you can purchase in the Owens Corning Line Up. Up until 2012 it was available in the Duration and Duration premium options with the Premium offering a lifetime warranty and deeper colors. New for 2012 is a revamped version of the shingle which eliminated the popular SURENAIL strip the shingle was known for and is replaced by a woven fabric strip adding strength to where the nails go. As a slight negative the area to nail as been reduced in size. This new feature isn’t found in any other manufacture as Owens Corning continues to innovate and make the same old shingle just that much better. Check out this video Owens Corning made about the Duration Shingle with new fabric reinforcement strip here.
Manufacturer | Shingle Brand | Features | Our Rating 5 Nails Max |
Owens Corning | Duration*** | This is the old Duration series shingle no longer available except as left over stock. It was the 30 Year version of the Duration shingle line and still has the Sure Nail Technology they were initially known for. | |
Owens Corning | Duration Premium*** | An upgraded version of the original Duration again no longer manufactured. It was a thicker Lifetime or 50 Year Warranted shingle. | |
Owens Corning | Duration Premium Cool Shingles | Still available with the SureNail technology in the original Duration shingles this is the Premium Duration in colors that qualify for Cool Roof Designation. They are all lighter in color and will help reflective Solar Heat. | |
Owens Corning | TruDefinition Duration | OK, introduced in 2012 this is Owens Corning’s newest and best iteration in the Duration shingle Lineup. It seems OC has abandoned the Sure Nail technology in exchange for a thinner but stronger reinforced fabric strip. | |
Owens Corning | TruDefinition Duration Storm | With a more limited color array this is essentially the same shingle with added impact resistance for high hail occurrence areas. An integrated polymeric backing provides the strength.Still being manufactured with SureNail. |
*** = Discontinued product line, may still be available as “b” stock, definitely still on homes today.
Awesome
I’m a General Contractor and I’ve been using Owens Corning Duration shingles for over 9 years and I haven’t had any problems. My customers like the variety of colors. Great shingles
Owens Corning Duration True Definition Shingles have been on my roof for 7 years and I haven’t had any problems. I have the Estate Gray and it still looks new.
In 2012 I had an entire roof replaced with Owens Corning AR Duration Onyx Black shingles. That roof failed almost immediately due to leaks. OC replaced the entire roof in 2016 with the “new and improved” Owens Corning AR Duration Onyx Black. This roof has also started to fail. This time it is the roof material and plant material bonding problem. Oak tree twigs with lichen fall on the roof and the two bond together. When I remove the twigs, it pulls the top layer of the shingle off. Both of these roofs were supposedly a 50 year warranty.
The only thing the warranty department is good for is denying any wrong doing.
Do not buy OC anything, they will not stand behind their warranty without a tremendous fight. It took six months to have the original roof replaced, I am now into month 3 of this claim.
fake reviews on this website
It is very easy to post fake review on this website. The reviews are old and ranking based on 5-10 reviews. Does not seem reliable.
Had problems with shingles sealing properly.
I’m a Senior Field Inspector with Aspen Roofing and Exteriors in Lakewood, Colorado. Owens Corning Tru-Definition Duration Storm Series, Class 4 Impact Resistant shingles are THE BEST ON THE MARKET!! BAR NONE The sure nail technology (cloth strip embedded right in the shingle) prevents blow through and gives it the best wind resistance of any shingle on the market. Nothing comes close.
do you feel as strongly about the non storm , true definition? I didnot see any comments about the adhesives used. GAF seams to believe they have the best adhesive. ???
I have the same question: What do you think of OC Duration and OC Duration Tru-Definition (non-storm)? It seems a mistake to lump all these different Duration products into one “best rating”. Which one is best? For example, the ones I’m asking about only rate 3 nails, so how are they “best”?
Our crews love working with these and the SureNail technology. Our homeowners love the aesthetics and that they visually compare better against their neighbors’ roofs.
hands down best technology on the market without paying an insane amount for the “winner” in dimensional category Landmark triple laminates, I am sure they are good but why pay almost double for same warranty?
Best Dimensional shingle in the market in my opinion. These things are awesome and look good too. even for a first time installer like me…(thanks researchroofing for all the good advice) you can’t miss where to nail just put the nails in the white strip. They sealed down quick too just hope they never need replaced like they claim. Got a new red color sorry I forgot the exact name but it was part of the designer colors.
Excellent cold weather installation even at 14 degrees. That woven nailing strip keeps the nails from blowing thru the brittle shingle and made it possible for us to move twice as fast roofing compared to a certainteed roof installed the week before where we had problems with nails blowing thru.
No problems whatsoever with this shingles which is what I’d expect from a 50 year product. The Surenail black seal strip hold thiese shingles down real tight.
These are quite a heavy shingle I installed them myself with the help of my brother. This was the “older style” now that still had the black SureNail strip you nail through which made lining up the nails easy. Not a leak, installed with the Owens Corning weatherlock G ice and water shield as well as some cheap roofing felt. Best part I got a huge tax credit! Would reccomend again. Jim
We decided on the Duration after comparing it, the Certainteed Landmarks and GAF Timberline shingles. While all of them were pretty close in price it just seemed like the Duration had an edge over the competition with the black strip that you nail through and the top shingle seals on top of. You can’t get these suckers apart! which is goof for the most part, I certainly couldn’t imagine wind blowing them or anything like that. NO leaks thus far and still looks pretty darn good.
Just curious how this review is dated 2008 if the domain is registered in 2010?
this causes me mistrust data on this site so i am hoping you can offer an explanation.
thank you
Great question, some of the earliest reviews on the site were transferred from a previous domain property. The reviews were still valid so we kept them.
Hoe is the Duration roof now? It is still in good shape?