storm and roof tiles

obi604

not even sure where to put this………but with this storm coming, is it worth parking the car away from the house? in case some slates were to come loose from the roof with high winds. (I live in a 2 storey)

would be annoying if slates landed on the car and damaged it, now I know a lot of other things can happen during a storm to damage a car, but just trying to reduce potential risk.

10-10-20

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058390908/storm-and-roof-tiles

Yes, it's a reasonable consideration alright, especially if you can move the car to the windward side, so effectively the South West side for most properties in this storm, so that it's not in direct line of where any slates might land. I'll be pulling my car out about 5m from the house just to have some distance.

AnRothar

probably get a better answer in the insurance forum, its with motoring and transport

Trampas

How far are you going to move it? Slates will travel in the wind.

obi604

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123090101#Comment_123090101

this is my thing, was looking at house (Like a weirdo) today and trying to figure out would slates just fall within 1 or 2 meters from house or would wind carry them more or would wind just carry them off in a totally different direction.

I can only park car at front of house and the wind will be blowing directly at front of house.

was thinking of putting car right up against house, reverse it in (to avoid a slate going through windscreen as I guess rear window is cheaper to fix) in the hope that a slate would just overshoot it, but then thought, move it 5 metres out from house. I know its all a bit silly and pedantic, but id be kicking myself if slates damaged the car costing hundreds

obi604

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123090100#Comment_123090100

I am not asking about insurance, I am just wondering where to best park to avoid slate damage

Trampas

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123090124#Comment_123090124

Have you a neighbour beside you? If so what about them slates? It’ll be pure pot luck I would guess. If it gets damaged that’s what insurance is for.

obi604

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123090158#Comment_123090158

yeah, I do. This is what im saying above though, im not even sure how the slates would fall, maybe I get a slate from 4 houses up, maybe I get a trampoline from 10 houses up etc hard to know.

just trying to put the car in the most sensible location to avoid potential damage…………but there may not be any sensible position in a storm.

This is it

We lost the corner of a slate in the last storm. Found it under the car, how it didn't hit it I don't know.

Anyway, we've an empty road across the way so I've moved the car over there just to be safe. Hoping we don't lose any more slates :/

893bet

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123090099#Comment_123090099

this: park on the south west side if you can, might help

obi604

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123090226#Comment_123090226

thanks, and do you reckon put car right up against house or a good few metres out. Have bonnet facing out?

893bet

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123090241#Comment_123090241

it shouldntmatter if you are parked at the south west side of house. Personally I would keep it away from house if possible.

10-10-20

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123090690#Comment_123090690

Well actually, we can do better analysis than that… 😁 If I learned anything at all from what my daughter tells me, horses have this figured out for years. In a field they stand facing away from the wind. So if you can park with the most expensive windows looking leeward (so looking away from the wind) then you're less likely to suffer from wallet-impinging foreign object damage.

There you are now, we've over-analysed a throw-away comment for the fun of it.

sp00k

I see a few of my ridge tiles in the garden at the moment. What's the process for this for insurance? Do I get someone to fix it myself and then send receipts to insurance, or do they assign someone to do it for me?

muffler

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123094076#Comment_123094076

Most likely the former. Depends on your policy wrt emergency repairs. Give them a ring as you need to notify them of the claim in any event and they will point out the correct steps.

rolling boh

Any idea how much would I expect to pay to get four ridge tiles replaced on my roof ?.