This one morning last week my shed roof nearly flipped off in a wind gust

Ngl I was just finishing up the shingles on my little 8x10 shed in the backyard when a sudden gust caught the underlayment and lifted the whole thing like 6 inches. I had to grab a ladder and hold it down with a cinder block while my neighbor Dave ran over to help. Has anyone else had a near disaster like that with a roof that wasn't fully secured yet?

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max_foster1d ago

That bit about the tar paper peeling up like a giant bandaid got me good, @emma_perry. I had almost the exact same thing happen when I was putting new felt on my buddy's chicken coop. A gust caught the corner and it just rolled up like a window shade and took off down the street. I had to chase it through two neighbors' yards and found it wrapped around a mailbox post. Wind on exposed roofing is no joke, especially when you think you've got it weighed down enough and then nature says nope.

emma_perry1d ago

Same thing happened to me last fall. I was roofing my buddy's small camper shed and had the tar paper half nailed down when a gust caught it. That whole sheet peeled up like a giant bandaid and smacked me right in the face. Had to chase it across the yard while my dog barked at me like I was an idiot. Wind does not mess around with exposed roofing, that's for sure.