June 14, 2006

Affordable Roofing by John Cadwel, Inc. has been approved to perform Inspections and Installation of roof coverings and attachment. Such as improving the strength of your roof deck attachment. For example, if your roof consists of shingles nailed to plywood sheets, the inspection may reveal that the plywood sheets are not adequately nailed to your roof trusses, and that additional nails and/or longer nails need to bee added to reduce the possibility of the plywood being blown off in a hurricane, there are two alternatives under improvement 1.

                A.Interior roof deck attachment.

                B. Exterior roof deck attachment.

                Creating a secondary water barrier to prevent water intrusion for example, using peel and stick-on material that cover the joints between the plywood sheets on your roof to reduce leakage until repair can be made if a hurricane blows off your roof shingles, there are two alternatives.

                A. Interior secondary water barrier

                B. Exterior secondary water barrier

                Improving the survivability of your roof covering. Upgrading to stronger hurricane-resistant roof shingles, attached with properly sized and properly applied roofing nails, to reduce the susceptibility of your roof shingles blowing off in a hurricane. Shingles offering the best protection are designed to withstand hurricane winds of 140 mph or greater.

                Bracing gable-end walls. This improvement is made inside4 your attic to decrease chances that gable end walls will fail under hurricane wind pressure.

                Reinforcing roof-to-wall connections. Installing metal tie-down clips that attach roof rafters to walls to decrease chances that all or a portion of your roof will lift off your house during a hurricane.