Rainfall is the dominant hazard
Jefferson County sits in the wettest part of Texas, where Gulf moisture converges with stalling tropical systems. The region has seen rainfall events that rank among the most extreme ever recorded in the country, with totals measured in feet rather than inches over a few days.
That changes what a tarp has to do. In most of Texas, a cover's job is to stop the water from a normal storm. Here it may need to shed several inches an hour for a sustained period, which puts real hydraulic load on the material and, more importantly, on the edges. Any edge that would leak slightly in an ordinary storm will leak badly in a Beaumont rainfall event.
Because tropical systems here often stall rather than passing through, the loading is prolonged. A cover that would be perfectly adequate for a two-hour storm is being asked to perform for two days.
Edges and volume
Everything in a Beaumont installation comes back to edge detailing and water volume. Upslope edges are tucked under the course above wherever that is achievable, so the water sheds over the cover rather than finding a way behind it. Overlaps are shingled with generous laps rather than minimal ones. The downslope edge is run well past the eave so discharge clears the fascia rather than running back along it.
We also pay closer attention to where the shed water actually goes. A tarp that dumps several inches an hour onto one section of gutter will overflow it, and that water then runs down the wall and into the soffit — solving the roof leak while creating a different one.
We cover Beaumont, Port Arthur, Orange, Nederland and the surrounding Jefferson and Orange County communities.
What we cover in Beaumont
The full range of tarping work, specified for Jefferson County conditions: emergency tarping when the roof is open and rain is coming, long-term tarping when the repair is months away, and commercial tarping for flat and low-slope buildings. Dispatch is answered 24 hours a day.