Location: 2772 Manstrom Drive, Lawton Michigan 49065
Products Installed: CertainTeed LandMark Pro Heather Blend Shingles, Heat Deflector Insulation, Royal Brown Vented Aluminum Soffit, Royal Brown Aluminum Fascia, Royal Brown Seamless Gutters and Downspouts with Royal Brown Gutter Topper
Dennison Exterior Solutions & Gutter Topper as roofing contractors in Lawton Michigan was hired to remove and replace the 20 year old roof on this lake front home. This home had a history of ice dams on the front and back of the home. The roof had several areas where there were signs of leakage with exposed fasteners. In addition, we needed to update the roofs ventilation system. During the roof removal process we also removed some sheathing to gain access to the attic so that we could install the Heat Deflector Insulation. We also cut open the wood soffit to provided sufficient intake venting in order to validate the new shingles warranty. We also install fully vented royal brown aluminum soffit and royal brown aluminum fascia upon completion of the roof work. We also installed seamless aluminum gutters and downspouts and to make the new gutter system maintenance free we install the Gutter Topper gutter guard system.
As roofing contractors in Lawton Michigan Dennison Exterior Solutions & Gutter Topper specializes in the installation of Lifetime Warranty (50 Year Warranty) Shingles that includes a 50 Year 100% Transferable Labor & Material Warranty backed by CertainTeed without any Prorating during the life of the shingles.
The Benefits of the Dennison Exterior Solutions & CertainTeed Integrity Roof System
A quality roofing system involves the underlayments, shingles, accessory products, and ventilation all working together. Day after day, year after year.
At Dennison Exterior Solutions & CertainTeed, we call that the Integrity Roof System
Dennison Exterior Solutions & Gutter Topper as roofing contractors in Lawton Michigan we use the Integrity Roof System which is designed to provide optimum performance — no matter how bad weather conditions are. After all, better quality shingles mean longer-lasting roofs. Add in underlayment and accessory products, and you’ve got a roof system that really works.
When you choose a Dennison Exterior Solutions & Gutter Topper Integrity Roof System you gain the advantage of having CertainTeed as your single manufacturing source to stand behind its roof system components.
Dennison Exterior Solutions & Gutter Topper Shingles:
Most of Dennison Exterior Solution & Gutter Topper customers choose the LandMark Pro Shingles which were Engineered to outperform ordinary roofing shingles in every category, Landmark PRO boasts the rich hues and stunning dimensionality of CertainTeed’s Max Def color technology. Good looks aside, this dimensional laminate shingle is built to last, with two layers of high-quality roofing asphalt and an industry leading lifetime limited transferrable warranty.
- Replicate the appearance of cedar shake roofing, with the added flexibility of a colorful palette to choose from
- Fifteen year StreakFighter® algae-resistance warranty
- Enhanced warranty available when installed by Dennison Exterior Solutions which is a CertainTeed credentialed contractor
- 110mph Wind Resistance warranty
Underlayments:
Dennison Exterior Solutions & Gutter Topper Winter Guard Ice & Water Shield
Dennison Exterior Solutions & Gutter Topper uses CertainTeed’s WinterGuard waterproofing shingle underlayment which is the solution for winning the battle against water penetration in your roof’s most vulnerable places. WinterGuard is a composite material of asphalt polymers, formed into a rolled sheet. The asphalt makes it vapor-tight, and the polymers make the asphalt elastic and sticky. This protective barrier is able to stretch and seal around nails driven through it. Placing WinterGuard a minimum of 24″ past the interior wall line at the eave provides your first line of defense.
Dennison Exterior Solutions & Gutter Topper installs Winter Guard six feet up the roofline from all eave edges, where all lower roofs meet any walls and around all roof ‘ shingle penetrations such as furnace / water heater vent stacks, soil pipes, chimneys, antenna satellite fasteners, skylights and any other protrusions through the roof. This process eliminates all potential future call-backs.
Dennison Exterior Solutions & Gutter Topper Winter Guard seals the roof against infiltration of water into the home due to ice dams and wind-driven rain that also seals water-tight around each nail that is driven through it. The sand surface of Winter Guard also provides a huge safety factor for installers while walking on top of the shield.
