A Victorian Landmark Re-Roofed in CertainTeed Landmark Pewterwood — North Kingstown

Few homes are harder to roof well than a true Victorian, and this North Kingstown landmark — all steep gables, projecting dormers, and an ornate corner tower — needed a roof that would respect its architecture while performing for the next generation. Pinnacle rebuilt it in CertainTeed Landmark, Pewterwood, a cool silvery gray that suits the home’s period character. Pinnacle roofs go on fast — often as a one-day roof replacement — and flexible financing keeps a project like this within reach, with plans as low as 0% interest for 18 months.

Every plane of a complicated Victorian roof — the steep gables, the dormers, and the turret — was rebuilt in Landmark, Pewterwood, with the water detailing that a roof this cut-up demands. This project is in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, finished in CertainTeed Landmark — Pewterwood.

Scope of Work

A Victorian roof is a study in complexity: multiple steep slopes meeting at hips and valleys, dormers breaking every plane, and a tower that has to be flashed and coursed on its own. We stripped the old roof to the deck and inspected the sheathing across every one of those planes, then rebuilt from the water barrier up. CertainTeed WinterGuard ice-and-water shield went down along all the eaves and, just as important on a roof like this, in every valley and at every sidewall where a dormer or the tower meets a slope — the exact spots where a complex roof leaks first. DiamondDeck synthetic underlayment covered the field, new drip edge and starter courses locked down the many edges, and the Landmark shingles were coursed carefully up each slope so the lines stay true across the gables and around the dormers. The finish work — the hip and ridge caps set over a hidden ridge vent — keeps the period silhouette clean while giving the attic the ventilation it needs.

What We Installed (And Why)

CertainTeed Landmark is the shingle that made dimensional roofing the American standard, and it is the right choice for a home like this: a dual-layer, fiberglass-based architectural shingle that carries a Class A fire rating and algae-resistant granules, with the depth and shadow line to read as a quality roof from the street rather than a flat, builder-grade field. On a Victorian, color is everything, and Pewterwood’s cool silvery-gray blend does exactly what a period roof needs — it reads as a soft, weathered gray that complements painted trim and decorative shingle-work instead of competing with it. Underneath the shingles, the system is what carries the roof to its full life: the WinterGuard membrane guards the leak-prone eaves, valleys, and dormer sidewalls; the synthetic underlayment lays flat and tear-resistant across a steep, complicated deck; and the balanced ridge-and-intake ventilation keeps the attic dry and even-temperatured, which protects both the shingles above and the historic framing below. Every element was installed to a specification that qualifies for CertainTeed’s strongest warranty coverage.

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Pewterwood project in North Kingstown, RI

North Kingstown, RI — historical roofing detail

North Kingstown, RI project detail

Good To Know: What makes roofing a Victorian home different from an ordinary re-roof?

It comes down to the number of transitions. A simple gable roof has a couple of slopes and two or three places water has to be managed; a Victorian has steep intersecting planes, multiple dormers, and often a tower — which means many more valleys, sidewalls, and flashing details, and each one is a place a roof can leak. That is why the water barrier matters even more than the shingle: on this home we ran ice-and-water shield not just along the eaves but through every valley and up every sidewall where a dormer or the tower meets the roof. Get those transitions right, and a complex roof stays dry for decades; get them wrong, and no shingle will save it.

Why This Approach Works

A full tear-off — rather than an overlay — is the only honest way to re-roof a historic home. It lets us verify and repair the sheathing, reset a continuous water barrier across a complicated deck, and course a dimensional shingle cleanly around every dormer and gable so the finished roof honors the architecture instead of flattening it.

Why Pinnacle

Historic and architecturally complex roofs demand a contractor certified at the very top of the manufacturer’s ladder. As a CertainTeed ShingleMaster™ Premier contractor, Pinnacle 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 holds some of Rhode Island’s most cherished historic architecture, from the colonial village of Wickford to the grand Victorians that line its older streets. Roofing these homes is a specialty of its own — the work has to satisfy modern weather performance while preserving lines and proportions that are a century or more old. A dimensional shingle like Landmark in a period-appropriate color lets a North Kingstown landmark keep its character and gain decades of protection at the same time. Explore our work across North Kingstown roofing services.