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Sabonim |
Saturday night my neighbor's home went up in flames. The intense fire was radiating so much heat, my roof was either steaming or smoking. Two windows on the side of our home cracked from the heat. Fortunately, as the fire was peaking in intensity it started to rain, cooling off our roof, and the fire too, I imagine. There is no visible damage to our roof. The roof is only 6 weeks old and I'm concerned the surfaces closest to the fire may suffer from a reduced life span. Am I just paranoid?   Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, 'Wow! What a Ride! ~Hunter S. Thompson | ||
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Firearms Enthusiast |
No idea about your roof but the smell of smoke from the burned house is going to make it hard for you to stay in your house. I had one burn 4 houses down a few years back and it was really bad when the wind was blowing my way. Being next door will get bad most all the time. Hoping for a fast clean up but the investigations and insurance claims take time so nothing happens for quite awhile. | |||
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| Green grass and high tides  |
I was at a friends place decades ago where a fire broke out next door. I held a sheet of plywood while my friend sprayed water on it trying to save their home. Got so hot it melted wiring in the walls of my friends house. I would be very concerned of damage. Make it known early and often that there is most likely damage (potentially hidden most likely.) I would not accept "everything checks out just fine", nope, not going to happen would be my answer. "Practice like you want to play in the game" | |||
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Optimistic Cynic |
Maybe call your roofer and ask him to take a professional look? | |||
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Being next door, you've probably got smoke damage inside the house, you'll probably need to get a deep cleaning. Your roof maybe ok, have an inspector come out and take a look. The eaves and soffits may have sustained some damage, same also for vents. You'll probably need a new paint job on the house, maybe just the one side. Make sure to record all names and dates, and save all receipts. | |||
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Call your insurance agent and start a claim. Not sure if your neighbor will have to pay for the damages to your home or not. It would make sense, but insurance is an odd business at times. If your roof was smoking or even moisture burning off, you definitely has some sort of damage, even if you cannot see it. ---------- “Nobody can ever take your integrity away from you. Only you can give up your integrity.” H. Norman Schwarzkopf | |||
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Unflappable Enginerd |
That rain probably helped him more than it helped you. The quicker cooling may well have made your roofing shingles (assuming regular shingles) more brittle. As was mentioned, I'd get someone qualified to inspect it/everything. __________________________________ NRA Benefactor I lost all my weapons in a boating, umm, accident. http://www.aufamily.com/forums/ | |||
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| Thank you Very little  |
Heck of a fire, hope you neighbor and his family/pets all got out ok, horrible to lose everything you've accumulated as a family. Agree with others, call your insurance company, let them know, get inspector from your roofing company and estimates now, paint will need to be done likely, windows replaced, soffit, etc. | |||
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| Just because you can, doesn't mean you should |
Yes, get your roofer and anything your insurance recommends inspected. I'm sure the adjusters have gone through this before so I'd check with yours (not theirs) to be sure. ___________________________ Avoid buying ChiCom/CCP products whenever possible. | |||
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Yes, get your roof examined ASAP. Homeowners insurance might cover the inspection. We recently had our house done with asphalt tile. With the fire season bad news again this year wish we would have used metal instead of the tile. With the ever increasing very hot weather and dry conditions metal seems like a better choice. U.S. Army 11F4P Vietnam 69-70 NRA Life Member | |||
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His Royal Hiney |
This sounds like sensible advice. You're not being paranoid; you're doing your due diligence especially being the roof just newly done. I wouldn't mind calling the same company that did your roof as they wouldn't mind getting paid for remediation work. The electrical wiring that ORC talks about would be my concern as well. But that's hidden, I wouldn't know if the wiring could possibly be damaged even if the exterior walls appear unscathed. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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Call a QUALIFIED roofer and QUALIFIED home inspector, and document, document, document. And get your insurance agent over there as well. Make sure the roofer and inspector take a crap-ton of pictures... "If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24 | |||
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And find out how long you have to make a claim . Some things may take a while to show up . | |||
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| In the yahd, not too fah from the cah  |
You should have started a claim already for the damage that you definitely know you have. And have them inspect everything on the exterior of the home at the minimum. Your homeowners insurance should subrogate against your neighbor's liability insurance since their fire was the cause of your damage, but your claims rep will let you know for sure. If you have any questions let me know. I did auto insurance liability claims but I'll help where I can. | |||
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safe & sound |
Temperatures over 175 degrees will begin to degrade a typical asphalt shingle. You don't have any way of knowing how high the temperatures were, so you'll need to get somebody up on the roof to look. Based on the photos, I'd suspect that you'll be getting a new roof (at least on that side). The damage would be obvious. As the asphalt shingle gets hot it essentially begins to melt. | |||
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