When Do You Need Emergency Roof Repair?

There’s no doubt that your roof takes quite a
beating from Mother Nature on a regular basis. It’s not just severe weather
involving powerful winds and pounding hail that can wreak havoc on your roof.
Even when it’s sunny out, your roof is under assault from the degrading effects
of UV light from the sun. It’s amazing that most roofs last as long as they do,
given the rigors that they must endure each day.

However, as resilient as roofs are these
days, they can still be prone to failure under the right circumstances. Though
most roofing materials are durable enough to last for decades, eventually they
will experience failure points that can allow water to infiltrate your home. In
many cases, those failures come quickly without warning, and they require an
equally quick repair to prevent potentially catastrophic damage to your home.
How can you know the time has come to call a roofer for an emergency repair?
Read on to learn a few of the signs that your roofing problems warrant
immediate attention from a roofing professional.

Missing Shingles

Shingles can work quite effectively in
repelling rain for decades without issue. However, if a single shingle happens
to blow off or becomes badly torn in a bout of gusty winds, that can spell
trouble for your roof and everything beneath it. Depending on the location of
the missing shingle, one missing piece in the roofing system’s defense can
result in the entire roof being undermined. If you examine your roof following
high winds and notice a shingle or two missing, it’s time to call a roofing professional
for an immediate repair.

Impact Damage from Falling Debris

Another common occurrence following powerful
storms or high winds is impact damage to your roof. Overhanging tree limbs can
be broken off and dropped on the roof surface during high winds, and large
limbs may cause significant damage. Even one puncture from a falling limb can
destroy your roof’s ability to seal out water. That means that if you notice
falling debris has dealt a blow to your roof surface and created a perforation,
you need the help of an emergency roofing service to help protect your home and
property.

Hail Damage

If you’ve ever been trapped in a hailstorm,
you know the force with which that frozen ice falls to the earth. It can
shatter glass, dent car hoods, and pound your roofing into submission. The kind
of damage imposed by hail on your roof surface can be systemic. You may not be
able to see the network of cracks and nicks that are inflicted by the falling
ice, but those tiny perforations may allow moisture beneath your roof surface,
nonetheless. Therefore, you need to quickly attend to any damage caused by hailstorm
by contacting a qualified roofing professional who can respond immediately.

If you’ve experienced any of these
unfortunate incidents at your home, it’d be wise to contact a licensed roofing
service as soon as possible for an emergency repair. Waiting to get the roof
fixed will only increase the scale of the damage and drive up the cost of
making the needed repairs. To learn more about when to call for emergency roof
repairs, contact Findlay Roofing at (770) 516-5806.