Yup. If the wind gets under the eaves just right, that roof is coming off. Without the roof, the house will lose most of its integrity and the wind will get in through the top and blow the walls out.
dig a deep trench around the house, then put tarp over the house, with the edges ending in the trench. Then refill the trench and bury those edges deep. The wind can't get under the flaps and it can't exert much force to prise it off. It can still suck it off, tho' (queue dirty jokes) - so make sure it's strong.
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· 7 years ago
Still more sensible that trying to shoot the damn thing!
Read the comments above you, snowpanther, it's to prevent the roof to come off if the wind hits the right spots.
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· 7 years ago
will this really help against that? if the wind blows this much that the roof would fly away..wouldn't the straps break free? i mean.. i think you can't really bind the straps strong enough to the ground that a wind this strong could'nt break free..or not? if the wind would blow the roof off..why not the straps?
like if the house is gonna fly then the straps won't stop it
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Quickloader-10000-lbs-Retractable-Ratchet-Tie-Down-Strap-QL10000/202393129
If for nothing else than the sheer length capacity. Each is 10,000 pound capacity. That's an additional 80,000 pounds of retention strength for a roof that may not be up to the most recent and modern building code.
It doesn't have to hold the house down or together, just the roof from lifting up. I think an additional 80k will do it.