Water damage in your home is normally caused by natural occurrences including hail storms, hurricanes and tornados. These situations happen during the warm months season which enable it to cause devastating damages to houses and infrastructure. Whereas nature is unpredictable, there are a few techniques one can use to avoid storm damage.
How homeowners can not be victims of basement flooding
1. Pruning surrounding trees
Keeping all tree branches outside the roof is but one sure way of avoiding roof damage. Friction from a leaning branch as well as the rooftop can cause holes in the case of a wind surge. It is also best to cut any weak branches which may disappear.
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2. Keeping the rooftop away from stagnant water
When it rains, water should certainly run-down the top from the gutters. If getting older, the river stagnates and slowly starts to weaken the roof. Removing fallen leaves through the water pipes will save your house owner a lot of cash doing roof repairs.
3. Keep a nicely ventilated attic
During hail storms, ice accumulates on rooftops and the only thing saving the rooftop from collapsing is the heat emanating through the attic. If the evaporation doesn't occur, there's an imminent risk of water stepping into your property through the shingles. To preclude this from happening, make sure you have a skilled professional come confirm the ventilation in your attic ahead of the storm shows its head.
4. Waterproof all openings
Water from storms could possibly get into your home through many openings like the chimneys and skylights. Sealants which may have decayed must be repaired with silicone or tar in order to avoid water leakages. Door and window sealants could also let water in because they weaken eventually.
5. Monitoring electricity cables
It's a common occurrence for several utilities such as electricity to get interrupted when storms occur. This may be because 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 minimize weak trees that seem to be swaying precariously near electricity or telephone lines.
Every time a storm occurs and your home remains intact due to the above techniques, the time has come to access the situation around your own home. Trees will be the most unlucky and suffer the brunt of those natural occurrences.
Restoration after water damage
1. Think before acting!
Do not start lowering the trees in panic simply because you imagine they could drop later. As time goes by, you will be aware which of them must go.
2. Make believe experts
Timber is often a valuable commodity and there'll always emerge some fellows claiming to be tree experts. These 'experts' will require you to provide them with permission to reduce the trees and carry them for research. Do not be fooled by them.
3. Caring for the rest of the trees
Last but not least, employ the help of an experienced tree professional. He/she will reveal how to tend your surviving trees and protect them in the future from storm damage.
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