Dennison Exterior Solutions & Gutter Topper CertainTeed’s Diamond Deck Synthetic Felt
Dennison Exterior Solutions & Gutter Topper uses CertainTeed’s Diamond Deck high performance synthetic felt is applied to the entire roof surface that is not already covered the the Winter Guard ice and water shield. This Best-in-Class underlayments performance in terms of both weather protection and contractor safety is unsurpassed.
Diamond Deck has exceptional dimensional stability compared to standard 15lb or 30lb felt underlayment which can wrinkle when it becomes wet and “telegraph” those wrinkles through to the shingles applied over it detracting from the beauty of your homes new shingles. Diamond Deck eliminates this problem and it special top surface treatment provide excellent slip resistance, even when wet for contractor safety.
Dennison Exterior Solutions & Gutter Topper CertainTeed’s Ventilation Products: 12” Filtered Vent with an External Baffle and Intake Vent
Designed with an internal weather filter and external baffles, CertainTeed® filtered Ridge Vent proves that outstanding beauty and performance can be combined. Less than an inch in height, this slim molded, high-impact copolymer shingle-over ridge vent permits capping of the ridge with shingles like the rest of the roof. CertainTeed Ridge Vents combined with sufficient intake vents, such as CertainTeed Intake Vent, are the most efficient and effective systems you can install that will help validate the new shingles warranty and save you energy which save you money 24/7. Works year-round to ventilate the attic. Provides evenly distributed ventilation along the entire underside of the roof. Provides a higher volume of airflow per square foot of attic area than any other fixed-vent system and is designed to maximize airflow across the entire underside of roof sheathing. Changes in wind direction have no significant effect on vent performance and is wind driven rain resistant up to 110 MPH.
CertainTeed’s Intake Vent provides continuous intake airflow at the roof’s edge and provides proper intake ventilation for homes with little or no overhang. It’s a roof-top installed, shingle-over intake vent that can be used to supplement existing soffit or undereave vents. CertainTeed Ridge Vent combined with sufficient intake vents, such as CertainTeed Intake Vent, are the most efficient and effective systems you can install.
Heat Deflector Insulation
Dennison Exterior Solutions & Gutter Topper as insulation contractors in Lawton Michigan as the exclusive insulation contractor certified to install the Heat Deflector Insulation Dennison Exterior Solutions & Gutter Topper with the installation of this product as proven by the Department of Energy can cut your utility bills between 20 to 40 percent.
Is a highly reflective perforated insulated blanket that is installed on top of your existing insulation that can also be attached to the bottom of the rafters under your roof’s decking. We also install the Heat Deflector behind vinyl siding when we are residing homes.
The Heat Deflector Perforated Insulation allows moisture to pass through the product and still deflects 97% of the radiant heat up during the summer away for the inside of your home allowing your air conditioner to use less energy cooling the air. In the winter the heated air inside your home is deflected back down allowing your furnace to run less and also keeping the air in your attic that is above the Heat Deflector and below your roof’s deck to be cooler. This process also mitigates snow melt and minimizes the buildup of ice and icicles.
The Heat Deflector provides an R-16 insulation value however, when you include the reflective nature of both sides of the product its performance characteristics can reach the equivalent of an R-30.
- Blocks 97% of the radiant heat, saving you money year after year
- Pays for itself in Energy Savings!
- Requires no maintenance
- Never needs replacement
- 0.03 Emissivity
- Non-toxic/Non-carcinogenic
As seamless gutter contractors in Stevensville Michigan
Dennison Exterior Solutions & Gutter Topper Only Uses Products Made and Manufactured in the United States of America
Dennison Exterior Solutions & Gutter Topper as gutter contractors in Lawton Michigan our seamless gutter aluminum coil has a thickness of .027 and is custom formed at your home using our IronMan “K” style aluminum extruding seamless gutter machine. Lengths of seamless aluminum gutters can be run-out to custom fit your homes specifications. Whether it’s a one foot section of gutter or 100 feet or more there are no seams between the end caps or corners.
Dennison Exterior Solutions & Gutter Topper as seamless gutter contractors in Lawton Michigan we understand how important that the seamless gutters and downspouts blend in with the beauty of your home. That is why we carry over 75 different colors to match your roof, fascia, trim, siding or brick on your home. With being able to have access to this many colors allows us for example to have the seamless gutters match the fascia on your home while the downspouts may match the color of your walls so that they blend in and are not as noticeable.
