Avoid Storm Damage to Your Roof

9/18/2019 (Permalink)

Storm Damage?

Fast winds can be detrimental to the structural integrity of your property. When the winds get fierce, they can tear a roof right off your house. Roofs on houses are made to fight normal wind conditions in your area. But if a wind storm is fierce, your roof will only be able to take so much to stay intact.

Why Are Roofs Ripped Off During Storms?

Having a secure and stable roof during a storm is the best way to have peace of mind. Although it cannot be made certain, having a strategy in place for damage prevention is vital for beneficial results. Understanding storms and how they impact your house is the first step in knowing how to stop your roof from becoming damaged.

The atmospheric pressure beneath the roof is an important role in this. If the wind gets inside your home from a doorway, or if outside debris breaks a window, this will form a high-pressure scenario inside and it will push upwards towards your roof. Then you’ll have a push from inside the house and a pull from on top of the roof. This tug-of-war is how tiles get torn off, or in the worst case, your roof tears off from the rest of the house.

That is why it’s critical to, not at any time, open your windows or doors during a heavy storm. It was believed that letting the wind flow directly through your house was a good thing to do, but this assumption has been disproved. Bracing your windows and doors helps maintain normal atmospheric pressure, prevents flying debris from smashing windows and holds off high-pressure winds. In addition, the complications from wind pressure on your roof rest on your roof’s height, style, and location.

How to Fight Storm Damage to Your Roof

Having your roof analyzed for damaged spots and areas of concern that can be fixed ahead of time will help eliminate wind damage when a storm strikes. Eradicating the primary point of access for the wind means you can prevent damage to your roof while the storm continues. Precautionary steps may take up some time but the rewards of an unscathed roof are worth it. A roof that has been analyzed and repaired correctly holds a better chance to withstand high wind conditions.

Nevertheless, we know that you can only do so much and the forces of nature always give us a surprise. If you, or someone you know, experiences roof damage after a storm and find debris and water in your home, call SERVPRO of Easton, Bethlehem & Whitehall for damage restoration services. We will help you put the pieces together again and get your house back to a preloss condition as quickly as possible. Contact us at 800-455-9453 to make it “Like it never even happened.”