Woodcrest and Woodmoor: Designer Shingles for Suburban Homes That Want the Wood-Shake Look Without the Upkeep

Somewhere between a standard architectural shingle and a full synthetic shake roof sits a category many suburban homeowners have never heard of: designer shingles. Owens Corning's Woodcrest and Woodmoor lines are the two we install most often in this tier, and for homes in Glenview, Northbrook, and Deerfield that want the character of wood shake without the maintenance that comes with real cedar, they occupy a sweet spot worth understanding before you settle on a standard shingle by default.

What separates a designer shingle from an ordinary architectural one is dimension. Woodcrest and Woodmoor are built with thicker, multi-dimensional profiles that throw deeper shadow lines across the roof, deliberately mimicking the staggered, hand-split look of wood shake. Woodmoor is the largest and heaviest shingle in Owens Corning's premium lineup, and that heft is visible from the street: the roof reads as textured and substantial rather than flat. On a steep roofline, where the shingles are effectively the largest design element on the house, the difference is striking.

Compared with TruDefinition Duration, the architectural shingle we install most, the designer lines are simply a step up in presence. Duration remains an excellent roof and the right answer for most homes, with its SureNail reinforced nailing zone and 130 mph wind rating. Woodcrest and Woodmoor bring more weight and more pronounced dimension, and they suit homes where the roof is highly visible, the architecture leans traditional, or the neighbors' cedar roofs set an aesthetic standard the homeowner wants to match.

Compared with a true composite like Brava Synthetic Cedar Shake, the designer lines trade some longevity for a friendlier price point. Brava is the closer match to real cedar and carries a Class 4 impact rating with a 50-year transferable warranty, and synthetic products in general perform in the 30-to-50-year range here. Asphalt designer shingles live at an asphalt price and typically perform in line with quality architectural products, which in our climate means roughly two decades or more of service. For many families, that trade is exactly right: shake character now, at a budget the project can actually carry.

This tier has become especially popular along the North Shore and in HOA neighborhoods, where architectural review committees care about streetscape consistency. A designer shingle usually satisfies boards that want a wood-look roof without requiring the homeowner to take on cedar maintenance or a premium composite budget, and the wide range of blended colors makes it easy to complement brick, stone, or painted siding.

Because these are Owens Corning products, a Woodcrest or Woodmoor roof installed by Dynasty Restoration still qualifies for the full system warranty coverage available through our Platinum Preferred standing. That means the complete system underneath, ice and water shield at the eaves and valleys, synthetic underlayment, new drip edge, starter strips, new flashing, and balanced ventilation, plus the strongest OC warranty registration a homeowner can get. A premium shingle deserves nothing less beneath it.

If you are curious how a designer profile would look on your own home, the shingle visualizer on our roofing pages lets you try Woodcrest and Woodmoor colors on a house like yours before any ladder goes up. And when you are ready to talk numbers, we are glad to provide a free estimate comparing a designer shingle against both a standard architectural and a synthetic shake, so you can see the whole spectrum at once.