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Product warranty: This guarantees that your solar roof will be free from manufacturer defects in design and/or material. The best limited product warranty we've seen for solar roofs is 25 years.

Michael Yaworsky, commissioner of the Florida Office of Insurance Regulators, said at a recent gathering of insurance industry representatives that, when it comes to asphalt shing ...