Inspecting your shingles depending on the size of the hail and severity of the damage it may or may not be obvious that your roof has hail damage.
How to determine if your roof has hail damage.
Random damage with no discernable pattern.
Hail hits that are black in color.
If you have an asphalt shingle roof look for large amounts of granules in your gutters and missing granules in the shingles across your roof.
Also take note of any cracks divots or bruising you see.
If your roof contains one layer of common asphalt shingles it usually takes a 1 or above diameter hail stoneto cause damage roof hail damage.
When hail hits a roof shingle surface granules get displaced.
If you see quarter sized hail or larger in your yard call a professional roofer immediately to get on their schedule for an inspection.
When a hail storm does come through a neighborhood folks flood roofing companies with phone calls and emails so do be patient with them.
One look for dented gutters gutter screens or downspouts.
Random damage with no discernable pattern.
Dark spots or bruises.
Loss of granules which may expose the roof felt.
How to tell if roof has hail damage exterior damage signs 1.
Most roofing companies offer free inspections.
Roofs with multiple shingle layers may be damaged by smaller hail stones due to a softer support surface directly under the top shingle layer.
This above picture shows a heavily dented gutter but be on lookout for small impacts as well.
Hail hits that are soft to the touch like the bruise on an apple.
Shingles with a granular texture such as those made from asphalt or composite materials may show granular loss that exposes the underlying felt random dents with no perceptible pattern and soft spots on the surface.
Asphalt and composition shingles hail damage.
This is not always the case but many times if a roof has significant hail damage up top the gutters will have some impact damage.
Wood shingles hail damage.
The visual signs of hail damage vary depending on the materials of the roof.