Steps to Take After Your Roof is Damaged

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Take These Steps When Your Roof is Damaged

There is no way to tell how bad weather will affect your property, but you need to be prepared to take the appropriate steps when bad weather damages your roof. Things like heavy rain, extreme winds and storms can damage your roof severely. Take the following steps if your roof ever becomes damaged by severe weather.

#1 – Inspect the damage to the roof. After a bad storm, be especially vigilant about assessing the roof’s damage. Once you have details about it you can discuss things with your insurance company and your commercial roofing contractor. Doing this will help you from paying too much for the repairs.

Make certain to do this during the daylight hours. Examine the damaged area with binoculars. Then, estimate the square footage of that damage. Notice if there are any areas with missing items and how bad things look to you. There may only be a few items missing or sheared off. Take note of any visible materials and what color they are. This will help you find the right replacement items and materials. If your roof was recently repaired, use the same material as the roofing contractors used to fix it before.

#2 – If you are handy with tools, feel capable of fixing things on your own and the observed damage seems minor, you can opt to make a few temporary repairs to your roof. Doing this could help to minimize the damage at least until a professional commercial roofer can come and repair the roof properly. If you do nothing the damage could get worse especially if more bad weather occurs.

Leaks can get worse. These leaks can then cause rain to ruin things inside the property. Check your building’s interior carefully. Are there any leaks from the roof? If so, put buckets or trash cans beneath them. Move any inventory or valuables out of the area as well. If there is significant leaking, cover everything that you can with a tarp so that things are waterproofed right away. If you only have a few items like tiles or shingles missing, you may be able to replace them yourself.

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#3 – Double check your insurance policy to find out how much you have on it to place a claim. Speak with your insurance agent if you cannot locate this information. If you do not have enough to pay for a full claim, it may be better for you to hire a professional commercial roofing contractor and have them repair the roof at your own expense. If a storm has caused lots of damage in your area you want to contact the insurance company right away so that you can be put on a contractor’s schedule without delay. The best roofing companies often book up quickly after a bad storm.

#4 – Make sure that any commercial roofer you hire is from a reliable, established company. Be sure that they have a good reputation. Avoid any sketchy workers or companies who are out to rip property owners off following a major storm. These people tend to arrive on the scene after a big storm and then end up preying on vulnerable property owners. As soon as they complete their inferior work they leave and some property owners are left with worse repairs needed to their roofing systems than before the storm.

Taurus Elite Commercial Roof Systems, 512-332-4422, is a commercial roofing contractor based in Austin, Texas, and specializing in Commercial Metal Roof Repair, Commercial Metal Roof Restoration and Commercial Flat Roofing Services. We have been providing professional commercial roofing services to the area for over 20 years. When your commercial roof gets damaged and you need an experienced commercial roofing contractor you can trust to give you the best advice, give us a call.