How the hurricane will affect Fairfax (insurance, how much, Home Depot)

[Baike]

I am so worried about heavy rain, since my roof is somewhat leaking. I don't have the chance to get it replaced till the end of next month.

Thanks.

[LuvVA]

Originally Posted by GlebeH

I am so worried about heavy rain, since my roof is somewhat leaking. I don't have the chance to get it replaced till the end of next month.

Thanks.

if you already have a contractor finalized to fix your roof, ask them to put tarp on your roof, especially areas where its leaking.

[Baike]

Originally Posted by LuvVA

if you already have a contractor finalized to fix your roof, ask them to put tarp on your roof, especially areas where its leaking.

Have not finalized yet, still interviewing contractors, then suddenly hurricane is coming, this is crazy. Most contractors don't do emergency service, even if I settle down a contractor now, it will not be done till the end of next month. Now bad weather will push the schedule further behind.

How much rainfall should I expect in Fairfax? Actually quite far away from NC/SC, hope the hurricane will weaken when hits mainland. I am not sure how serious it the hurricane (for Fairfax residents).

There is already too much rain this summer.

[LuvVA]

It will be at least a few inches of rain. This is enough to cause damage.

You call whoever is available to just put the tarp and you can go ahead with roof replacement after hurricane.
These guys will be very busy post hurricane, lot of people from this area will even go down south to most affected areas as they can get good business.

[Hal Roach]

"non-essential" government employees will get liberal leave; Shirley Highway will look like a ghost town..The 17 essential workers, who show up will clean the restrooms as scheduled.

[Baike]

Originally Posted by Hal Roach

"non-essential" government employees will get liberal leave; Shirley Highway will look like a ghost town..The 17 essential workers, who show up will clean the restrooms as scheduled.

Is that serious in Fairfax??? I don't think I can get anyone for emergent roof care (putting on tarp or whatever). It is raining till hurricane, and I am busy at work.

[ICS67]

Two pieces of advice:

1. If you do not yet have a tarp, go NOW to Home Depot to buy it, assuming they still have any in stock given the usual pre-hurricane rush to stock up on generators, batteries, tarps, etc.

2. You said you are still interviewing roofing contractors. I strongly suggest you pick one NOW that you are comfortable with to get on their work schedule. I had a small roof leak at the end of July, and when I started to contact roofing companies highly rated by Consumer Checkbook, I was told the earliest someone could come to even just look at the roof was two to three weeks -- with an additional wait of two to three weeks after that to do any actual repair. (One company actually said it would be 10 to 13 weeks). Other roofing companies I checked with said they already had so much work that they were only working very close to home, were only doing repairs in winter, or were only doing repairs for existing customers. It appears that with all the rain we have had this summer, roofing companies are absolutely swamped (no pun intended) with more work than they can handle. I would expect that backlog to only get worse with the upcoming storm.

As suggested by LuvVA, you may want to see if you can at least get a handyman or gutter cleaning company to put a tarp up on your roof before Friday as an interim fix.

Good luck.

[Baike]

Originally Posted by ICS67

Two pieces of advice:

1. If you do not yet have a tarp, go NOW to Home Depot to buy it, assuming they still have any in stock given the usual pre-hurricane rush to stock up on generators, batteries, tarps, etc.

2. You said you are still interviewing roofing contractors. I strongly suggest you pick one NOW that you are comfortable with to get on their work schedule. I had a small roof leak at the end of July, and when I started to contact roofing companies highly rated by Consumer Checkbook, I was told the earliest someone could come to even just look at the roof was two to three weeks -- with an additional wait of two to three weeks after that to do any actual repair. (One company actually said it would be 10 to 13 weeks). Other roofing companies I checked with said they already had so much work that they were only working very close to home, were only doing repairs in winter, or were only doing repairs for existing customers. It appears that with all the rain we have had this summer, roofing companies are absolutely swamped (no pun intended) with more work than they can handle. I would expect that backlog to only get worse with the upcoming storm.

As suggested by LuvVA, you may want to see if you can at least get a handyman or gutter cleaning company to put a tarp up on your roof before Friday as an interim fix.

Good luck.

Even if I can get tarp from HD, not sure how to DIY to put it on. Just ordered one from Amazon, it seems it is self-adhesive. Found it on HD website but not in local store, it takes too many days to arrive in HD local store. Searched it on Amazon, fast shipping, hopefully get it by Thursday.

[Baike]

Originally Posted by ICS67

Two pieces of advice:

1. If you do not yet have a tarp, go NOW to Home Depot to buy it, assuming they still have any in stock given the usual pre-hurricane rush to stock up on generators, batteries, tarps, etc.

2. You said you are still interviewing roofing contractors. I strongly suggest you pick one NOW that you are comfortable with to get on their work schedule. I had a small roof leak at the end of July, and when I started to contact roofing companies highly rated by Consumer Checkbook, I was told the earliest someone could come to even just look at the roof was two to three weeks -- with an additional wait of two to three weeks after that to do any actual repair. (One company actually said it would be 10 to 13 weeks). Other roofing companies I checked with said they already had so much work that they were only working very close to home, were only doing repairs in winter, or were only doing repairs for existing customers. It appears that with all the rain we have had this summer, roofing companies are absolutely swamped (no pun intended) with more work than they can handle. I would expect that backlog to only get worse with the upcoming storm.

As suggested by LuvVA, you may want to see if you can at least get a handyman or gutter cleaning company to put a tarp up on your roof before Friday as an interim fix.

Good luck.

The other reason I don't "want" to settle a contractor now, since I am thinking if hurricane damages the roof, maybe I can make a claim it to insurance company. So it will need insurance company to come by and investigate before new roof replacement?

Will insurance company cover pre-scheduled roof replacement(due to old shingles) if hurricane does cost a lot of damage on the shingles?

[Flamingo13]

Originally Posted by GlebeH

I am so worried about heavy rain, since my roof is somewhat leaking. I don't have the chance to get it replaced till the end of next month.

Thanks.

There is already a NoVa thread on the hurricane - Florence in NoVa