Partnership units new commonplace by offering owners with 25-year complimentary warranties that cowl roofing materials, photo voltaic mounting system, panels and photo voltaic set up workmanship.

SnapNrack, a number one producer of photo voltaic mounting options, and CertainTeed, a number one North American producer of sustainable constructing supplies, proudly announce that they’re partnering to supply extra assurance and confidence when putting in photo voltaic panels on residential roofs by providing complimentary photo voltaic, racking, asphalt shingle and workmanship warranties.

SnapNrack and CertainTeed have launched a photo voltaic panel and photo voltaic mounting choice to the market that doesn’t void the asphalt shingle restricted guarantee towards manufacturing defects. Underneath the partnership, a photo voltaic system put in with CertainTeed asphalt shingles, SnapNrack, and CertainTeed Solstice Panels will qualify for CertainTeed’s Umbrella Protection, offered the set up is carried out by a CertainTeed Photo voltaic credentialed contractor.

“One of the vital frequent questions individuals ask when deciding to go photo voltaic is, ‘Will this void my roof guarantee?’ With this new program from CertainTeed, owners can confidently know that the reply to that query is a powerful ‘No’ when their system is put in with SnapNrack mounting {hardware},“ stated Andrew Wickham, Director of Merchandise & Engineering at SnapNrack.*

CertainTeed’s Umbrella Protection units a brand new commonplace within the photo voltaic trade by offering protection for the photo voltaic system, and CertainTeed asphalt shingles, eliminating guarantee finger pointing and providing a single level of contact to each owners and installers.

Beforehand, with commonplace photo voltaic installations, installers or owners needed to depend on three completely different producers’ warranties for the whole lot on the roof: the roofing materials, the photo voltaic mounting system, and the photo voltaic panels. Via this partnership, clients will expertise a seamless guarantee course of as the complete rooftop photo voltaic system and the photo voltaic set up workmanship are warrantied below one firm. Each photo voltaic and CertainTeed asphalt shingles are backed by CertainTeed, making certain a hasslefree expertise.

“We’re thrilled to be becoming a member of forces with SnapNrack,” stated Phoebe Kwan, Common Supervisor of Photo voltaic Options at Saint-Gobain. ”Our partnership with SnapNrack permits us to supply state-of-the-art photo voltaic, racking and roofing options together with full peace of thoughts to owners to allow them to go photo voltaic with out worrying about voiding their roof guarantee.”

Owners, photo voltaic installers, and roofing professionals can now put money into photo voltaic with confidence, understanding that SnapNrack and CertainTeed have the precise options to allow them to go photo voltaic with full peace of thoughts.

Owners, contractors and installers can study extra by visiting www.certainteed.com/photo voltaic or contact CertainTeed Technical Companies at 1-800-396-8134 ext. 2 or by emailing rpg@saint-gobain.com. Extra particulars will be discovered on the  SnapNrack web site by downloading the SnapNrack CertainTeed Umbrella Protection Gross sales Brochure. 

*SnapNrack merchandise with SpeedSeal™ Expertise are examined and licensed for use solely with ChemLink M1 sealant.

About SnapNrack

SnapNrack, owned by Sunrun, is a number one producer of progressive photo voltaic mounting options designed to cut back set up prices, enhance set up high quality and security, and make the job of photo voltaic installers simpler. SnapNrack roof and floor mount programs function a single device set up, pre-assembled snap-in {hardware}, built-in wire administration, built-in grounding/bonding, and Class A Hearth Score in accordance with UL2703/UL1703 requirements.

About CertainTeed

Via progressive and sustainable constructing options made potential by its complete providing of inside and exterior merchandise, CertainTeed, based in 1904 and headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, is on the forefront of trade developments which can be making the world a greater house. With constructing science as its basis, CertainTeed is remodeling how the trade builds – making it simpler than ever to create high-performance, energy-efficient options for the place we stay, work and play. A subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, one of many world’s largest and oldest constructing merchandise firms, CertainTeed has greater than 6,900 workers and greater than 60 manufacturing services all through the US and Canada. The group had complete gross sales of roughly $5.6 billion in 2021.