New roof replacement may be necessary when unforeseen circumstances occur. Many reasons for roof damage may be causing your headache, but it is always upsetting when you can not figure out how the damage occurred or how to repair it. 

The type of roof you have may show different types of hail damage. Roofs from metal to wooden shingles can all be damaged by hail, but manifest in different ways.

Whether a light hail or strong hailstorm, you will be able to see any damage that is cosmetic, or worse, cause for damage to the interior parts of your home.

Some indicators of light hail damage can be small dings or pockmarks in your siding off your roofs.  Other indicators can be cracks in your shingles or pieces of them missing depending on the size of the hail and the severity of the storm you may have been hit with.

How to spot damage from hail

Hail comes in various forms. Some as small as grains of sand and others as large as golf balls. For those smaller hail burdens, your roof may only get knicked or scratched.

While this doesn’t necessarily cause your entire roof replacement, you may requireroof repair to avoid future issues.

Your roof specialist will assess your roof for smaller repair such as attention to gutters, siding, eaves, and even windows.

Complete roof replacement

Roof replacement may be necessary if large hailstones have punctured your roof completely through. Patch jobs may last temporarily, however, the weakened structures in your roof may lead to higher costs and more urgent repairs down the road due to leaking. 

Any significant structural damage that you may see, will indicate the need for a quick fix roof repair or the need for an entire roof replacement. Your roofing specialist will be able to assess the damage from hail to your roof and the amount level of maintenance or repair you will need.

Roof damage can be caused by many issues, but roof damage from hail can be easily spotted, especially by your roof repair specialist who can let you know if roof repair is necessary or if you need a new roof. To help you identify and ultimately repair that roof damage get in contact today.