After a storm: what to check from the ground
Most storm damage is found by looking up from the lawn the next morning. None of it needs a ladder to spot.
The walk round
What to do with what you find
Nothing from a ladder in the wind. Note what you saw, take a photograph from the ground if you can, and ring. A slipped tile re-seated the same week is a small job; left until the next storm it is several tiles and a wet ceiling. If water is coming in now, a bucket under the drip and the loft insulation moved aside to dry is as much as anyone should do themselves.
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