Weather
Protect Your Roof From the Wrath of Mother Nature
By Evelyn Witterholt. How can you make your roof resistant to the elements? Have a FORTIFIED Roof installed on your home! After Hurricane Ida wreaked havoc across the East Coast and with Atlantic Hurricane season upon us, homeowners are looking for ways to strengthen their roofs. The roof is one ...
5 Ways to Prepare Your Roof for a Hurricane
By ICP Group. It is official, hurricane season is here! Have you prepared your roof? Hurricane season is amping up, with promises to be more unpredictable and intense than ever before. Hurricanes can cause major wind and water damage to the roof, so it is important to know that your ...
Hurricanes are Coming! Have You Prepared Your Roof?
By IKO. How to protect your home from hurricane season. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as a hurricane-proof roof. Even a roof with cutting-edge technology cannot fully defend against a hurricane. As a homeowner, you will have to make sure your roof is properly prepared and maintained so it can protect ...
Understanding Wildland Urban Interface (WUI)
By DaVinci Roofscapes. Learn more about the WUI products and codes and how they apply to roofing. Nationwide wildfires are popping up in dry forest lands. Once thought of as restricted to just California, wildfires are now searing land across America. According to the National Interagency Fire Center, since January 1, 2022, there ...
Metal Roofs Weather the Storm
By Metal Roofing Alliance. Protecting homes from harsh storms and tornadoes always starts with the roof! Summer weather isn’t always as pleasant as it seems! Although the summertime brings sunny days, it also tends to bring intense storms and sometimes tornadoes too. And with storm season, comes the unfortunately high ...
Do You Know What to do After a Storm Hits?
By Cass Jacoby. All your storm-related questions get answered in this episode of the AskARoofer podcast. What do you do after a storm hits your home? Panic? Not anymore, the AskARoofer Podcast asks experts Mike Vaughn from DaVinci Roofscapes and Mark McMillan of Horn Brothers Roofing to guide us ...
Did You Know There is Such a Thing as a Fire-resistant Wall?
By ATAS International, Inc. Omawall PL with EVO™ is an architectural plate panel made of non-combustible material designed to reduce fire spread. ATAS International, Inc. has added yet another wall panel product to their ever-expanding offerings with the Omawall PL with EVO™ aluminum plate system. EVO™ is a patented panel ...
2022 Hurricane Season Starts: MRA Offers Tips for Homeowners to Protect Their Homes
By taking action, making smart improvement choices and investing in better performing upgrades, homeowners can help protect themselves from potential disasters and costly damage. Hurricanes, hail, tornados and thunderstorms: Already, 2022 is shaping up to be a year of dangerous climate events. Experts say guarding homes against the worst of spring ...
New Standard for Fire-resistant Roofs Implemented in California
By Evelyn Witterholt. Increasing wildfires have led California officials to call on new insurance standards for homes, including fire-resistant roofs. With California facing destructive forest fires for the past few years now, Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is teaming up with the state’s emergency response and readiness agencies to reduce ...
Hurricane Season Survival Guide
By Lauren White. Weather storm season 2022 and keep a roof over your heads with these tips. 2021 was a whirlwind year for hurricanes and tropical storms. Colorado State University (CSU) predicts that 2022 will also be an above-average hurricane season. These predictions are based on models that use 40 ...
