Essential Things to Check Around Your Home After a Storm
With the record number of hailstorm damages in recent times, it’s easy to see some of these places severely damaged. Most homeowner’s insurance companies will send someone out to assess the damage, and they are extremely good at helping you deal with the loss or destruction of your home and yard. Sometimes, my neighbors also ask me how to straighten a tree after a storm since our yards are too heavily damaged. I’ve seen everything from roof damage to shrubs around homes that are likely to perish from Arctic storms. I’ve compiled a shortlist of things you can look for to assess your damage.
Yard
Since our yard has nothing to cover it up, a hailstorm and other storms can easily damage it. Trees branches are everywhere. Even some people also report that their trees are tilted, reaching the home. Therefore, to fix your yard, you should cut off the tilted or damaged trees with a chainsaw. It would be best if you cleaned the branches as well.
Roof
Hail can take the life out of your roof. The number of roof injuries is directly related to the size of the hail and the storm’s duration; hail the size of an inch can cause a few injuries, hail the size of a golf ball will destroy a roof in minutes. To look for hail damage, you need to climb a ladder, but you must always consider the safety first, only climb where you feel safe. Then, you should look for …