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A flooded house is usually brought on by natural occurrences such as hurricanes, tornados and hail storms. These disasters are experienced during the summer time season and can cause devastating damages to houses and infrastructure. Whereas weather is unpredictable, there are several techniques you can use to avoid storm damage.
How homeowners can prevent flood damage
1. Maintaining surrounding bushes
Keeping all tree branches away from the roof is but one sure means of avoiding roof damage. Friction from a leaning branch and the rooftop might cause holes in case of a wind surge. It's also great for cut any weak branches that could go away.
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2. Keeping the top clear of stagnant water
If this rains, water is supposed to run down the cover through the gutters. If no, the lake stagnates and slowly actually starts to weaken the cover. Removing fallen leaves in the water pipes preserves a property owner a lot of money doing roof repairs.
3. Maintain a properly ventilated attic
During hail storms, ice accumulates on rooftops and the one thing saving the rooftop from collapsing could be the hot air emanating in the attic. If this type of evaporation doesn't happen, there is an imminent probability of water getting into your house from the shingles. To stop this from happening, make sure you have a very skilled professional come confirm the ventilation inside your attic prior to the storm takes hold.
4. Make water-tight all openings
Water from storms could get to your home through many openings like the chimneys and skylights. Sealants which have decayed must be repaired with silicone or tar to stop water leakages. Window and door sealants may also let water in since they weaken after a while.
5. Protecting electricity transmission lines
This is a common occurrence for many utilities like electricity to become interrupted when storms set in. This might be on account of winds weighing down on tree branches and entangling all of them with electricity or telephone lines. In order to avoid this, always trim tree branches which are growing towards utility supply lines. Remember to cut down weak trees which are swaying precariously near electricity or telephone lines.
Every time a storm occurs plus your home remains intact due to above techniques, the time has come to get into the problem around your home. Trees will be the most unlucky and suffer the brunt of these natural occurrences.
Restoration after flood damage
1. Think before acting!
Usually do not start scaling down the trees in panic because you think that they might collapse later. Over time, you will know those must go.
2. Fake experts
Timber is really a valuable commodity and there'll always emerge some fellows claiming being tree experts. These 'experts' will ask you to let them have permission to reduce the trees and carry them away for research. Don't let yourself be fooled by them.
3. Taking care of the residual trees
Lastly, employ the expertise of a qualified tree professional. He/she will disclose how to look after your surviving trees and protect them down the road from storm damage.
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