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Flooding is generally caused by natural occurrences such as hail storms, tornados and hurricanes. Many of these occur in the summertime season and will cause devastating damages to homes and infrastructure. Whereas mother nature is unpredictable, there are some techniques it's possible to use in order to avoid storm damage.
How you can prevent storm damage
1. Maintaining surrounding trees
Keeping all tree branches out of the roof is one sure means of avoiding roof damage. Friction from the leaning branch and the rooftop could cause holes in the event of a wind surge. It's also helpful to cut any weak branches which may leave.
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2. Keeping the roof clear of stagnant water
If it rains, water should certainly run-down the cover from the gutters. If getting older, the water stagnates and slowly begins to weaken the top. Removing fallen leaves from the water pipes preserves a house owner big money doing roof repairs.
3. Maintain a nicely ventilated attic
During hail storms, ice accumulates on rooftops and the thing saving the roof from collapsing is the hot air emanating through the attic. If this type of evaporation does not occur, it has an imminent probability of water getting yourself into your house with the shingles. To preclude this from happening, you need to have a very skilled professional come look into the ventilation in your attic before the storm begins.
4. Make watertight all openings
Water from storms can get into your home through many openings for example the chimneys and skylights. Sealants that have decayed must be repaired with silicone or tar to prevent water leakages. Door and window sealants may also let water in since they weaken eventually.
5. Protecting electricity and phone wires
It is a common occurrence for several utilities like electricity to become interrupted when storms set in. This can be on account of winds weighing documented on tree branches and entangling them electricity or telephone lines. In order to avoid this, always trim tree branches that seem to be growing towards utility supply lines. Keep in mind to cut down weak trees which are swaying precariously near electricity or telephone lines.
Each time a storm occurs as well as your home remains intact because of the above techniques, it is now time to get into your situation around your own home. Trees will be the most unlucky and suffer the brunt of these natural occurrences.
Restoration after damage
1. Avoid panicking
Don't start lowering the trees in panic because you imagine they might drop later. Over time, you should understand which of them must go.
2. Bad advice
Timber can be a valuable commodity and there'll always emerge some fellows claiming to be tree experts. These 'experts' will ask you to allow them to have permission to minimize the trees and carry them away for research. Don't let yourself be fooled by them.
3. Caring for the residual trees
Lastly, employ the expertise of a qualified tree professional. He/she will disclose how to tend to your surviving trees and protect them in the future from storm caused damage.
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