Shingles can react differently when struck by hail.
Hail damage roof shingles photos.
The rest of the pictures make it much harder to notice that the shingle has sustained hail damage.
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.
It is important to know the different effects of the damage to properly identify whether or not you have roof damage from hail.
The round dings in metal are obvious signs of hail damage.
What does hail damage to your roof look like.
View more pictures of roof hail damage.
It takes a trained eye to spot hail damage to roof shingles.
As you can see on the first image below the surface granules have been knocked off of the shingle very clearly.
However determining whether your roof has sustained damage from a hailstorm may be a little more difficult.
Jun 20 2014 these are photos of actual hail damage.
As an example hail damage to asphalt and composition shingles can look very different than hail damage to wood shingles.
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.