On my customers shake roof an adjuster found damage fro 97 shakes on the left elevation 91 shakes on the front elevation 41 on the right elevation and 67 on the rear.
Hail damage wood shake roof.
In fact you can find this information in haag s wood roofs damage assessment field guide.
Hail hits that are black in color.
Loss of granules which may expose the roof felt.
To see hail damage on wood shingles look for a hail impact mark on or near a fresh split in the wood.
Asphalt and composition shingles hail damage.
Here s a classic hail damaged shake.
Roofs with multiple shingle layers may be damaged by smaller hail stones due to a softer support surface directly under the top shingle layer.
Foot fall splits are splits in the shingle or shakes that are caused by people walking on the roof.
If the wood shingle is not immediately split by a hailstone it will probably remain intact.
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.
Just flip it open to that page and show the roofer that this is the standard you must apply to wood shake or wood shingles for that matter.
For hail to damage a cedar shake roof it must leave in impact mark and a fresh break at the point of impact.
Random damage with no discernable pattern.
First of all wood shingles and shake roofs hold up really well when hit by hail as long as the wood shake shingles did not split upon impact.
Spatter marks on wood roofing cosmetic damage.
Random damage with no discernable pattern.
Hail hits that are soft to the touch like the bruise on an apple.
Foot fall splits can be very difficult to differentiate from hail impact splits.
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Asphalt and or mat that appears shiny.
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