What does hail damage to your roof look like.
Hail damage roof shingles photos.
Shingles can react differently when struck by hail.
It takes a trained eye to spot hail damage to roof shingles.
According to the national oceanic and atmospheric administration noaa there was a total of 4 611 hail storms in the united states during the year 2018 with 2019 ending on a higher number as of year end more than 5 396 hail events were recorded although most people think that property and roof damage only occur in rare instances with larger than average hailstones even the smallest.
Hail damaged roof shingles we ve seen or which have been sent along to us as in photo form show more of a scouring effect in which larger more irregularly shaped areas of shingle surface have lost granules and thus have produced a shingle nearer the end of its product life.
Jun 20 2014 these are photos of actual hail damage.
Identifying hail damage on your belongings such as patio furniture or your car is relatively straightforward.
As an example hail damage to asphalt and composition shingles can look very different than hail damage to wood shingles.
However determining whether your roof has sustained damage from a hailstorm may be a little more difficult.
The round dings in metal are obvious signs of hail damage.
View more pictures of roof hail damage.
As you can see on the first image below the surface granules have been knocked off of the shingle very clearly.
The rest of the pictures make it much harder to notice that the shingle has sustained hail damage.