How Can I Tell If My Roof Has Hail Damage?

1. Look at your gutters

You don’t need to climb a ladder; just look from the ground. Look at your gutters from several directions. Also, look at the downspouts. Don’t count any damage less than 3 feet from the ground — that was likely caused by your kids. Haha! It takes more force to dent a gutter than a shingle. Consequently, if you have damage to your gutters, you are likely have damage to your shingles.

2. Check your roof vents

Depending on the pitch and height of your roof, this may or may not be possible. If you see any kind of dents, this would be a good indication that your roof has sustained hail damage.

3. Examine your window screens

If hail is big enough and hard enough to do damage to the roof, there’s a great chance that other items around your property will have been impacted as well. If the hail is soft, it will create splatter marks. If hail is hard, things dent and break. See if your screens have circular-type holes in them.

4. Evaluate the Color

Your roof’s color comes from the granules or small rocks that comprise the surface of the shingle. When hail hits shingles, the granules are knocked off or loosened. Depending on the size of the hail, fading can happen immediately after a hailstorm, or this process can happen over time as wind and rain knock off loose granules.

5. Final tip

This final tip comes from my lovely wife. She says that if tennis-ball size hail has fallen from the sky, you have damage to your roof. Haha! If you’ve noticed at least two of these signs, get your roof inspected by a professional.

Green Country Roofing believes customer satisfaction is rooted in honest, quality work. You can trust us to assess the damage on your roof, give you a fair and honest estimate, and complete the work without cutting any corners. At Green Country Roofing, we’re “Installing roofs, Instilling trust.” Call us at (918) 607-7409.