PrimeSource Building Products recently was awarded a patent for its innovative design of a synthetic underlayment called ShingleLayment, which the company claims is the only synthetic underlayment in the market designed to protect a roof and look like a shingled rooftop during construction.
3M and TV host Mike Holmes have partnered to increase awareness of black streaks caused by algae — naming shingles with Scotchgard Protector a Holmes-approved product.