For Phoenix area residents, it’s not a secret that Arizona is no stranger to extreme weather, including the summer Monsoon season. The monsoon season brings intense thunderstorms and heavy rain to the Southwest. This extreme weather can cause serious problems including damage to trees, utility lines, businesses and homes. This area, known for its dry heat, can even see severe and sudden flooding in the streets. These extreme weather events can cause serious damage to homes, particularly in the form of roof damage.
While your roof is susceptible to various forms of damage throughout the year, preparing your roof for the monsoon season is critical to the integrity and longevity of your property. To protect your home from water damage and costly seasonal repairs, it’s time to consider a roof coating and other forms of preparation and prevention.
Inspect your roof tiles.
While your roof tiles play a vital role in the structural integrity of your home, they are often neglected due to their long lifespan and inconvenient location. Over time and due to exposure to the harsh Phoenix area elements, your roof tiles will begin to show wear and tear in the form cracks and other deterioration. This damage can allow for increased exposure to the heavy rains of the monsoon season and leave your home vulnerable to the potentially expensive water damage that accompanies this season. One individual broken tile might be the start of a small leak that can lead to costly water damage. Upon inspection of your roof, it’s important to repair any damage you find before any more damage might occur.
Regularly coat your roof.
Once you’ve inspected your roof and made any necessary repairs to cracked or damage tiles and roof materials, it’s time to coat or re-coat your roofs surface. Everlast Coatings offers a wide variety of high quality roof coatings to protect and prolong the life of your property. Not only will a roof coating protect from water exposure, but roof coatings can reflect sunlight, protect your surface from harmful UV rays, and shield your home from absorbing excessive amounts of heat from the sun, and improving the energy efficiency of your home. Re-coating your roof will prove to be a beneficial investment that will extend the life of your property, create energy cost savings, and prevent expensive repairs.
Inspect your roof after storms for leaks.
While rainstorms can prove costly to your home, they can also provide an important opportunity to inspect the structure for any type of leak or water penetration where it should not be. It’s also important to remember that water damage compounded by the march of time will prove to be even more costly, so it’s critical that you seek help from a roofing pro to perform repairs right away. Thankfully, small leaks do not usually cause a large amount of damage and large repair bills can be preventible with a small amount of attention and planning.
Schedule a professional inspection.
Calling a professional might sound expensive, but when it comes to water damage, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. If your roof is showing signs of wear and tear, leaks, water damage, or simply hasn’t been inspected in recent years, it might be time to get a professional roof inspection. A professional roofer will be able to locate problem areas that need repair or are likely to fail soon. They can also help you know if it’s time to take further steps such as applying a roof coating from Everlast Coatings. It’s important to keep in mind that not all roof damage is easily identified to the untrained eye. A trusted roofing professional will be able to quickly evaluate the condition of your roof and provide valuable insight.
When it’s time to protect your roof with a roof coating, Everlast Coatings is standing by and ready to provide you with a wide range of high quality roof coating options. Our roof coatings can renew the life of your roof by providing protection from the harsh elements such as a wet monsoon season. Select roof coatings can also reflect the harsh effects of the sun including heat and UV rays. You can trust the Everlast Coatings teams to provide professional customer service, high superior quality products, and affordable prices. Visit one of our Phoenix area locations or call us directly at (602) 374-3885 today!