Weather
What is Building and Roof Resiliency?
Building and roof resiliency is their ability to adapt to changing conditions and withstand and recover quickly. By Metal-Era Studies following Hurricane Katrina, which hit the Gulf Coast hard in August of 2005, showed that lax enforcement of building codes led to an increased number of damaged buildings, structural losses and property ...
Billions of Dollars in Property Damage Each Year Is Caused by Severe Weather
A building’s roof edge can play a factor in whether or not the roof will withstand the assault of severe weather. By Metal-Era Winter weather adds stress to buildings with cold winds, the weight of snow on the roof and extreme temperatures. After experiencing wintry weather, spring arrives with its own challenges ...
Roofing Safety in Cold Weather
The best protection for winter work is planning ahead of time and being completely prepared. By Heather Davis, Metal-Era, Inc. Sure snow is pretty and winter may be welcome after a long, hot summer, but the weather conditions during this cold season warrant some special precautions that anyone who works outside should ...
‘What the Hail?’ Part 2: Repairing Hail Damage
by Aaron Thompson, EagleView Technologies - Roof hail damage on homes and commercial properties is the most common aftereffect of a hailstorm. In Part 1 of this post we discussed the effects of hail in terms of property damage and insurance claims. Hailstorms can result in millions of dollars in damage ...
’What the Hail?’ Part 1: Evaluating Hail Season's Damage
Several sources are naming 2016 one of the most severe hail season's on record. by EagleView If you live in a colder climate, you probably have to scrape ice off your car windshield each winter. If you live in Colorado Springs, however, you may have spent the last week of July digging ...
