this is an extension of something John Dinardo said in his second but last radio show I think it was. anyhow after some thought it seems a good way to set about securing a roof. now in my original answers to John asking how to secure a roof, I suggested one way is to point all the tiles so they are all one homogeneous whole each firmly cemented to the other. the roof will then be one block so to speak. this is assuming it is like most roofs my my own country , the UK, where the roofs are slates or tiles. slates are more problematic but a tiled roof can be secured this way.
now assuming we are bombarded by bollides, massive hailstones and all such ,John suggests using chicken wire over the roof. this is fine and a good idea however i feel it is not sturdy enough. here is how I would set about it. I would lie 4 by two timbers over the roof, such that it forms a frame over which 8 by 4 reinforcing sheets, not too heavy, are placed and fastened to the timber. now you can fasten chicken wire over this and it will be like one giant mattress, and will repel most of the detritus that falls from the sky.
how you fasten these to the roof is a problem but they can rest over the gutters and maybe nailed to the barge boards and such.
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as the great teacher said, two millenia ago, paraphrasing, watch the heavens!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is really an issue. Yes lots of DIY. Roofs, if they are not fixed properly can be a real danger. Yes definitely it is a question of waiting for signs.
just listening to John Dinardo, talking about this subject. one really needs to be an expert on DIY, we all need to be. have damned good tool set, I have a brand new roof, with strong tiles but I can see most of the roofs in my own country disintegrating if we have the kind of winds they talk about. I am doing nothing still waiting for signs something serious is coming, still not enough data, but enough to be ready to act at short notice.
Thanks Nicholas. i will be looking for some of these.
no, steel as used in the foundations of buildings, as used on building sites to reinforce concrete rafts. they come in various grades, some fairly light some very heavy choose the wight of steel you wish for.
Not a bad idea Nicholas. When you say 8 by 4 reinforcing sheets, do you mean plywood?