If your hail event was significant in terms of widespread damage you will have roofing contractors who specialize in storms knocking on your door within days of the event.
Hail damage to roof pictures.
The round dings in metal are obvious signs of hail damage.
This article tells readers how to identify roof shingle hail damage and how to distinguish a hail damaged roof from blister rash damage foot traffic damage wind and other conditions such as shingle rash blistering cracking and granule loss associated with normal shingle aging.
The rest of the pictures make it much harder to notice that the shingle has sustained hail damage.
Hail damage to asphalt roofing.
And larger hailstone pack a bigger punch.
Roofs with multiple shingle layers may be damaged by smaller hail stones due to a softer support surface directly under the top shingle layer.
Jun 20 2014 these are photos of actual hail damage.
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Along with their resistance to roof wind damage they may be susceptible to hail damage.
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However determining whether your roof has sustained damage from a hailstorm may be a little more difficult.
Even seemingly minor hail storms can cause significant problems that you might not notice until the damage increases over time and creates openings that may be harder for a roof leak repair or even require a replacement roof.
Studies show that some roof tiles can be damaged by hail as small as 1 1 4 diameter.
A roofer taking pictures of the layers of shingles on a home man on ladder on a roof.
You may need the assistance of a professional roofing contractor to determine the scope of the damage.
If your roof contains one layer of common asphalt shingles it usually takes a 1 or above diameter hail stone to cause damage roof hail damage.
A roof that has been poorly maintained has recently sustained other types of damage or is simply past its prime has a higher risk of being harmed by hail than its newer and better maintained counterparts.
If you have hail damage you will need to file an insurance claim.
Identifying hail damage on your belongings such as patio furniture or your car is relatively straightforward.
It takes a trained eye to spot hail damage to roof shingles.
As you can see on the first image below the surface granules have been knocked off of the shingle very clearly.
Damaged slope roof from tiles after storm hail damage to a corrugated plastic roof.
