Dozens
of area residents are now having to pay for damages after discovering
snow in their attics.
Price
Roofing Owner Cecil Price says, "We got probably between 20 and
30 calls from folks with snow in their attic. But they didn't know
what was the problem."
Sherry
Philyaw lives in Amarillo and found snow in her attic has caused the
ceiling panels in her garage to tear into pieces. Philyaw says,
"The garage is pretty much a wreck right now with all of the
plasterboard all over."
She
says she thinks the snow blew in through either her attic vents or
edges. Philyaw says, "We went up in to the attic and looked and
realized that there was quite a bit of snow inside there. Pretty much
the entire width of the garage. Above the garage door. And that's
when we called the insurance company." She's
now waiting for her insurance company to send an adjuster for
repairs.
Price
says, "In most cases, folks just need to contract a painter.
Someone like that, that does dry wall. And get it repaired that
way." Which normally costs around $500.00. And he says,
"Possibly contact a roofing contractor to see if that vent or
whatever the problem is needs to be dealt with."
You
can either take out, relocate, or replace your attic vents with newer
louver-styled ones which are more resilient to wind and snow.
Jessica
Abuchaibe, NewsChannel 10.
