Hail is a type of precipitation consisting of
smaller or larger balls of ice and is among the weather events that are the
most harmful for roofs – the ice balls being very hard, they can hit roofs
hard, causing dents or cracks of various severity or, even worse, completely
devastating the surfaces they hit causing the need for services from Crystal Lake roofing experts immediate attention. The best way to mitigate hail damage is to
identify the damage and to fix the issues in a timely manner, but for that, you
will need to identify every spot damaged by the ice. When trying to identify
hail damage on your roof after the storm, you will need to look for the types
of damage specific for your roofing material – here is some help:
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Tile roofs – hail stones are
likely to cause chipped tile edges and to crack or move your tiles;
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Shingle roofs – look for
buckling, dented, punctured and curling shingles, broken shingles and for
shingles that no longer have the mineral granules that should cover their
surface;
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Metal roofs – hail stones
usually cause dents on metal roofs. The alloys that metal roofing panels or
shingles are made from are very resistant, so the dents caused are likely to be
only cosmetic faults.
