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There has been growing evidence that a shingle's tear strength is a good indicator of it's resistance to cracking. The American Society of Testing and Materials, has a minimum standard for tear strength of shingles on the market. The standard establishes that using an Elmendorf tear tester, that it should take at least 3 3/4 pounds of force to tear a shingle that already has a notch in it.
Although the tear test dose not directly relate to cracking of shingles. A high test result dose indicates a strong fiber mat. This standard was adopted in 1976 when fiberglass shingles were first introduced to the marke and was based on the lightest organic shingle known to have performed acceptably. Most organic felt shingles still available today have a tear strength of over 2,250 grams, and some go as high as 3.500 grams.
Shingle manufacturers compliance to the ASTM D3462 is voluntary by them. American Society of Testing and Materials dose not check to see whether if a manufacturer that claims that their shingles do meet the standards really actually dose comply or not. In fact many of them do not. Tear strength tests that where conducted in early 1992 by two independent laboratories showed that 22 out of 24 fiberglass shingles that where sampled tested below the 1,700 gram standard.
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