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1211 It takes over 6,000 nails to properly secure a roof. Even one out of place can cause a leak or void a wind warranty. It’s why we invented The Zone® larger nailing area – the industry’s first. Side view of shingle laying flat: Larger Nailing Area Longer backing shim Double rain seals Long, tapered backing shim improves water flow to help prevent troughing. Short, blocked backing shim increases risk of leaks from troughing. Wide Nailing Area Standard Nailing Area ‘Larger’ Nailing Area Potential for Troughing & Leaks Wider nailing lines create a bigger nailing target, while a longer backing shim, helps ensure nails also secure the bottom shingle layer – critical to helping prevent uplift and blow-offs. Competitor shingles can have a smaller nailing area that’s hard to hit, or a ‘false’ larger nailing area with wider nailing lines on the top of the shingle, but a short backing shim, so even nails that hit within the wider nailing lines can still fail to secure the short, bottom (back) shingle layer. Standard Nailing Area Nail misses back shingle layer LARGER NAILING AREA Malarkey invented the larger nailing area, called The Zone®, which consists of 4 key components: 1.) Wider nailing lines on the top of the shingle create a bigger nailing target to improve installation speed and accuracy, 2.) Longer backing shim helps ensure nails also secure the bottom shingle layer – critical to preventing shingle uplift and blow-offs, 3.) Tapered backing shim helps shingles lay flatter to better shed water and help prevent rain from blowing under the shingle and pooling (troughing), waiting to leak down a misplaced nail, and 4.) Extra rain seal helps keep out wind-blown rain. Malarkey Shingle - Nailing Area Top view, partial section of shingle: Competitor Shingles - Nailing Area Top view, partial section of shingle: Installation accuracy is as important as the shingle itself. False larger nailing area