Tips

Here’s some ways to prevent further damage and some advice on what to do with storm damage.

Roof repair Grand Rapids MI advice – storm damage

Fixing shingle roof damage that results form wind, rain, hail , or an ice storm is a typical roof repair porject.  When damage occurs to a section of roofing that has undamaged shingles above and below the shingle to be replaced, you’ll have to lift the tabs of the undamaged course above the damaged shingles.  Work very carefully.

Typically during a roof repair Grand Rapids MI, you would call a roofing contractor to fix the shingles for you.  In addition to elements of the weather damaging the shingles, they can also be damaged by falling trees or branches.

For more information, be sure to go to check out this roofing site.  There will be everything you need to know to get your roof fixed and in tip-top shape.

How to set up a hip roof

For hip roofs, courses of Onduline sheets or tiles must be trimmed along each side of the hip so that the courses support the ridge capping installed over the hip.  To determine if you have the proper coverage at the hip, measure the width of the capping, divide by two, and measure the result from each side of the center of the hip.  Use these marks to snap chalk lines on each side of the hip.

Before installing the hip capping, make certain that you have adequate framing support as a nailing base along the hip and the ridge line.  Cut two-corrugation-wide closure strips, and use butyl caulking to install a two-corrugation-wide overlapping pattern.  Install a seven inch endlap at the bottom of the hip.