Winter Roofing Tips: Protecting Your Asphalt Shingle Roof from Snow and Ice
Surviving a New Hampshire winter is no easy feat for your roof. With relentless winds, biting cold, heavy snow, and icy conditions, your roof undergoes a lot. As we transition to a rainy spring, let's discuss how your roof weathered the winter. As a homeowner, you never want minor roofing concerns to escalate into major problems!
Proactive Prevention
Our seasoned professionals, well-versed in handling winter-worn roofs, emphasize preventing issues before they escalate. Take proactive steps now to ensure your roof doesn't turn into a costly affair in the coming months.
Regular Checks: After a recent windstorm, if concerns linger about your roof, perform regular checks to catch small issues before they evolve into expensive repairs. Aim for at least one annual roof check, if possible.
Professional Inspection: If close inspection is challenging but visible damage is apparent, consider a professional roof inspection. NH Grand Roofs can evaluate your roof's integrity, providing clarity on needed repairs.
Given time, winter elements like snow, ice, and wind expose your roof to various problems, some requiring immediate attention, others detectable through visual inspection. Your home's primary defense is its roof, making its protection against the elements paramount.
The Menace that is Ice Dams
Ice dams, notorious for causing severe damage, can loosen shingles and tear off gutters. Left untreated, water may seep into your home. Typically caused by heat loss, especially after heavy snowfall, ice dams result from rising home heat into an inadequately insulated attic. Melting during the day refreezes at night, creating ice dams, risking roof damage, mold, and more.
Professionals addressing roof damage from ice dams prioritize proper attic and roof ventilation during replacement. This includes soffit and ridge vents for optimal airflow and cap shingles as needed for ventilation.
Home Safeguarding during Roof Installation
During a new roof installation, our team will first apply a ice and waterproof underlayment on all edges, valleys, and penetrations. Then, a synthetic water resistant underlayment on the rest of the roof. This acts as a moisture barrier and primary defense. The process includes the use of asphalt shingles, renowned for durability, affordability, available in a wide range of colors. The shingles installed by our professionals are Made in New England, so they are designed to withstand the New England elements.
If you spot missing shingles, leaks, shingles on gutters, or your roof is showing signs any visible damage, it's time to reach out to the professionals at NH Grand Roofs.
Discover more about the quality products used by NH Grand Roofs to fortify your roof against the unpredictable New England weather. Winter may be tough, but your roof doesn't have to be!
