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Discerning Wind-Related Damage to Residential Roofs
A 2025 forensic engineering paper on separating genuine wind damage on residential roofs from installation defects, mechanical damage and age-related deterioration, aimed at making wind assessments…
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VideoInsurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS)Watch What Happens When Wind-Driven Rain Enters Your Home
Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) — from the Storm damage & inspection shelf of the video library.
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Storm Damage Roof Repair Guide
What to do in the hours after a storm, how to photograph hail and wind damage so a claim holds up, and how to recognize a storm chaser.
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Haag Certified Inspector — Residential Roofs Course Workbook (2023)
The full 118-page workbook for Haag's residential roof inspector certification: hail formation and indications, wind characteristics, impact and wind testing, weather data sources, and…
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Owens Corning Technical Bulletin: Hip & Ridge and Starter Requirements for Limited Lifetime Coverage
Owens Corning's bulletin confirming that its limited lifetime warranties require Owens Corning starter strip and hip-and-ridge products, and stating that an inverted three-tab or cut laminate used as…
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GAF vs Owens Corning (and Where IKO Fits)
An even-handed comparison of the three laminate shingles homeowners name most: nailing-zone engineering, wind and impact ratings, warranty structure, contractor certification programs, and what…
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How Many Nails Per Shingle? The Real Answer
Four versus six, where the nail line actually is on a modern laminate, what high-nailing does to wind performance, penetration depth, and why the warranty and the code can require different counts on…
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What Is a FORTIFIED Roof?
The IBHS standard explained: the sealed deck and locked-down edge that do most of the work, the independent evaluator verification that is the real product, the 2025 certified-installer rule, and how…
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Alabama Storm Center
Peak season March–May, with a secondary autumn season. Alabama sits in the part of the Southeast informally called Dixie Alley, where severe thunderstorms and tornadoes cluster in a primary spring…
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Alaska Storm Center
Peak season October–March. Alaska’s roof-damaging weather is a winter story. Strong extratropical storms moving out of the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea drive high winds along the coast, and snow…
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Arizona Storm Center
Peak season June–September (monsoon). Arizona’s damaging weather is concentrated in the North American monsoon, when thunderstorms collapse and send strong outflow winds and blowing dust well ahead…
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Arkansas Storm Center
Peak season March–May, with a secondary autumn season. Arkansas sits where the southern plains severe-weather corridor meets the Mid-South, and it carries both a primary spring season and a secondary…









