With Halloween fast approaching, I know it’s not very common to think about your roof material and roofing. When it’s almost the spooky season, the first thing that comes into your mind is probably decorating your house. However, preparation for the season could get handy at times and thinking about your roof material and your safety should be next in line to consider.
In Insuranceopedia, an article about Halloween emergencies says that 25% of them are accidents from tripping on costumes or from falling while putting up the decorations. You don’t want to be one of those people being rushed to hospitals for the same reasons. What you want is to have fun and finish the night with a smile on your face.
You can always call up professionals to hire roofers or to work with roofing companies to assist you in decorating your roof. However, another way is to follow the tips below to avoid harming your roof and putting your safety at risk. Let’s dive in.
Guidelines for Roof Decorating Without Damaging the Roofing Material
Let’s start with shingle roofs, which is the most common type of roof material. Avoid drilling nails through the shingle roof or say hello to water damage. Nailing or drilling through them creates holes on the roof material that allows water to enter into your roof. Roofers suggest that you use adhesive hooks or clips to save roofs from any kind of roof damage.
- Aside from the potential holes, be mindful of the decorations’ weight you put on the roof. The heavier the decorations on your roof, the more likely you are to cause damage. You don’t want to see your shingles crack or get dislodged. Roofing companies suggest that you use lightweight decorations to decrease the risk exposure of your shingle roof to roof damages.
- Roofing companies also suggest that when you hang lights around your house, make use of gutter clips to avoid having to attach it to the roof material. Another tip from them is weight distribution. We’ve mentioned in number 2 to use lightweight and simple decorations only, however, if you really must, place heavy decorations everywhere to avoid putting them in one place only. It can potentially cause your shingles to get damaged.
- If you ever decide to attach decorations to your roof, prepare adhesives that won’t hurt your roof or roof material.
- Roofers when on roof, use footwear appropriate for the roof material to avoid damaging due to foot traffic. They suggest that you do the same. It doesn’t have to be the same shoes as theirs when on the roof, but at least wear shoes with soft soles.
Decorating Your Roof With Safety
- Decorating your house for Halloween requires a lot of movement for you as your canvas is a whole building or a home. Even the best roofing company uses ladders in working to decrease risks and accidents from happening, and there’s no reason for you to not do the same.
- When decorating, make sure you have someone with you in case an accident happens. Always work with someone that could be there as a witness in case anything happens.
- As noted in the previous section, it’s important to wear proper footwear. Following this instruction helps you keep safe when on roofs. It prevents slipping which is very dangerous.
- Ensure electrical safety especially that the light decorations on this season are almost everywhere.
- Decorate your house on a pleasant day to be able to work on a dry, less slippery, and safer roof. Especially to locals in Vancouver, Whistler, Port Moody, etc. whose precipitation is high. Being on roofs in rainy weather is seriously dangerous as rain could easily make you slip and fall.
Are you ready for decorating your roof this Halloween?
The best roofing company is not the best solely because of their knowledge and skill in roofing. One key reason is their ability to work safely on the roof while getting the job done.
As for your roof material, no matter what it is, be careful not to damage your roof when decorating. You didn’t pay for roofers to put on your roof only to damage it yourself. Decorate without harming your roof and decorate with safety.