Our five-inch seamless gutters are attached with #12 built-in deck screws, which is 25 percent heavier, and features Speed Coating. This quick-screw system allows our installers to find the rafter-tails behind the fascia boards so that the entire screw is anchored to wood.
Dennison Exterior Solutions & Gutter Topper as eave trough contractors in Lawton Michigan uses clear 50 Year service life Sealants have a superior ultraviolet resistance which can be applied in any temperature and has an excellent adhesion properties.
In addition, all of the seamless aluminum accessories that Dennison Exterior Solutions & Gutter Topper uses are manufactured using quality .027 aluminum such as End Caps, Inside & Outside Miters, Bay Window Miters including our Downspout Tubes which come in lengths of 10 feet and will be custom cut and installed to meet your homes specifications. Downspouts Tubes may also include “A” and “B” Elbows as well as Offsets with hidden downspout mounting brackets or straps.
Dennison Exterior Solutions also uses ¼ inch drive stainless steel zip screws that will not rust instead of using pop rivets, which require those fasteners to be drilled out in case there is a need for a repair. With the zip screws we simply unscrew the fasteners, make the repairs and refasten eliminating unsightly holes that may leak.
Dennison Exterior Solutions & Gutter Topper as gutter guard contractors in Lawton Michigan installed the Gutter Topper gutter cover system.
Gutter Topper was specifically engineered to be installed over your existing gutters however, Dennison Exterior Solutions & Gutter Topper as gutter cover contractors in Lawton Michigan recommends that we replace your gutters if your current gutter system was originally installed with the outdated spike and ferrule fastener system as those systems are almost impossible to be adjusted for proper drainage.
If your existing gutter system is in relatively good shape Dennison Exterior Solutions & Gutter Topper installation methods includes a Gutter Tuneup that includes “dry” cleaning out your existing gutters, repitching them where and if they need to be and resealing any leaking seams that the homeowner points out to us. This fee also includes taking over responsibility for your existing gutter system as well if the system is relatively new so that you won’t have to call the original gutter company. We also specialize in installing new seamless aluminum gutters and downspouts as well if you need new gutters.
Why is Gutter Topper Superior when Compared to other Gutter Covers?
While there are many gutter guard systems on the market today only Gutter Topper passed independent tests for debris infiltration, torrential rain flow (22” per hour), hurricane force winds (110mph), handle the heavy weight of ice and snow (1,200
lbs. per square foot) and be rated the number one solid metal gutter guard on the market today by a leading consumer testing magazine.
How Gutter Topper Keeps You Safe!
Gutter Topper is a permanent solution to having to constantly climb dangerous rickety old ladders putting your health at risk to keep you gutters clean.
Every year, over 100,000 homeowners fall from ladders and are seriously injured. Many fall from heights as low as 10 feet and spend an average of $4,000 on hospital co-pays, prescription drugs, lost wages, and physical therapy. *
Ask yourself, is it worth the risk?
* Gutter Topper costs less than this to install on an average single-story home
* There could be additional long-term health effects resulting from the fall Safety is one of the smartest reasons for installing Gutter Topper on your home.
*Statistics from: Consumer Protection Agency and OSHA
How Gutter Topper Protects You, Your Home & Enhances Your Home
Besides protecting you from climbing a ladder to clean out your gutters year after year, Gutter Topper protects your property by eliminating clogged gutters.
* Helps stop gutter overflows that could damage landscaping, walls foundation, and basement
* Keeps birds and pests from nesting in gutters
* Helps protect against harmful mold, mildew and rot
All this protection is enhanced by the value and curb appeal that Gutter Topper adds to your home:
* Custom fit and attractive design
* Attached to your gutters and house, it strengthens your existing gutters
* Available in 13 standard colors and genuine 16 oz. copper
* Low-profile that blends into the roofline
* No unsightly mounting brackets or hangers
Please don’t hesitate to call us for a free inspection, review of your proposal today. Our office will return your call promptly and setup an appointment with you to inspect, measure and review your customized proposal and answer any questions you may have about our products and installations.
Dennison Exterior Solutions & Gutter Topper as gutter guard contractors in Lawton Michigan has well over 5,000 satisfied customers in the Western Michigan and Northern Indiana areas. Our average customer satisfaction ratings are superior to any other contractor in the area with a 5 Star rating and and “A” rating from our customers.