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hurricane damage
I slept through it, but my house suffered minor damage when ex-Hurricane Michael passed through. A tree limb fell in the back yard. It fell on top of the aerial cable which provides my internet service. That cable was connected to a hook in the soffit. From there, the cable runs down the side of the house. The hook didn't fail, but as it was only screwed into the fascia board and not all the way into a roof beam, the fascia board and part of the soffit siding was pulled down from the weight of the limb.
In spite of that, the cable itself remained intact and my internet still works.
I wonder if it is better to have the supporting hook screwed through the fascia into a roof beam. If it had been that way, what would have happened? Would the hook still have pulled out, possibly still taking the fascia board with it? Would the roof beam have been pulled loose too? Would the cable have snapped? Or would the hook and cable have been able to withstand the impact and weight of the fallen tree limb?
Now I need to get the fascia board replaced, as without it, there is an open gap under the shingles into the attic. That's my main concern. I don't want another rat incident. Although there have been signs that rats or some other creature had already gotten into both the attic and crawlspace again before this.
If only I weren't afraid of heights, I could probably fix it myself. It's only 15 feet up in the air, but still. The ladder gets wobbly at that height. And I'd need a ladder standoff.
In spite of that, the cable itself remained intact and my internet still works.
I wonder if it is better to have the supporting hook screwed through the fascia into a roof beam. If it had been that way, what would have happened? Would the hook still have pulled out, possibly still taking the fascia board with it? Would the roof beam have been pulled loose too? Would the cable have snapped? Or would the hook and cable have been able to withstand the impact and weight of the fallen tree limb?
Now I need to get the fascia board replaced, as without it, there is an open gap under the shingles into the attic. That's my main concern. I don't want another rat incident. Although there have been signs that rats or some other creature had already gotten into both the attic and crawlspace again before this.
If only I weren't afraid of heights, I could probably fix it myself. It's only 15 feet up in the air, but still. The ladder gets wobbly at that height. And I'd need a ladder standoff.
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