3 Tips To Prepare Your Roof For Summer Storms
With summer finally here, many homeowners are looking forward to heading out to the beach, spending more time with family and friends, hosting backyard cookouts for friends and neighbors, and a whole host of other fun activities. With all of the added fun and adventure that summer can bring, it becomes easy to forget about some of the other issues that we need to worry about during the summer months, and one of the major issues that many homeowners in the area tend to forget about are the serious summer storms and hurricanes that come through the area every so often, and the kind of damage that they can inflict on your home, and your roof in particular. With summer just getting into gear, now is the time to make sure that your roof is prepared in the event that we have a strong summer storm come through the area, and putting in a little bit of effort now can go a long way towards ensuring that your roof will be able to adequately protect your home over the coming months. In an effort to help you make sure that your roof has what it needs in order to keep your home well protected in the coming months, our team of professionals have taken the time to put together this short list going over a couple of our top tips to help you prepare your roof for the coming summer storms.
Inspect Your Roof
Water is incredibly good at finding its way inside your home through cracks and crevices that can be difficult to see, especially if you are searching for them from the ground. Now, before a major storm rolls through the area, is the time to take a walk around your property and to either break out the ladder, or have a professional come do so for you. You should be on the lookout for any loose shingles that may have been blown off your roof over the previous months or any on your roof that have suffered damage and haven’t been repaired. Your roof’s shingles are basically like its armor against the elements, and when there is a weak spot in that armor, you could have water coming into your house, causing untold amounts of damage in the process to other areas of your home. If you find any missing shingles on your property, or notice any that have come loose or become damaged on your Metairie roof, now is the time to have a roofing professional come in and give you the high quality repairs you need.
Trim Your Foliage
As anyone who has been through a hurricane down here can tell you, one of the most important things you can do to protect your home is to make sure any foliage around your home is trimmed back so that it doesn’t become a projectile when the wind comes ripping through the area. While that particularly large oak tree in your front yard might provide your home with a great deal of character, it could cause untold havoc if it were to come down on your home during a storm. During this trimming process, you will want to take special care to remove and dead branches or anything that overhangs the roof of your home.
Clean Your Gutters
The gutters on your home’s roof actually serve an extremely important function, especially during a storm where they serve to direct rainwater safely down off of your roof and away from your home’s foundation. Before the summer storms start rolling in, you will want to break out the ladder and make sure that your gutters are free of any debris or foliage that could potentially clog up the system. Clogged gutters could result in the water pooling on top of your roof where it can do extensive damage by seeping in under your shingles, or the added weight could even cause your gutters to rip away from your home, doing massive damage to your roof in the process. This is a task you will want to stay on top of throughout the coming months, and especially in the wake of any other storm.
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