Why You Should Get Your Roof Inspected After a Hailstorm
Damage you can't see from the ground can still cost you the roof.
You probably can't see it from the ground
Hail damage lives in the shingle mat, not on the surface. A roof can look fine from your driveway and still have punctures, tears, or bruises that only show up on a close, slope-by-slope inspection.
Granule loss isn't automatically damage
Losing some granules during a storm is normal — shingles are built with extra to spare. What actually matters is whether the mat underneath is punctured, torn, or bruised. That's the difference between a roof that's fine and one that's failing, and it's why the inspection has to be more than a look from below.
Insurance has a clock
Most policies have a window for filing a storm damage claim. Wait too long and you can lose the ability to file at all, even if the damage is real and dates back to a documented storm.
Waiting costs you
A small puncture doesn't stay small. Left alone, it becomes a leak, and a leak becomes water damage to your deck, insulation, and ceiling — repairs that cost far more than the roof itself and that your policy may no longer cover once the cause is neglect instead of storm.
What a real inspection looks like
We mark suspected hits with washable chalk and photograph each one, slope by slope, following the same standards used by Haag Engineering — the industry reference for telling real hail damage apart from ordinary wear. If we find something, we'll tell you plainly whether it's worth a call to your insurer.