Repairing your roof and replacing your shingles might get old after a few times. However, the reality of the situation is that many types of materials can’t withstand the strong impact of hail, and in some areas hailstorms are quite common just about every year. If you have a roof rated at 20-50 years, having the shingles constantly replaced with low quality ones can end up hurting your finances and causing a lot of structural damage over the years.

An answer to this issue is to install impact-resistant shingles. Class 4 impact resistant shingles are typically made from materials like SBS-modified asphalt with added materials that make it more “rubberized” ensuring that the impact force of a piece of hail falling on one of the shingles will be distributed horizontally and dissipated, rather than concentrated in a small area and ending up cracking the shingle.

Although made from asphalt, which is the least material you can expect to last for more than 10-15 years, these modified shingles are much tougher than your typical asphalt shingle roof. They will also last a lot longer, require fewer repairs and ensure that your roof is protected even during the strongest and most problematic hail storms of the year.  Roofing companies like Blue Ox Exteriors in Denver have a wide selection of quality impact roofing shingles that they install that will last for years.