Contractors spoke and TAMKO listened. Over the last few years, TAMKO has sought out feedback about the challenges
contractors face and innovated new features and technologies to solve those challenges. By listening to the voice of
the customer, highly sought-after technologies inspired TAMKO’s newest series of shingles, the Heritage Proline™
series, launched with TAMKO’s most advanced asphalt shingles in company history: Titan XT and StormFighter IR.
Check out three of TAMKO’s newest technologies that offer shingle enhancements that roofing contractors have been
asking for:
Rapid Fire Zone™
Proper nail placement in every shingle is essential in the entire roof system functioning as it should. TAMKO’s new
Rapid Fire Zone is TAMKO’s largest defined nailing area, designed to save the contractor time, enabling quicker
movement across the shingle. With the ability to fire the roofing nails anywhere within the clearly defined expanded
nailing zone, contractors can save significant time and still have confidence the shingle will perform the way it
was designed to.
AnchorLock™ Layer
TAMKO’s AnchorLock™ layer, is one of the most significant and noticeable new features highlighted in the
new Heritage Proline series. A unique poly-fabric reinforcement, the AnchorLock layer provides an anchor for the
nails to embed in, locking them tightly to the deck.
TAMKO’s Heritage Proline shingles – Titan XT and StormFighter IR – feature the AnchorLock Layer in two distinct
applications.
Titan XT
The AnchorLock layer is applied to Titan XT as a strip affixed to
the back of the shingle, through the common bond. This AnchorLock layer strip plays an essential role in
reinforcing
the entire expanded Rapid Fire Zone nailing zone.
StormFighter IR
In TAMKO’s StormFighter IR shingle, the AnchorLock layer is
applied across the entire backside of the shingle. The reinforced layer helped provide Stormfighter IR shingles
with the enhanced qualities that helped it qualify for a UL Class 4 Impact Rating.
The AnchorLock layer is featured in both Titan XT and StormFighter IR through the common bond of the shingle, where
it is most vulnerable. When installing shingles with the AnchorLock layer, you will feel the difference this
reinforcement provides in securing shingles to a roof deck.
Advanced Fusion™ Sealants
Installing shingles during cooler months comes with the possibility that the shingles won’t seal or won’t seal fast
enough. TAMKO has an innovation for that. Even in cooler weather, TAMKO’s new Advanced Fusion™ family of
enhanced sealants are designed to seal your shingles quickly to the roof deck, and each other, to help hold fast.
During installation, you will immediately feel the difference in this aggressive sealant that is designed to be
sticky, even in those cooler months, providing added support that could help you extend your roofing season.
TAMKO’s Advanced Fusion Sealants have been applied to all TAMKO Heritage Proline shingles and several of TAMKO’s
Heritage series products as well.
AnchorLock Layer + Advanced Fusion Sealant = WindGUARD Warranty
TAMKO’s AnchorLock™ layer and Advanced Fusion™ sealant technologies help give Heritage Proline shingles
the features and performance that inspired the industry-first WindGUARD™ Warranty, with coverage up to 160 mph with
only 4 nails installed in the expanded nailing zone, when using TAMKO® Starter (be sure to consult TAMKO’s Limited
Warranty and Application Instructions for any requirements or limitations).
Experience these product enhancements for yourself with TAMKO’s new Heritage Proline shingles.
Visit www.tamko.com/titanxt for more information.
