Spotting Hail Damage on your Roof (and how it affects roof performance)
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- Опубліковано 16 кві 2022
- Identifying roof damage caused by hail can be a tricky business. It helps to have a roofer inspect to provide a professional opinion about the roof.
Hail damage can look similar to hear blisters or nail heads popping up underneath the shingle. Make sure not to mis-categorize hail damage if you’re discussing the damage with your insurance company.
Hail bruises on your roof usually don't cause an immediate leak. Hail that is 0.75" in diameter or larger causes damage in two different ways that shortens your roof's lifespan.
1. The first type of damage hail causes is bruising the shingles which causes them to lose their protective granules. The granules protect the asphalt from UV rays, which can eat through the shingle until water gets underneath. (the asphalt is what waterproofs your roof, and the granules protect the asphalt from UV rays).
2. The second damage that hail causes is cracks to the asphalt/fiberglass mat that serves as the foundation of the roof shingle. When that mat cracks from hail, the crack will erode and widen over time leading to a major roof vulnerability.
Usually, either type of hail damage takes months or years until it results in a roof failure. But the important thing to know is that roof failure will happen much sooner on a hail damaged roof than the same exact roof with no hail damage. So, after a hailstorm your roof may not leak right away, but we still advise having a professional inspection performed.
Denver, CO receives some of the most frequent hailstorms in the country. If you have had hail at your property, we would be glad to perform an honest and free Denver roof inspection and provide you with a report.
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Good job, young man - learned a lot in your two-minute presentation!!
Thank you for your feedback! True hail damage is a serious matter, we're glad this video was helpful. Let us know if there are any other topics you'd like to see us make a video about.
The first video, after a few dozens , that explains what a hail damage causes on the long term tks
Thank you for your feedback! We hope our channel is helpful on roofing topics - let us know if there are any other topics you'd like to see.
Thank you for the short informative video!
Great overview Kyle.
Thank you Tats!
Thanks man! Looks good
You bet, let us know if there are any other topics you'd like to see us cover
So Bubba down the street just painted his roof with FLEX SEAL. What happens next . . . ? LOL
What if you don't have at least 10 in that test square.
For example, have either less than 10 in that square but have several hits on a slope of roof?
Thank you for your question! 10 hits in a test square is not a firm, universal rule. We recently had a customer's roof covered by their policy for five clear hits on one large slope. It is advisable to ask your agent if the carrier has internal guidelines about # of hail hits per test square/slope if you think you might be right on the border.
@@SolVistaRoofing Appreciate the reply. Makes sense. Will look in to it.
What is worse than an unlicensed roofer?
answer: adjusters who think they are roofers.
That is why I trust the advice of licensed and insured roofers.🔨
Please show more damage next time because what you showed appears to be blisters not hail.
Thank you for the suggestion, we will show multiple strikes in future videos to remove any confusion!
@nanadjustersllc3915
Adjusters may try to minimize the damage on their report in an effort to lowball the repair costs to save money for their company.
It seems NAN ADJUSTERS is doing just that, you see blistering of shingles is not covered by insurance hence the claim will be denied. On the other hand, hail is a covered peril so the insurance company is liable to pay the claim.
Blistering? Huh? Blistering is extremely circular. Picture someone taking a mini cookie dough cutter and pushing that onto a shingle. You should be able to zoom in and see this is not that. This is either from a hail strike or localized granule loss. Which LGL does appear as hail damage to the untrained eye.