Sustained wind rather than gusts
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An exposed site — open plains, a ridge line, coastal frontage, or simply a house that stands clear of everything around it — puts constant wind load on the roof edge and ridge rather than the occasional gust. Failures there start at the rake and eave rather than in the field, so edge metal and the starter course matter more than they do on a sheltered lot.
Worth raising specifically when you take quotes. A contractor pricing a sheltered suburban roof and one pricing an exposed site should not be specifying the same edge detail, and the difference is cheap at installation and expensive to retrofit.
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- Shingles lifting along one slope after wind
- Straight-line wind damage mistaken for hail
- Improper nailing from the original install
- Two or three layers of shingle already on the roof
- No ridge vent and no soffit intake
- Valley metal rusted or missing
- UV exposure on unshaded roofs
- Sagging visible along the ridge line
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Written by Jaylan Jones. I Like To Exterior Services earns a referral fee when a call connects to a contractor. See our business-model disclosure.
