How Can I Minimize Ice And Snow Damage To My Hermitage/Donelson Commercial Property?

1/16/2023 (Permalink)

It’s not uncommon to experience heavy snowfall here in Middle Tennessee during winter. Snow is so beautiful and fun to play in - and it’s also wonderful to have a bit of time off from school or work! - but for the Hermitage/Donelson commercial business owner, snow can cause damage to your property. 

Let’s discuss some ways that snow and ice can create issues for you, as well as some ways that you can minimize those issues. 

How Can Snow And Ice Damage My Commercial Property In Hermitage/Donelson?

Here are a few ways that ice and snow can affect your business location:

• Accumulated snow and ice can be very heavy, and the weight can cause stress to your trees. Tree branches close to your business that are coated in ice or holding snow may bend or break and cause damage to your roof, siding, windows, or gutters. Even branches away from your building can fall on garages, sheds, cars, and power lines, resulting in severe damage.
• Gutters allow water from the roof to drain away from your building. If the gutters and downspouts are clogged, the water will remain in the channels and freeze when the temperature drops. The weight of the ice can cause damage to the gutter system and even cause it to break away. Clogs will also prevent melting ice and snow from draining properly, causing it to spill over the edge from icicles, adding more weight to the gutters.
• When snow and ice accumulate, they get heavy fast; this can stress your roof and cause considerable damage. It only takes 4 feet of snow, or 2 feet of compressed snow, to put your roof at risk of collapse!

How Can I Minimize These Damages From Snow And Ice?

• The best way to prevent damage from trees and branches is to trim them before the worst winter weather arrives. Make sure to cut back branches overhanging your home, garage, or power lines, and consider trimming bushes that could present a problem. It is best to take care of the tree trimming in the fall while the weather is still tolerable.
• You can prevent ice from forming in and around your gutters by clearing debris from the gutters and downspouts in the fall.
• It is essential to have professionals like SERVPRO inspect your roof in the fall to identify and fix any issues. You should also remove the snow from your rooftop with a roof rake after a heavy snowfall.

These are just a few ways winter weather can affect your commercial property. When it comes to commercial storm damage, you can count on SERVPRO of Hermitage/Donelson to be onsite immediately to get you back in business! 

Our commercial restoration services are the best in the business; we handle commercial water restoration, commercial fire restoration, disaster recovery, and many more commercial restoration options. 

This franchise is independently owned and operated.