Your property can sustain wind damage ranging from minor to severe, and high winds can affect various parts of your home. Here in Spring Valley, the wind repair services we offer most often include roof repair, siding repair, and gutter replacement. Of these, roof damage is usually the most urgent concern, as high winds can strip the protective shingles off of your roof. When this happens or when the shingles themselves are damaged, your roof is no longer wind-tight or watertight, and you may start to see signs of damage in your home's interior. Besides roofs, siding can also be compromised by strong winds, causing cracks or even sections being ripped off completely. And if your gutters seem to be working despite being bent or dented, you might still want to consider replacing them, as it can help prevent water problems that might not show up until much later.
Repairing roofs is a common job in the aftermath of windstorms. Spring Valley, which is prone to high wind events, is no exception. The latest National Weather Service analysis of tornadoes and gale-force winds found that Spring Valley is particularly susceptible to these kinds of storms. Wind gusts can reach the intensity of a tornado, causing damage that is not completely discernible right away. The storm's high winds can do many things to a roof: They can lift shingles, crack them, or break them. The underlayment can be torn, and moisture can get in before you can even tell that the roof is compromised. A good roofing contractor shouldn't just look at the obvious things, like the shingles, but should also check the areas where wind-driven rain can get in—like around chimneys and other venting areas.
Wind damage recovery in Spring Valley is about more than just roofs. It is also about something called siding. Siding is a mundane aspect of home construction that few people think about until it is necessary to do so. It covers the walls of a house and acts, for all practical purposes, as an exterior skin. With few exceptions, siding serves just as well in the winter as it does in the summer. This protective layer is important to the visual integrity of a home, and siding repair is very much a part of the appearance of a house when the wind is otherwise barreling down. Repairing wind-damaged siding involves matching the color and texture of what is already up there; if you do not do this well, you will have what amounts to a visual defect. The work is not quite as hard as roofing but is still a kind of carpentry that requires going up a ladder. It also requires some tools and a couple of good handyman skills. Siding is not just for looks. If it is not up to snuff, the house is not energy efficient.
