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Your roof serves as the front line of defense for your home. Like clockwork every year, your roof braces the elements. Whether its thunder. Lightning. Pouring rain. Gusting wind storms. Hail storms. Tornadoes. Ice. Snow. Your roof is ‘on call’ 24/7.
It’s your roof that keeps your family and belonging safe. As time goes on, your roof will endure hundreds of storms. After prolonged exposure to these storms, Mother Nature can start to slowly break down your aging roof. Shingles and metal roofs are both manufactured to be storm, wind and hail resistant. However, even the most durable roofs can begin to buckle with exposure to 4” soft ball size hail pounding into your shingles.
Ignoring storm damage can cause costly long-term roof repairs, and water damage to your Highland Acres home. After a major hail or wind storm, you may have visible storm damage to your roof. This can take the form of missing shingles, noticeable hail dents to your shingles or siding or gutters, or blown off siding. If you notice neighbors missing shingles, this can also be reflective that your own home may have received storm damage as well.
When your home suffers from straight line winds, or excessive gusts at 60 MPH, or 80 MPH, it can lift shingles from your roof and cause a gap in your roofing system. If this is not rectified, it can lead to leaks in your home.
Whereas wind can lift your shingles from straight-line winds, hail impacts your roof differently. Hail stones are formed when drops of water freeze together in clouds forming chunks of ice. Hail in other words are pellets of ice falling from the sky at incredible speeds (and can be sideways driven into your home or car by wind). The larger hail stones become, the more widespread damage it can cause to your roof, siding, gutters and windows.
Hail stones can vary in size based on a storm. As hail stones become bigger, they can crash into your roof, not only dislodging shingles, but potentially even penetrating the decking if the stones are large enough. Hail can be devastating to not just shingle roofs, but flat roofs, metal roofs, tile roofs and slate roofs.
Typically, it takes atleast 1” hail to damage a shingle roof. 1” hail is about the size of a quarter. 1.5 inch hail is about the size of a ping-pong ball. 1.75 inch hail is the size of a golf ball.
Imagine that someone took a large bucket of golf balls and threw them repeatedly at your roof, at over 50-100 MPH. That’s in essence what your roof endures during a powerful hailstorm, and can experience dozens to hundreds of hail stones if a storm lasts 10 or 20 minutes or longer. It doesn’t take many to dislodge the granules on your roof, exposing your shingles to future UV rays from the sun.
After 1.75”, then it starts to get destructive with 2.5” hail which is about the size of a tennis ball. 2.75” hail is about the size of a baseball, 3” hail is tea cup size, 4” hail is similar to a softball, and the most devastating would be around 4.5 inch hail which would be like grapefruits dropping on your roof and car at 100 MPH.
Once your roof is damaged, a small hole can expand, allowing leaks and moisture to enter your home. This moisture and water can cause mold growth, and water damage.
(1) First call to set up a free inspection with a trusted local Highland Acres storm damage specialist
(2) An expert will conduct a comprehensive no-obligation storm damage inspection
(3) A technician will discuss any damage that is found, and help you to explore potential solutions. You may only need minor roof repairs to fix a few shingles. Or, you may have significant wind damage and could be best suited to file an insurance claim to cover your roof replacement. Every situation is different.
(4) If it is an insurance claim, or you decide to have your roof replaced to fix the storm damage, you will then discuss specific roofing materials to be put on, the color shingles that you like, and then schedule your 1 day roof replacement.
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Highland Acres is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is part of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,459 at the 2010 census.
Highland Acres is located at 39°07′15″N 75°31′19″W / 39.12083°N 75.52194°W / 39.12083; -75.52194 (39.1209458, -75.5218680).[2]
Message from the Owner
I started this company to build something different. A company that’s been built off word of mouth and satisfied customers. Not TV commercials, no radio ads and no huge mark up’s. Yes we are in business to make money but fair pricing is our motto.
Hope we can satisfy thousands more customers for years to come.
~Matthew Rozanski, OWNER
Reviews From Past Clients
Does it take long to replace a roof on a house?
Replacing a roof is a labor intensive project and depending upon the type, size and complexity of the roof it could take one day or a few days or more to complete. It also depends upon weather conditions. Bad weather always creates delays and hinders completion of the project.
Can you install roof shingles in winter?
Asphalt shingles can be installed properly in winter (late fall and winter) but only if some additional costly measures are taken. A specialized adhesive is needed to be manually applied to each shingle if the temperature is below 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
What is the minimum roof pitch for asphalt shingles?
The manufacturers say a 4/12 pitch is the minimum but the absolute minimum is 2/12. Pitch is measure in inches in vertical rise over one foot of horizontal run. So a 4/12 pitch roof rises 4 inches vertically for every 12 inches of horizontal run.
How long do asphalt shingles last?
Asphalt shingles can last up to 30 years. Wood shingles and shakes have a target lifetime of 30 years, but they can last much longer under moderate weather conditions.
What roof lasts the longest?
Material lifespan:
Wood Shake | 14-20 years |
Asphalt Shingle | 10-30 years (20 is the norm) |
Metal/Steel | 50+ years |
Slate | 50+ years |
Tile/Concrete | 50+ years |
Foam | 25+ years |
Built-Up (BUR) | 25-30 years |
Single-Ply | 30+ years |
So the metal, steel, tile, concrete and slate roofs last the longest. Asphalt, built-ups and single ply are the next longest lasting roofing material.
Are metal roofs noisy?
This may surprise you but metal roofs, when installed with solid sheathing, are actually quieter than asphalt roofs. These metal roofs, when installed properly, can actually silence the noise from rain, hail and other bad weather better than those other roofing materials.
Do metal roofs attract lightening?
No. Metal roofs do not attract lightening and are not struck any more often than any other roofing materials. People’s concern about metal roofs being hit by lightning strikes comes from the fact that metal can be an electrical conductor.
Bottom line, what is the cost to the homeowner?
If you have insurance and insurance is paying, then the homeowner’s cost is their deductable and any upgrades. Call for a free quote and check your insurance policy to see the amount of your deductable to help you know the costs involved.
Does my roof have to be replaced or can it be repaired?
The common thought is that a leaking roof has to be replaced, but this is not necessarily the solution unless it is very old. Those missing, cracked, broken, or curling shingles are able to be repaired and replaced to stop a leak without replacing the whole roof, while older roofs or roofs with many leaks or other issues should be replaced.
What is the cost to repair my roof?
Repair costs vary and depend upon the pitch of the roof, the kind of shingles used, the condition of it, and how many different layers of shingles are on the roof. The only way to know what the price is to have someone come out to your house and provide you with a free quote.