How to deal with cracks in the roof

How to deal with cracks in the roof

Recently, hot topics about house safety have continued to ferment on major social platforms and news media. In particular, the problem of roof cracks has attracted widespread attention. With the increase in extreme weather and the aging of buildings, roof cracks have become a problem for many homeowners. This article will combine the hot content on the Internet in the past 10 days to provide you with a detailed analysis of the causes, treatment methods and preventive measures of roof cracks.

1. Common causes of roof cracks

According to discussions between construction experts and netizens, roof cracks are mainly caused by the following reasons:

2. Crack severity graded treatment plan

According to the voting data released by a home furnishing platform in the past seven days (12,000 participants), the public’s concerns about crack treatment are distributed as follows:

3. Evaluation of recent popular DIY repair methods

Short video platform data shows that the search volume of the following three repair methods has increased sharply in the past 10 days:

4. Process Guidelines for Professional Institutions

According to the latest housing maintenance guidelines issued by the housing and construction department, it is recommended to take the following standardized processing steps:

1.preliminary diagnosis: Use a crack detector to measure width and depth. Douyin’s popular detection tool #crack ruler has a 380% search volume increase in the past 3 days.

2.Cause analysis: Contact a professional agency to conduct a house safety appraisal. The number of views on Weibo topic #house safety inspection exceeded 5 million in 7 days.

3.Plan formulation: Choose grouting reinforcement, carbon fiber cloth reinforcement or overall renovation according to the nature of the crack

4.Construction acceptance: A closed water test is required, and the collection of Xiaohongshu-related notes increased by 21,000 times in 10 days

5. Three popular suggestions for preventing cracks

Combined with Zhihu’s recent highly praised answers and expert advice:

1.Regular inspection: Inspect the roof every quarter, focusing on inspection before the rainy season. Baidu Index shows that the search volume of "roof inspection" increased by 156% week-on-week.

2.control load: Avoid stacking heavy objects on the roof. Recently, an incident of cracks caused by growing vegetables on the roof in a community has become a hot topic.

3.Drainage maintenance: To keep drainage smooth, a video of "Roof Gutter Cleaning Techniques" shared by an internet celebrity received over 100,000 likes

6. Special reminder

Heavy rains have occurred in many places recently. Data from the China Weather Network shows that 23 cities across the country have issued heavy rain warnings. Experts particularly emphasize that temporary waterproofing treatment should be carried out immediately after cracks are discovered to prevent rainwater from penetrating and aggravating the damage. The WeChat index shows that the popularity of the "roof leakage emergency" entry soared 420% year-on-year this week.

Finally, we remind you that for structural cracks exceeding 0.5mm, you must seek professional construction companies to deal with them, and do not blindly use Internet celebrity repair methods. House safety is no small matter, and timely handling can prevent problems before they occur.