Wind-Storm Roof Restoration in North Kingstown — Landmark Pewterwood

After a wind storm lifted and tore shingles across this North Kingstown home, the homeowner needed a full, insurance-backed restoration — not a patch that would fail at the next blow. Pinnacle documented the damage, worked the claim alongside the homeowner, and rebuilt the roof from the deck up in CertainTeed Landmark, Pewterwood.

Rather than spot-repair the visible damage, we restored the entire roof plane — the only way to be certain the wind hadn’t broken shingle seals well beyond what shows from the ground. The finished roof wears Landmark in a cool Pewterwood gray. This project is in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, finished in CertainTeed Landmark — Pewterwood.

Scope of Work

We installed CertainTeed Landmark on this project. Storm work starts with documentation, because the damage that matters is often not the damage you can see. We inspected and photographed the whole roof — the creased and lifted tabs on the windward slopes, the broken seal strips, the scattered granules — so the insurance scope would reflect the real extent of the failure, not just the few shingles obviously missing. With the claim in hand, the crew tore the roof to the deck, then inspected and re-secured the sheathing before rebuilding a full storm-grade assembly. WinterGuard ice-and-water shield went down at the eaves and in every valley, CertainTeed DiamondDeck synthetic underlayment covered the field, and new painted-aluminum drip edge and starter courses were set at every edge. The Landmark field shingles were fastened with a six-nail, high-wind pattern, and the roof was finished with a matching ridge cap set over a balanced ventilation system — a continuous ridge vent exhausting along the peak, drawing from the intake at the eaves.

What We Installed (And Why)

Wind damage is deceptive: the shingles torn away are only the visible part of the problem. When wind lifts a shingle, it breaks the factory seal strip that bonds each course to the one below, and once that seal is broken the shingle can flutter and let water track underneath long before the next storm finishes the job. That is why a genuine storm restoration replaces the whole slope rather than patching — a patch leaves broken seals all around it and never quite matches. The rebuild uses CertainTeed Landmark, the architectural shingle that made dimensional roofing the standard: a dual-layer, fiberglass-based shingle with a Class A fire rating and algae-resistant granules, installed here to a six-nail high-wind specification so the new roof resists the next event. Pewterwood’s cool, silvery gray gave the whole exterior a clean, updated look in the process. Underneath, the details are what make it a system: the ice-and-water membrane guards the leak-prone eaves and valleys, the synthetic underlayment lays flat and tear-resistant across the deck, and the balanced ridge-and-intake ventilation keeps the attic dry and even-temperatured, which is what lets the shingles reach their rated life.

Project Photo Gallery

Finished Pewterwood roof in North Kingstown, RI

North Kingstown, RI — roof and material detail

North Kingstown, RI project detail

Completed North Kingstown, RI project

Good To Know: How can you tell wind damage from ordinary wear on a North Kingstown roof?

Wind damage has a distinct signature. Look for shingles that are creased or folded back, tabs that are lifted at the edges even after the wind dies, bare spots where whole shingles are gone, and a scatter of granules in the gutters and at the downspout outlets — usually concentrated on the slope that faces the prevailing wind. Age, by contrast, shows as uniform granule loss and curling across the whole roof. The important part is that lifted-but-not-missing shingles still count as damage, because the seal is broken underneath. A documented professional inspection is what turns that hidden damage into a supportable insurance claim rather than a repair the homeowner pays for out of pocket.

Why This Approach Works

A patch leaves broken shingle seals all around the repaired area, so it often leaks at the edges within a season or two and never color-matches the aging roof around it. A full restoration resets the water barrier across the entire slope and delivers one uniform, warrantable roof — which is also exactly what an insurer expects to see when the damage is properly documented.

Why Pinnacle

Storm restoration rewards a contractor who understands both roofing and the claims process, and who documents every roof thoroughly. Pinnacle Roofing & Skylights is a CertainTeed ShingleMaster™ Premier contractor, which qualifies our customers for CertainTeed’s full SureStart™ PLUS extended warranty — coverage most contractors cannot offer. We’ve served Rhode Island since 2012, hold a 5.0-star Google rating across 100+ reviews and an A+ BBB rating — see our full credentials.

North Kingstown, Rhode Island

North Kingstown runs from the historic waterfront at Wickford out to the exposed neighborhoods along the West Passage, and those coastal-adjacent streets catch the full force of the nor’easters and summer squalls that track up Narragansett Bay. Wind is the roofing story here — not the picturesque kind, but the gusts that find a lifted tab and peel a slope open. A full storm restoration, built to a high-wind nailing pattern and sealed at every edge, is what keeps the next storm from reopening the same wound. Explore our work across North Kingstown roofing services.