See CertainTeed Landmark colours on your own home before you commit to one — and get a straight answer on which ones actually suit your brick, your roofline and our light.
Upload a photo and try colours on your actual roof
CertainTeed's own tool — no cost, no obligation
Plus Landmark PRO Max Def and ClimateFlex
We bring physical samples to hold against your brick
Choosing a roof colour from a brochure is guesswork, because a two-inch chip and two thousand square feet of roof are not the same experience. CertainTeed's ColorView tool solves most of that: you upload a photo of your own house and it puts real shingle colours onto your actual roofline, with your brick, your trim and your landscaping in frame.
It's free, and it's the manufacturer's own tool rather than a third-party approximation — the colours in it are the colours we'd install.
One thing to know before you click: CertainTeed asks you to create a free account before you can upload a photo of your home. It takes a minute and costs nothing, but we'd rather tell you now than have you find out three screens in.
Once you have it down to two or three, that is the point to get us out. The estimate is free, we bring the real samples, and holding them against your own brick in daylight settles it faster than any screen will.
CertainTeed Landmark is our standard shingle on most homes — an architectural laminate built for freeze-thaw climates. It comes in 10 colours available in Canada:
Landmark PRO steps up to a heavier shingle in CertainTeed's Max Def colouring, which uses more granule colours in the blend and reads with noticeably more depth on the roof:
Landmark ClimateFlex is the impact-resistant option, built with a modified rubberised asphalt that stays more flexible in cold — relevant here, and worth asking about if hail is a concern on your street. Six colours:
Colour availability moves with the supply chain and not every colour is stocked locally at all times. Confirm your final choice with us before you settle on it — we'd rather check than have you set your heart on something with a ten-week lead time.
After enough roofs you stop thinking about which colour is nicest and start thinking about which one won't look wrong in five years. A few things matter more than people expect.
Most of the housing stock across Kitchener-Waterloo is warm red or brown brick. The colours that tend to sit comfortably against it are the warm-neutral blends — Weathered Wood, Resawn Shake, Heather Blend, Burnt Sienna. Cool greys can absolutely work, but against warm brick they sometimes read cold or faintly purple under overcast light, and overcast is most of our winter. If your house is grey brick, stone or a painted finish, the greys open right up.
Architectural shingles are a blend of several granule colours. At arm's length you see the individual granules; at street level they average out. The practical effect is that almost every shingle reads lighter and more uniform on the roof than it does in your hand. If you're torn between two shades of the same colour, the darker one is usually the one that gives you what the sample looked like.
A steep roof faces you and reflects more sky; a shallow roof is seen at a glancing angle and reflects more of what's above it. The same shingle genuinely looks different on a Westmount century home than on a bungalow, which is why we look at samples on your roof rather than in the driveway.
Midday sun and late-afternoon light do very different things to a granule blend. If you're deciding between two, look at both at noon and again around dusk before you commit. It's the cheapest possible way to avoid a decision you'll look at for the next twenty-five years.
A few of the Beechwood neighbourhoods in Waterloo have old rules attached to the property from when they were first built. Nearly always those associations just look after the shared pools and clubhouses and have nothing at all to say about your roof — but if you are not sure whether yours covers the outside of the house, it is worth a quick look before you sign anything with anybody. We are happy to wait while you check.
Yes. CertainTeed's ColorView tool lets you upload a photo of your own home and try shingle colours on it, and it's free to use. One thing worth knowing before you start: CertainTeed asks you to create a free account before you can upload a photo. It takes a minute and costs nothing. Once you have a shortlist, book a free estimate and we will bring the real samples to hold against your brick.
We install the CertainTeed Landmark range, which runs to 10 colours available here, plus Landmark PRO in ten Max Def colours and Landmark ClimateFlex in six. Landmark is our standard for most homes. Availability moves with the supply chain, so confirm your final choice with us before you settle on it rather than after.
Yes, right up until we order materials, and there is no cost to it — just tell us as soon as you know. Once the order is placed a change means restocking, which we would have to charge for, so we always confirm your colour with you in writing before anything is ordered.
Most of the housing stock here is warm red or brown brick, and the colours that tend to sit comfortably against it are the warm-neutral blends — Weathered Wood, Resawn Shake, Heather Blend, Burnt Sienna. Cool greys can work, but against warm brick they sometimes read cold or slightly purple in overcast light, which is most of our winter. The safest test is to hold a physical sample against your own brick outdoors, not to compare them on a screen.
Two reasons. Architectural shingles are a blend of several granule colours, so at arm's length you see the individual granules and at street level you see them average out — which almost always reads lighter and more uniform than the chip in your hand. And roof pitch changes how much sky reflects off the surface, so the same shingle looks different on a steep roof than on a shallow one. This is exactly why we bring physical samples and look at them on site.
No. The estimate is free and doesn't depend on the colour, and within the Landmark range the colour you pick doesn't change the price. Get the number first, then take your time over the colour — most people shortlist two or three and decide once they've seen samples against the house.
The full scope of a proper replacement, and why we won't roof over existing shingles.
GuideOur real range, the eight factors that move it, and why some quotes come in lower.
FinancingFlexible payments through Financeit, so timing doesn't decide the scope of the job.
Free, written, measured — and we'll hold the real thing against your brick before you decide. Serving Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, Elmira, Guelph, and surrounding areas.
