{"id":1974,"date":"2019-04-24T16:18:17","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T06:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stormseal.com\/us\/?p=1974"},"modified":"2020-08-18T12:34:30","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T02:34:30","slug":"community-led-us-to-stormseal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stormseal.com\/us\/community-led-us-to-stormseal\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazing community led us to Stormseal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Like many unsuspecting residents, a massive storm hit the home of Todd and Jo Chapman, their two kids and dog Cody \u2013 just before Christmas on 20 December 2018 \u2013 the worst gift you could possibly receive at this festive time.<\/h2>\n<p>To make things worse, the Chapman family were a week into a five week European holiday, so were not there to make safe their home. But according to Todd this is where his local community stepped in, and a true Christmas spirit prevailed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe saw the best of the local community at this time who helped secure our home in our absence,\u201d said Todd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur 72 year old neighbour, Pete, was just amazing and was up on our roof until 3am in the morning putting on tarps and helping the SES cover our house as soon as possible. Our community is just like a country town, they really shone through and we are so grateful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPete also continued to help us by liaising with the SES and our insurers, which all did a great job and responded as best they could.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However it was not all plain sailing as the tarps kept blowing off \u2013 about seven times in the ensuing three months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was frustrating because the insurers kept having to get contractors back to make safe the house again, but because we live in a windy area they just kept blowing away, letting the rain in and ultimately causing more damage,\u201d said Todd.<\/p>\n<p>Todd heard about <a href=\"https:\/\/stormseal.com\/us\/about-stormseal\/\">Stormseal<\/a> via the community Facebook page where information about this unique Australian designed and born product was being discussed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI became aware of Stormseal when we returned from Europe, thanks to the social media chatter on the community Facebook page, and I immediately wanted our house covered because I was sick of the traps being reapplied and the further damage caused. In my view, it was also in the best interest of the insurers for this to happen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would conservatively estimate that the original damage has now increased by 50% because of the inadequacy of the tarps to stay in place whenever a storm occurs. So Todd arranged with his insurer for the installation of Stormseal. \u201cIt\u2019s a no brainer for the Insurance companies to go with Stormseal. The endless re-application of the tarps are a fools pursuit and only lead to more damage and stress. This equates to cost exposure for the Insurance company and frustration for the home owner\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Todd makes some interesting observations between the effectiveness of his experience with tarps against what he is currently enjoying \u201cStormseal has been described like a shower cap for your house, it tucks under the eaves and gutters, so seals underneath, just like your hair under the elastic of the cap. I like that metaphor, it really works like this!\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe other night we had some really heavy rain and I did a lap around the house to check, but it was perfectly dry and the very problematic areas around our bay windows in the kitchen had not a drip was coming in. If it had been when we had tarps I would have gathered 20-30 litres of water in buckets.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Todd is no longer worried about how long he has to wait for his new roof.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cOur roof was written off and we are awaiting a full replacement. But now thanks to Stormseal I can relax and be patient as we are fully watertight and storm proof. Stormseal has taken away our anxiety as it gives us a genuine temporary roof until the fix time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Although the Chapman\u2019s now have Stormseal and feel comfortable, the installation was delayed nearly four weeks after booking, which highlights a frustration in the contractor process, but not in the availability of <a href=\"https:\/\/stormseal.com\/us\/accredited-stormseal-installers\/\">Stormseal contractors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe frustration was that although we had four weeks for it to be installed and in those four weeks there were storms and things got worse. The insurer was fantastic but I think some of the subcontracting methods of the make safe process need a review.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that now the Chapman\u2019s have a secure roof over their heads and the tarps are gone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cTarps only work until you need them \u2013 they just look like they\u2019re doing something when their over your house, but when the storm comes they fail. I like my new orange, temporary roof, which I know won\u2019t blow away and doesn\u2019t leak!\u201d Todd concluded.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A massive storm hit the home of Todd and Jo Chapman just before Christmas. \u201cIt was frustrating because the insurers kept having to get contractors back to make safe the house again, but they just kept blowing away, letting the rain in,\u201d said Todd. \u201cI would conservatively estimate that the original damage has now increased by 50%.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1975,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86,80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-building-home-owners","category-case-studies","category-86","category-80","description-off"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Community led us to Stormseal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"They heard about Stormseal via Facebook. 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