As winter temperatures begin to fade, increasingly higher temperatures begin to take over bringing spring storms with them. Every year thousands of homeowners suffer damages to their roofs from storms causing them serious headaches. One of the major contributors of roof damage when dealing with spring storms is hail.
Strong to moderate hailstorms can cause damages to a roof. The difficult part to assessing damages to your roof after a hailstorm is that you may not be able to see the damages right away. Different types of materials will experience different types of damages.
There isn’t anything such as a ‘hail-proof’ roof, but there are some types of roofing materials that can be labeled ‘hail-resistant’ that may reduce the amount of damage inflicted to a roof. In general, clay tile and wood roofs are not likely to survive many hailstorms unscathed. Concrete tile, composite shingles and metal roofs are more likely to endure hail with minimal or no damage. If you are interested in a ‘hail-resistant’ roofing system a Belle Roofing specialist can advise you on what is available for your home.
Composite shingles are designed to protect your roof from water by using a tar/asphalt layer covered by gravel and granules that protect the tar from the UV rays of the sun. This means that hail can cause future damage to a roof by dislodging the granules on the surface of shingles. Over time it is important that you track any damages to your shingles by looking for granules in gutters of your roof and by giving your roof a general inspection from time to time after large storms.
The good news is that most damage from hailstorms is cosmetic and won’t adversely affect the life of the roof. If you have any questions or suspect that you may have damages your roof it is best that you don’t wait and contact or roofing experts at Belle Roofing.
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