Posted on 08/18/2024 12:23:38 PM PDT by Mean Daddy
Hello Freepers that live in Hurricane areas. I live in the Midwest and we've experienced high winds this year to the point where I had some ridge shingles taken off. Assuming I'll have to replace my roof in the near future, looking for recommendations on what folks use if they're in the hurricane areas as you sustain high winds for prolonged periods of times.
I live in a neighborhood where we can't use shake/fake shake type of roofing material. Maybe metal with an asphalt look to it but for the most part, everyone has to use the architectural asphalt shingles.
Isn’t requiring concrete roofs in Guam taking a rather big risk. That much weight will certainly contribute to the island tipping over. Foresight people! Foresight!
Tue architectural asphalt shingles work well, just get the thickest ones. They last the longest and hold up to wind the best. Make sure they nail them in properly though, some folks skimp on nails, or nail them in the wrong places.
All true.
I live in the OK-KS-Mo-Ark area and go with metal roofing. I had enough of asphalt decades ago. I went with the metal roofing that has the tile color.
First of all, thanks for everyone’s responses. I’m assuming the hurricane straps are for tying the roof and rafters to the wall framing so less likely to take the whole roof off?
I’ve been researching and according to Consumer Reports, the best asphalt shingles are Owen Corning’s Storm shingles. They have about a 1” nailing strip & if you watch their videos, hard to pull a nail through if the nailing strip is used. They’re rated Cat 4 and 130 mph winds. A roofer I talked too said it would probably add another $2,000 to the cost of re-roofing.
These days GAF offers a 50 year warranty, btw. Installing Tuesday.
Safe in a typhoon, sure, but it will be an anchor when Guam tips over!)
I put a standing seam metal roof on 2 years ago.
Use asphalt shingles, but use 6 nails/shingle.
Using just 4 doesn't cut it.
In Ohio, we just had roof stripped and replaced and the cost of the Hurricane Shingles added a small amount to the $15,000 job, maybe $250 at most. I think it was worth it as we don’t get Hurricanes per se, but in 2008 the remnants of Hurricane Ike swept thru the Ohio Valley one Sunday and did all kinds of damage, we lost a few shingles and part of a fence plus electric was out for almost 5 days. I’d pay the extra just for peace of mind. Those Hurricane shingles really glue themselves down tight.
“architectural asphalt shingles”
Used them in Colorado where winds often exceeded 85mpg (Larkspur with the Gunnison stream).
Same shingles on our house in Florida where Michael, a Cat 5 hurricane, came right over the house. It lost maybe 25% of the shingles but the winds were clocked at over 190MPH, which is tornado strength.
The benefit is that they usually are rated for the longest life, so they won’t need to be replaced as quickly. Plus all during that time they will hold up better for you.
You probably have no idea how people there hate that joke.
Unfortunately, even though I live in Florida, our HOA only allows Architectural shingles. If I lived anywhere else in Florida, I’d use metal roof which can last 40 years.
White metal roof deep in the Sunshine State. Reduced summer electric bill 20%. Perhaps the best home investment ever.
Go metal.
The winds in some areas of coastal Oregon get to be oretty brutal. 40 year or better architectural shingles stand up to them. The catch is, we get the winds in the cold season. 40-50 year asphalt shingles are like concrete, when cold. God, how I hated going up and doing anything on them.
Yes, exactly. Straps go over the rafter and are rated a little better than clips.
Clips are nailed to the wall and nailed to the rafter. It's difficult to add straps but they are better but either is way better than a few toe-nails in the roof to wall connection.
“..True architectural asphalt shingles work well, just get the thickest ones. They last the longest and hold up to wind the best. Make sure they nail them in properly though, some folks skimp on nails, or nail them in the wrong places....”
How they’re nailed down is as important as the type. Most shingle bundles show the nailing procedure/location for a hurricane area. IIRC, it’s almost double the number of nails (8 versus 4)? Also, IIRC, the type of nail used in hurricane areas may be different? Someone with more hands-on knowledge may know exactly.
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