You may need Roof repair in Burnsville after a severe storm. Falling tree branches can damage a roof. A roofing company also has the right safety equipment to allow them to get on top of the roof to remove tree branches that are still up there. Ask the roofing company if they handle insurance claims, because many of them will take care of that for you.
Some Roof repair in Burnsville may need to be done after a large amount of snowfall. Besides repairing roofs, a roofing company may also provide snow removal off of roofs in areas where there is a high amount of snowfall. The maximum amount of weight that a roof can take without suffering structural damage is called the snow load. Just because a roof is peaked doesn’t mean that all the snow will fall right off. The snow can stick to itself and pile up quickly during a snowfall. Then, if temperatures drop to extreme temperatures, some of the snow can freeze on the roof, which adds to its weight. You need to get the snow off the roof before ice dams form and get up under the soffits and fascia and in between the shingles, where they can cause roof damage and allow moisture damage to get inside the house.
It’s dangerous enough for a regular home owner to get up onto the roof in dry weather, much less snowy weather, when the roof is even more slippery. The roofing company may provide a snow removal service in which they will clear off the snow load for you. The cost of the service is going to be a lot less than the cost of repairing the roof. You can also find a device called a snow rake at local home centers. These are like very long broom handles with a bent down broom head or a rubber blade that you can use to pull down snow that doesn’t go too high off the edge of the gutters. Even if you can’t reach up very high, you can still clear off icicles this way, which truly can be more than a nuisance when they start to melt.
