Back in 1995 when half my cedar shakes blew off in a huge windstorm, I opted for a new roof of light-weight cement tile. Over the next 15 years I spent a lot of time gluing cracked tiles back together as branches fell on the roof or someone wasn’t too careful when walking on the roof (mainly me).
So when we had anothe huge windstorm (90 mph!) recently and over 200 tiles blew off and landed in my back yard, I decided it might be time to give asphalt shingles a try. I see that Owens-Corning makes WeatherGuard and Duration shingles that both are supposed to withstand winds of up to 130mph. I also saw some from Malarkey that are rated at 110 mph. Does anyone out there have any good or bad experience with these shingles? I would greatly appreciate your input.
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In general, your better quality asphalt shingles with the seal-down strips hold up in the wind pretty well -- much better than the old asphalt shingles of the 60s. We get wind gusts here of 80mph or so every couple of years, and I've never seen a shingle blow loose, on our house or the neighbors'. How well they'd do at 130mph, I don't know.
I'm sure glad the hot tub survived!
IMO, thge bigest cause of wind damage is improper installation - somethig that ios far to common even with professional work. Far too many shingledrs get paid piecework so the motvation is fo speed over quality.
Need a roof
Thanks for your comments, guys. Who would have guessed that a replacement hot tub cover costs $500! I have decided to go with the Owens-Corning Woodmoor shingles and a local roofing outfit that has a real good reputation. Now I am heading out to the yard with my wheelbarrow to start picking up the hundreds of broken tile pieces scattered all over the yard. Bummer.