Love Your Roof! 5 Roof Care Tips To Help You Avoid Costly Repairs
Living in Florida, we experience frequent rain storms, hurricanes, and humidity. So it’s important to routinely care for your roof to prevent leaks, structural damage, or a complete failure of your roofing system. After all, your roof protects you, your family, and the entire structure of your home.
Let’s talk about all the ways you can love your roof!
Tip #1: Schedule a roof inspection
One of the best ways you can care for your roof is to have a biannual roof inspection. By hiring a professional roofing company to inspect your roof, any leaks, storm damage, or other issues will be found and repaired before it turns into a costly problem.
But if you live in Florida, you’ll also want to have your roof inspected before the start of hurricane season to fix any issue. Plus, it’ll prove to your insurance company any damage from the storm wasn’t a pre-existing problem.
Tip #2: Clean your roof regularly
Cleaning your roof is an important step in loving your roof. Roof cleaning should happen about once a year.
A roof cleaning will remove debris, branches, and dirt that can trap moisture in. Tree branches will be trimmed back so they no longer rub on your roof. Tree limbs rubbing on roof materials will eventually cause damage to your roof and lead to water intrusion & other long-term problems.
And gutters are cleaned out. Sometimes we can forget how important our gutters are, but they move water away from the roof. When gutters clog, that water gets trapped and can seep into your roof or house structure.
Tip #3: Check you have proper ventilation
Roof ventilation doesn’t seem important until your house won’t cool down. Poor ventilation will cause your HVAC to work harder and increase your energy costs. Plus, improper ventilation can allow mold and mildew to grow – which is not good for your home or your health.
If you’re not sure your ventilation is working like it should, schedule an appointment with a professional roofing contractor to inspect your roof and make any necessary repairs.
Tip #4: Repair roof damage as soon as possible
Ignoring loose tiles or missing shingles can become a costly mistake. Missing/loose shingles or tiles expose your roof and home to damage from weather and other hazards.
Plus, living in Florida, you want to make sure your roof and home are hurricane ready before the storm hits – because these pre-existing issues can cause more damage to your home.
Love your roof! Because roof care is the best way to prevent costly repairs.
At M3 Roofing, we have a team of dedicated, professional roofogists that can help with all your roof care needs. We love to educate our customers. And we want to empower you to make educated decisions about your roof.