The following is a list of questions to consider when you as the inspector are assessing a shingle roof for reported wind damage.
Zippering on roof.
Frequently asked questions and answers about how to assess repair or prevent wind damage to roofs.
These are usually a result of repeated cycles of expanding in the heat and contracting in the cold.
If new roof installation happens in extreme conditions of cold or heat it won t last as long either.
This article series discusses how to evaluate wind damage to asphalt shingle roofs and tells readers how to identify explain the most common failure mechanisms such as improper nailing failure of shingles to seal.
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Wind damaged roof faqs.
This extra uplift pressure is generated at the edges by the additional pressures from the secondary movement of the wind as it encounters the wall and then rushes up over the roof figure 1.
For example the shingles at the edges of a windward roof slope are exposed to higher uplift pressures than the shingles near the center of the roof slope.
Many pros shingle in a vertical line up the roof because it s much faster.
Many times after the wind leaves these zippering impressions the shingles will reseal however they reseal at a severely diminished value approximately a 90 diminished uplift resistance value.
Are these displaced shin gles the result of wind forces or from slippage.
These unbonded overlaps will not vary in direction or increase decrease in areas of the roof where wind uplift would be greater less.
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Known in the trade as vertical racking or staggering this how to lay shingles method enables the roofer to install a single column of shingles all the way to the peak without the wasted back and forth motion necessary to fill several rows of stair steps.
Roof wind damage assessment and caused for asphalt roof shingle defects.
Photos and text guide diagnosis of asphalt roof failures how to identify and explain roof shingle failures obtain claims assistance contribute failure information at this website.
The dirt and debris that will inevitably get embedded into the exposed mastic cannot be cleaned thoroughly enough to ever be reusable.
When they lift in a straight up line like a zipper it is known as zippering go figure.
