A Bristol, RI Colonial Gets CertainTeed Landmark PRO in Max Def Weathered Wood

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Behind its low stone wall, this Bristol colonial had a roof at the end of its service life. Pinnacle Roofing & Skylights replaced it with a complete CertainTeed system topped with Landmark PRO shingles in Max Def Weathered Wood — a warm, wood-toned blend that suits the East Bay’s historic streetscapes.

Scope of Work

Full tear-off to the deck, then the system build: ice and water shield along the eaves and in the valleys, synthetic underlayment over the field, new drip edge and starter strips, CertainTeed Landmark PRO field shingles, and matching hip and ridge caps. The crew completed the job in a single day and left the property — stone wall, gardens, and all — as clean as they found it.

What We Installed (And Why)

Landmark PRO is the step-up version of CertainTeed’s benchmark dual-layer architectural shingle: heavier construction for better wind and impact performance, plus Max Def granule blends that keep the color dimensional instead of flat. On a house this visible from the street, the difference shows.

Max Def Weathered Wood is the shade homeowners pick when they want warmth without brown — gray-driftwood tones with lighter highlights that echo cedar aging naturally. Against white clapboard and a fieldstone wall, it is about as New England as a roof gets.

Project Photo Gallery

The finished front — Weathered Wood picks up both the stone wall and the trim.

Field shingles going down over CertainTeed underlayment — every course on the manufacturer’s nailing line.

Hip and ridge caps finishing the roof — the last layer of the CertainTeed system.

Good To Know: What does the ‘Max Def’ in CertainTeed colors actually mean?

Max Def is CertainTeed’s high-definition granule blending — more color depth and contrast within each shingle, so the roof reads dimensional in changing light rather than as one flat tone. It is purely a visual upgrade; the weather protection comes from the shingle’s dual-layer build. But since you look at your roof for twenty-five years, the visual upgrade earns its keep.

Why This Approach Works

Every layer in the system has one job: ice and water shield stops ice-dam backup at the eaves, underlayment is the second line of defense, starters lock the first course, and the dual-layer field shingles carry the weather. Installed as a matched CertainTeed system, the layers are engineered — and warrantied — to work together.

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. East Bay homes take wind funneling up Narragansett Bay, and we nail and detail every roof here for it. With more than 100 five-star Google reviews and an A+ BBB rating, our track record speaks for itself.

Bristol, RI

Bristol wears its history proudly — the oldest continuous Fourth of July celebration in America, a harborfront of colonials and Victorians, and street after street of homes worth protecting properly. Pinnacle serves Bristol from Poppasquash to the Warren line.