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The Best Roof Shingles in 2026

For Lyle Lehman · Better Way Roofing · Rewrite of the old "5 Best Roof Shingles" article

Why we're rewriting this one

The old "5 Best Roof Shingles" article came across from your previous website. It recommended brands you don't install (a customer even quoted the GAF mention back at you) and called a metal panel a "shingle". We took it off the site on August 18.

The good news: the rewrite is already drafted. It ranks the four Owens Corning lines you actually install, with your real pricing, plus an honest word on two respected shingles you don't install. It just needs your answers below, then your approval, and it goes back live at the same address.

The article as drafted

  1. What makes a roof shingle one of the best? Written
  2. Why everything we install is Owens Corning Needs you
  3. 1. Owens Corning Duration: the all-around pick Written
  4. 2. Owens Corning Duration Flex: for Indiana freeze-thaw Written
  5. 3. Owens Corning Duration Storm: for hail country Needs you
  6. 4. Owens Corning Oakridge: the budget-friendly pick Written
  7. 5. CertainTeed Landmark ClimateFlex (respected, not installed) Needs you
  8. 6. Malarkey Vista (respected, not installed) Needs you
  9. Why the warranty depends on who installs it Written
  10. Which shingle is right for your house + FAQ Written

Your questions, Lyle

A quick voice note or ten minutes on a call covers all of these. Skip any that don't fit. Real jobs, real numbers, and real opinions are what make this article impossible for a competitor to copy.

  1. Duration Storm: who should pick it over Duration Flex? When a customer asks, what do you tell them?
  2. Has a Duration Storm roof of yours taken real hail yet? Which job, and how did it hold up?
  3. Do local insurance companies give homeowners a discount for impact-rated shingles like Storm?
  4. Price-wise, where does Storm sit next to Duration and Duration Flex?
  5. On the call you said the CertainTeed Landmark ClimateFlex "is a good one". What do you rate about it, and why does your money still go on Duration Flex?
  6. Malarkey Vista: what earns it your respect? Anything you'd caveat?
  7. Why Owens Corning in the first place? Was there a moment, a job, or a product that decided it when you set up Better Way? A short story here would lift the whole article.
  8. Warranties: can we have the exact terms you quote customers on Owens Corning shingle roofs (the up-to-50-year cover, tier names), so we print it exactly right?
  9. Bonus, if you have them: a pro tip on choosing between Duration and Duration Flex, and one on hail season. Two more tips would finish the article off.

Better Way Roofing · Article prep prepared by The Ambitions Agency