Shake Shingle Roof

[VoZangre]

Dome houses…

made of adobe would withstand fire better than stuccobox tracts, methinks…

[OC Burns]

“When you have a firestorm, it won’t matter if it’s tile or shake. It all burns down. Moot point.”

That’s true. But the people in my neighborhood were scared that the firestorm would be caused by one of those old shake-roof houses. Any little thing could start them burning. So, if there was a firestorm a distance away, and one of the embers blew into our ‘hood, it would be much more likely to start a raging firestorm if it landed on the shake roof next door than if those folks had installed a tile roof. I guess that was the point, really… when your neighbor’s shake roof becomes a firestorm, it puts your house in danger.

Many of our neighbors used to put a sprinkler on their roof on the 4th of July. It was like air defence for bottle rockets.

[OC Burns]

“When you have a firestorm, it won’t matter if it’s tile or shake. It all burns down. Moot point.”

That’s true. But the people in my neighborhood were scared that the firestorm would be caused by one of those old shake-roof houses. Any little thing could start them burning. So, if there was a firestorm a distance away, and one of the embers blew into our ‘hood, it would be much more likely to start a raging firestorm if it landed on the shake roof next door than if those folks had installed a tile roof. I guess that was the point, really… when your neighbor’s shake roof becomes a firestorm, it puts your house in danger.

Many of our neighbors used to put a sprinkler on their roof on the 4th of July. It was like air defence for bottle rockets.

[OC Burns]

“When you have a firestorm, it won’t matter if it’s tile or shake. It all burns down. Moot point.”

That’s true. But the people in my neighborhood were scared that the firestorm would be caused by one of those old shake-roof houses. Any little thing could start them burning. So, if there was a firestorm a distance away, and one of the embers blew into our ‘hood, it would be much more likely to start a raging firestorm if it landed on the shake roof next door than if those folks had installed a tile roof. I guess that was the point, really… when your neighbor’s shake roof becomes a firestorm, it puts your house in danger.

Many of our neighbors used to put a sprinkler on their roof on the 4th of July. It was like air defence for bottle rockets.

[bsrsharma]

On a more general note, after this catastrophe, will there be a premium for homes that can be shown to be fire resistent (with construction materials/techniques, foam coating etc.,)? I saw a video of AIG spraying fire retardant foam at their own expense on high end homes to save paying replacement costs. The woodframe based construction seems very inadequate and unsuited to SoCal weather. Greater use of metallic or non-combustible building materials should be encouraged both through building codes and market demand. If enough potential buyers start getting cold feet buying wood framed homes, that can start a trend. How many of you potential buyers will pay attention to fire resistance in your future home purchase decisions?

[bsrsharma]

On a more general note, after this catastrophe, will there be a premium for homes that can be shown to be fire resistent (with construction materials/techniques, foam coating etc.,)? I saw a video of AIG spraying fire retardant foam at their own expense on high end homes to save paying replacement costs. The woodframe based construction seems very inadequate and unsuited to SoCal weather. Greater use of metallic or non-combustible building materials should be encouraged both through building codes and market demand. If enough potential buyers start getting cold feet buying wood framed homes, that can start a trend. How many of you potential buyers will pay attention to fire resistance in your future home purchase decisions?

[bsrsharma]

On a more general note, after this catastrophe, will there be a premium for homes that can be shown to be fire resistent (with construction materials/techniques, foam coating etc.,)? I saw a video of AIG spraying fire retardant foam at their own expense on high end homes to save paying replacement costs. The woodframe based construction seems very inadequate and unsuited to SoCal weather. Greater use of metallic or non-combustible building materials should be encouraged both through building codes and market demand. If enough potential buyers start getting cold feet buying wood framed homes, that can start a trend. How many of you potential buyers will pay attention to fire resistance in your future home purchase decisions?

[Raybyrnes]

Major Insurance companies such as Farmers Insurance stopped insuring homes with shake shingle roofing as far back as 7 years ago. I am not certain if they non renewed policies that were already covered.

[Raybyrnes]

Major Insurance companies such as Farmers Insurance stopped insuring homes with shake shingle roofing as far back as 7 years ago. I am not certain if they non renewed policies that were already covered.

[Raybyrnes]

Major Insurance companies such as Farmers Insurance stopped insuring homes with shake shingle roofing as far back as 7 years ago. I am not certain if they non renewed policies that were already covered.

[cashcow]

“wondering why in the world, in this environ, you’d have ANYTHING besides tile?”

BECAUSE IT COSTS TOO MUCH, DUH?

[cashcow]

“wondering why in the world, in this environ, you’d have ANYTHING besides tile?”

BECAUSE IT COSTS TOO MUCH, DUH?

[cashcow]

“wondering why in the world, in this environ, you’d have ANYTHING besides tile?”

BECAUSE IT COSTS TOO MUCH, DUH?

[kewp]

From what I remember of the Cedar fires, tile wasn’t a big win as they are glued to roof with tar. The embers blow up under the tile and it burns down anyway.

[kewp]

From what I remember of the Cedar fires, tile wasn’t a big win as they are glued to roof with tar. The embers blow up under the tile and it burns down anyway.

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