Wind-Damage Roof Replacement in Warwick — Landmark Charcoal Black

Wind had torn into this Warwick roof, leaving lifted shingles and exposed underlayment where the weather barrier should be. Rather than chase leaks with repeated repairs, the homeowner chose a full replacement in CertainTeed Landmark, Charcoal Black — a deep, modern gray that reset the home’s entire look while rebuilding the roof to a true storm-grade standard.

We rebuilt the roof from the deck up in Landmark, Charcoal Black, replacing failed decking and correcting the ventilation in the same pass so the new roof performs as a complete system. This project is in Warwick, Rhode Island, finished in CertainTeed Landmark — Charcoal Black.

Scope of Work

We installed CertainTeed Landmark on this project. With wind damage this widespread, the honest fix is a full replacement, and that starts by getting down to a sound foundation. The crew tore the roof to the deck and inspected the sheathing across every plane, replacing sections of plywood that had been softened where water had already found its way past the failed shingles — a step a surface patch would have buried and left to spread. From there the roof was rebuilt as a full weatherproofing assembly: ice-and-water membrane at the eaves and valleys where leaks begin, synthetic underlayment laid flat across the field, and new metal drip edge and starter courses at every edge to lock down the perimeter. The Landmark shingles were set to a six-nail, high-wind pattern, and the roof was capped over corrected ventilation so intake and exhaust are balanced — a detail that quietly protects the whole roof by keeping the attic dry and the deck at an even temperature.

What We Installed (And Why)

A wind-damaged roof is almost never as localized as it looks, which is why replacement beats repeated repair once a storm has worked a slope. The moment wind breaks a shingle’s seal strip, that shingle can lift and drive water under the course above with every rain — damage that spreads invisibly under a roof that still looks mostly intact from the street. Rebuilding with CertainTeed Landmark puts the home back under the architectural shingle that set the dimensional-roofing standard: a dual-layer fiberglass shingle with a Class A fire rating, algae-resistant granules to fight streaking, and a wide color range, installed to a six-nail high-wind specification for real resistance to the next event. Charcoal Black gives the home a crisp, contemporary contrast against lighter siding and trim, and because it is one of the most widely stocked Landmark colors, it is also a dependable choice for a storm rebuild that needs to happen quickly. The system underneath — sealed eaves and valleys, flat synthetic underlayment, and balanced ventilation — is what carries the shingle to its full rated life rather than aging it prematurely from heat and trapped moisture.

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Finished Charcoal Black roof in Warwick, RI

Warwick, RI — roof and material detail

Warwick, RI project detail

Good To Know: After wind damage in Warwick, is a repair or a full replacement the better call?

It comes down to how far the wind traveled. If a single shingle or two blew off in isolation and the surrounding seals are intact, a targeted repair can be reasonable. But once wind has broken seal strips across a whole slope — the common case in a real storm — repeated repairs rarely reseal cleanly, never color-match the weathered roof around them, and tend to fail at the patch edges within a season or two. A full replacement resets the water barrier across the entire roof, corrects any decking and ventilation problems the storm exposed, and comes with a manufacturer warranty a patch can never carry. Over the life of the roof, the replacement is usually both the safer and the less expensive path.

Why This Approach Works

Repeated repairs on a storm-worked slope chase the same failure around the roof and never reseal it, while a full replacement resets the water barrier once and carries a real manufacturer warranty. Correcting the decking and ventilation at the same time means the new roof is not just new shingles over old problems — it is a complete, balanced system built to last.

Why Pinnacle

Pinnacle handles storm work end to end — documentation through installation. 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.

Warwick, Rhode Island

Warwick wraps miles of Narragansett Bay shoreline, from the coves of Warwick Neck to the neighborhoods around Greenwich Bay, and all that open water means wind is a constant in the local roofing story. Bay gusts find the weak edge of a roof and lift it, and a home near the water sees more of that weather than an inland one. A roof rebuilt to a high-wind standard in a durable, widely stocked color like Charcoal Black is built to shrug off the next blow rather than invite another repair call. Explore our work across Warwick roofing services.