Insurance Claim Plus Chimney Flashing — CertainTeed Landmark in Heather Blend for a Pawtucket, RI Home

Like most Pinnacle roofing projects, the work was completed in a single day — minimizing disruption for the homeowner.

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A claim on this Pawtucket home turned into the full checklist: sections of failed decking replaced with new plywood, the chimney flashing rebuilt from scratch, and a complete CertainTeed system finished in Landmark Heather Blend — a warm, less-common color that sets the house apart on its street.

Scope of Work

Pinnacle supported the homeowner’s claim and scoped the real condition of the roof — not just the surface damage. Tear-off exposed deteriorated decking, replaced with new plywood sheets; the brick chimney got new step-and-counterflashing; and the system went down over it all: ice and water shield, synthetic underlayment, drip edge, starters, Landmark field shingles in Heather Blend, and new caps at the ridge.

What We Installed (And Why)

CertainTeed Landmark’s dual-layer build carries a Class A fire rating and a lifetime limited warranty — but on this job its supporting cast mattered just as much. New plywood gave every fastener sound material to bite; new flashing rebuilt the roof-to-masonry joint that fails first on homes this age.

Heather Blend is one of CertainTeed’s under-used gems: warm brown-rose granules with gray undertones, a color that flatters brick chimneys and brings out trim colors flat grays ignore. On Pawtucket’s closely built streets, where roofs face each other across narrow yards, it is quietly distinctive.

Project Photo Gallery

The chimney reflashed into the new Heather Blend field — step flashing under the courses, counterflashing over.

New plywood where the old deck had failed — solid material for every fastener.

The deck prepped and materials staged — dried-in before the Heather Blend field went down.

Good To Know: Why is chimney flashing the first thing to leak on older roofs?

Because it is a joint between two materials that move differently. The chimney’s masonry expands, contracts, and settles on its own schedule; the roof frame does the same on another. Flashing bridges that moving joint, and decades of cycles fatigue the metal and pull counterflashing out of its mortar joints. Caulk ‘repairs’ buy months. The real fix — new step flashing woven into the courses, counterflashing let into the masonry — only happens when the shingles around the chimney come off.

Why This Approach Works

Claims pay to restore damage; wisdom spends the project fixing everything that shares the same scaffolding. Deck, flashing, and field solved together means this roof has no known weak point left — and no reason for a contractor to disturb it again for decades.

Why Pinnacle

Pinnacle Roofing & Skylights is a CertainTeed ShingleMaster Premier contractor — the highest residential credential CertainTeed offers — which means verified installation standards and access to enhanced warranty coverage on every CertainTeed project. We repair and rebuild roofs across Pawtucket’s older neighborhoods, where decking surprises and tired flashing are the rule, not the exception. With more than 100 five-star Google reviews and an A+ BBB rating, our track record speaks for itself.

Pawtucket, RI

Pawtucket’s housing stock is a century deep — triple-deckers, mill-era capes, and brick-chimneyed colonials shoulder to shoulder. Pinnacle serves Pawtucket with repairs and rebuilds that address what is under the shingles, not just on top.