Tornado Proof Roofing

This saves you money on your insurance and helps reduce waste in the local landfills.

Tornado proof roofing.

The roof sheathing is the first structural element in the load path between the roof system and the foundation. The result is a quiet energy efficient tornado proof home and yes all this is still affordable. How to make a more tornado resistant home. In 2004 an f2 tornado pulled the roof off an icf home in attica kansas.

Concrete is the only material that can hold up to these forces. You also don t have to deal with the inconvenience of frequent roof replacements. The tornado proof roof. Formerly tornado proof houses.

Build a moderately pitched hip roof. We will most certainly be in both the joplin and tuscaloosa areas so if you or someone you know need a little home repair job because it was obliterated this spring let us know and if you are building in tornado alley and want a quote we would be. Leaks are rare generally caused by faulty construction practices and are easily repaired. In a tornado the most vulnerable areas of the home are the roof and windows.

We don t want to be replacing your roof every year so we try to only install class 4 hail resistant roofs. Even with the most securely fastened roofing system and impact resistant windows these areas may still be vulnerable depending on how the tornado hits the home if a direct hit. Wall logs in such construction have to be made of circular reference glued laminated timber and all other components of the house have to be hurricane resistant. And midwestern tornadoes sometimes generate winds of 200 or even 250 mph.

A large tornado touched down at 3 15pm and slammed through a shopping mall before moving south leaving a 5km trail of destruction. Fasten the roof securely to the house and include multiple layers of moisture protection. A tornado resistant roof s primary function in a continuous load path is as a horizontal diaphragm that moves the loads imposed by heavy winds to the supporting walls below. A round or multiple sided home is more resistant to hurricane strength winds.

The sheathing works with the roof framing to transfer. And once the roof is incapacitated the house is a sitting duck for further damage if not total destruction. The answer is yes if the home were constructed like a bomb proof bunker with thick walls a reinforced concrete roof and a super strong internal. The most important aspects of a tornado resistant home include the walls roof and windows.

The round design allows the wind to blow around the home. Submitted by nzmrm editors on tue 12 06 2012 12 00am. On tuesday 3rd may 2011 the auckland suburb of albany experienced an extreme weather event. Even an ef 2 tornado has winds up to 135 mph generating such enormous forces that even the best engineered wood roofs will fail.