Each season brings with it typical characteristics and dangers. For example, melting snow in the spring, heavy thunderstorms in the summer, and constant rain in the fall can cause flooding. Large amounts of snow in winter and snow on the roof pose a danger due to the underestimated weight and possible avalanches (from the roof). In addition, severe storms and hurricanes can occur throughout the year, causing disasters. Severe lousy weather such as thunderstorms, storms and heavy rains often cause basements to flood and roofs to be uncovered. In the worst case, all these weather influences cause considerable damage to the building structure, resulting in financial risk.
Storms have more than tripled in the past 50 years. The leading cause is climate change because warmer air can absorb more water vapour than colder air. As a result, more significant amounts of precipitation and heavy rain, hail, storms, hurricane gusts and floods.
To be adequately prepared for extreme weather conditions, you will find helpful information on the subject of weather protection in the following text. Numerous checklists, tips and advice show you how to protect yourself and your home from extreme weather conditions and their consequences to avoid significant financial damage as much as possible. The article will also find information on RWES Construction Weather Protection System, which can help protect you from bad weather and atmospheric agents.
DAMAGES FROM STORM
Roofs, destroyed facades and fallen trees – depending on their strength, storms can cause enormous damage to the home and its surroundings. Wind speeds from around 75 km / h are referred to as storms. These gusts derive from the meeting of winds coming from high and low-pressure areas, from the exchange of cold and hot air.
Not only severe damage, such as uncovering the roof surface in a storm, but also other damage such as a leaky roof, broken flower pots, shattered windows, or damaged shingles can seriously affect your home. In addition to financial security through storm insurance, you can prevent damage caused by force majeure with various measures, small and large.
If a thunderstorm is about to arrive, all moving objects should be secured or stowed away, and cars, if possible, should be parked in the garage or at a great distance from trees. Objects flying around can cause damage to vehicles, the house or the facade. The roof, in particular, is an element that is very exposed to strong gusts of wind. There is a risk that the shingles will peel off and cause severe damage to objects or injure people. To avoid such damage, you should consider renovating or replacing your roof with storm-proof roofing materials in good time.
RWES PRODUCTS PROTECT YOU AND YOUR HOME
RWES aluminium roofs and facades have the function of protecting your home and, therefore, you and your family from damage caused by storms.
An RWES roof is particularly weatherproof because every single element is fixed. The products are not only laid on top of each other but are also connected by seaming. Thanks to the precise fastening of the individual RWES roof elements and the concealed fastening to the substructure, an RWES roof can withstand even severe storms. In exposed positions, the number of staples is increased as needed, and the type of fastening (nailed or screwed) is adapted to the wind load. In many cases, your new RWES roof can be fixed directly to the existing substructure thanks to its low weight: installation is simplified, and you save time and money.
Our Construction Weather Protection System also offers very high storm protection. FOR EXAMPLE, the RWES slats may be installed with specially developed windproof clips, which confers a solid seal to the facade elements. Such a fastening is only necessary for larger overall widths combined with a thinner material.
