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Top 5 Tips to Protect Your Home from Wind Damage

  • Perla Irish
  • November 9, 2020
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  1. Start by Making Improvements
  2. Outdoor Items
  3. Examine Greenery Around Your House
  4. Vulnerable Spots
  5. Make an Emergency Plan
  6. Are You Ready to Protect Your Home from Wind Damage?

In the United States, one in 40 homes file an insurance claim due to wind damage each year.

The last thing every homeowner wants is to file an insurance claim due to wind damage. As we approach hurricane season, you must be prepared to protect your home. By making small improvements, you can protect your home against severe storms.

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Top 5 Tips to Protect Your Home from Wind Damage

Read on to learn how you can protect your homes against the wind.

  1. Start by Making Improvements

If you want to protect your home from wind damage, the first step is to repair broken items. Even if you add new protective materials to your home without making repairs, your house is still vulnerable to wind damage.

When you live in a place vulnerable to tropical storms, you must inspect your home areas that could get severely damaged by storms.

For starters, you can start by replacing any broken shingles on your roof or loose window shutters.


Read Also:

  • How to Protect Your Home Electrical Systems Against Winter Storms
  • 5 Things to Do After a Hurricane Hits Your Home
  • Caring for Storm Damaged Trees

  1. Outdoor Items

Many people make it a priority to secure the outside of their homes and make roof repairs. However, in the process, they tend to neglect outdoor items.

Your main house can still be vulnerable to severe damage if a pot, garbage bin, or outdoor furniture flies at it.

If you’re preparing for a big windstorm, it’s essential you walk around your backyard and identify items that can potentially fly away in a wind storm.

Keep large items, such as bins, grills, patio furniture in your garage or barn. Those items that you can’t put away try to secure them to prevent them from flying away.

It’s important that if you can’t keep your car in the garage, you park it away from trees, power lines, and trees.

  1. Examine Greenery Around Your House

If you have large trees and shrubs around your house, it’s essential you do a walkthrough to protect your house from high winds.

The most important part is to check for any large loose branches that might damage your house if they fly away.

Calling a professional to your trim your trees is the best way to ensure the job is done right.

  1. Vulnerable Spots

When it comes to protecting your home from the wind, your house is most vulnerable on the roof, garage door, windows, and doors.

To fully protect your home from wind damage, you need to inspect these pots. Ensure there are no cracks, broken parts, and add extra protection.

For example, you can add Crimsafe products for added protection from high winds.

  1. Make an Emergency Plan

Even if you secure your house against wind damage, there’s still a small chance something might go awry.

To prevent getting caught off guard, it’s essential you make an emergency plan in case of wind damage. Make a plan of potential places to take shelter and even have an emergency strategy.

Are You Ready to Protect Your Home from Wind Damage?

After reading this article, you should have a better idea of how to protect your home against wind damage.

The best way to protect your house against wind storms is by repairing broken items, secure outdoor items, make improvements, find vulnerable spots, and make an emergency plan.

If you enjoyed these useful tips, check out the rest of our blog for more.

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