Proper Care Can Add Years to the Life of Your Roof
Most home owners make the effort of checking on the health of the roof. Like the rest of the house, the roof suffers wear and tear. It keeps the elements out, but the heat, rain, chill, hail, birds, insects, age all try their level best to break it.
The roof on your house is what keeps the elements out and your possessions safe. How many times do we make the effort of checking on the health of the roof? Like the rest of the house,
the roof suffers wear and tear. It keeps the elements out, but the heat, rain, chill, hail, birds, insects, age all try their level best to break it. So an occasional checkup and maintenance of the roof becomes imperative if you want to keep the roof over your head…literally.
A roof can suffer from various defects, which can be brought about by a number of factors. It is a good practice to periodically check the roof for damage and fix any before the damages become unfixable - something on the lines of "a stitch in time saves nine". The following are some ideas for types of damage to look for in order to save yourself from potentially needing to have major repairs done.
When looking for damages it is good to check for any sorts of cracks, blisters, broken installations on the roof, shingles that have come loose and are broken or have fallen off, or jammed drainage. Another commonly overlooked problem is trees growing close to the roof, since they could end up falling onto the roof in a storm and damaging it. Leakage is another issue that can be easily guarded against to prevent serious damage.
Mold and algae on the roof seems very normal but is the number one cause of expensive repair for roofs. The damage being done by algae and mold is usually pretty easy to spot as discoloration is how it starts.
While there are a number of causes for roof degradation, there is one effective way to deal with all of them, and that is proactive preventive maintenance. Preventive maintenance involves the study of the effects of the elements on your roof. If you find some cause for concern, your next step should be to get a professional assess the problem. They should offer advice on how to fix the problem in the early stages, before it snowballs into a full-blown roof repair project or worse, a reroofing job.
When you are talking about your house, the place where your family is safest at all times of the day, it is important that you spare no effort to keep it that way, and a little bit of proactive maintenance can go a long way towards that end.
