About this episode
Tanya Brown-Giammanco discusses hail damage and how to choose roofing shingles to minimize it.
Today's guest expert is Tanya Brown-Giammanco, formerly the Managing Director of Research at the Institute for Business and Home Safety (when we recorded this episode) and currently the Director of Disaster and Failure Studies at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (congratulations on the new gig, Tanya!). Tanya explains how hail damage works, why hail damage matters, and how to minimize damage from hailstones by selecting the right roofing shingles.
People in this episode
Guest: Tanya Brown-Giammanco
Topics covered
- hail damage
- roofing
- building science
- disaster studies
- home safety
Keywords
- hail resistant roofing
- hail damage
- roofing shingles
- building safety
- disaster prevention
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Institute for Business and Home Safety, National Institute of Standards and Technology
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