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Read more โA Santa Ana does not blow a roof off in one piece. It finds one weak edge and works its way in. Here is the order in which wind takes a roof apart, and where an LA roof is most exposed.
Read more โThe Santa Ana winds arrive fast and find every weak point on a roof. Here is how to get an LA roof ready before the season, and what actually fails when the wind comes down the passes.
Read more โLos Angeles does not get much hail, but it gets wind-thrown branches, fronds, and debris that hit a roof hard. Here is how impact damage works, where it hides, and why you often cannot see it from the ground.
Read more โMost LA roofs that fail in wind were not nailed badly on day one. The nails crept out over years of heat. Here is how fastener failure works, why the sun causes it, and how to catch it.
Read more โLos Angeles roofs do not face four seasons, they face two: the long dry stretch and the compressed wet one. Here is what to watch for in each, and when to get ahead of the weather.
Read more โAfter a big wind event, the door-knockers come out in force. Here is how to tell an honest LA roofer from a storm-chaser, and what the legitimate ones do differently.
Read more โOne call to a real Los Angeles roofer and we inspects, documents, and quotes the job up front, and backs it in writing.