Why Put Tires On A Roof

What you do is you put your name on the tires the more the better then put them on the roof and when the twister comes it picks up the tires and throws them.

Why put tires on a roof.

Got this off of yahoo. They prevent the roof from making that rumbling sound when the sun is at its zenith. I suspect that mobile homes need the tires to weight the roof from being blown loose in a high wind. It does help especially on mobile homes.

Many of the tires that you see on the roof are placed over the gas furnance hot water vents the tire helps to prevent the wind blowing across from drawing the pilot lites out. The mystery of why they put tires on trailer roofs is actually for very pragmatic reasons. To hold down loose shingles metal roofing loose boards particle board plywood plastic sheeting tarps etc. If the roof skinning was fastened to each truss across the top of the roof you d eventually have leaks roof galore.

When one piece of the metal roofing blows loose it pulls the one beside it off and so on down the line. People in texas put the tires on the roof to help hold them down when the severe thunderstorms blow through. The tires will fill with rain and snow and turn to ice which puts alot of weight strain on your roof trusses. But if it is to help from a tornado how is a tire going to divert the winds.

It s definitely safer than drilling a hole in the roof. And the same may hold true for other structures with metal roofs especially older buildings homes where the roofing nails may no longer be firmly embedded in the wood rafters. Why do people put car tires on their roof. Converting old tires into roofing material is an eco friendly construction technique.

Secondly they reportedly prevent the roof from being blown clean in the event of strong winds. I ve lived in fla texas new hampshire and ohio and it s the same thing everywhere. Actually since many mobile homes are out in the open tires are put on the roof to hopefully keep the roof from blowing off in strong winds. Because the skinning is not fastened across the top of the roof it tends to.

The person whose tire lands the farthest away wins. The weight of the tires prevent the rumbling. Watch out in the wintertime though.