Bruise hunting, by hand
Hail strikes are found by running a hand across the slope and feeling the soft spots, then marking them. It cannot be done from a photograph and it cannot be done from the ground.
Storm and Hail Damage Roof Repair in Voorhees Township
Wind and hail damage located by hand on the roof itself, photographed and written up, then repaired — in that order, because the order is what makes the record useful.
Have the storm damage checked — (856) 830-6889
In short
The damage you cannot see is the expensive kind
Wind damage announces itself: tabs gone, a ridge cap missing, debris in the garden. Hail does not. It knocks granules off a small circle and cracks the mat underneath, leaving a roof that looks untouched from the kerb and starts leaking three winters later along every bruise.
What is covered
What a storm check takes in
Wind damage and the rakes
Lifted and creased tabs, broken seal strips along the windward edges, missing ridge cap, and the rake lines where uplift does most of its work.
The soft metal check
Gutters, vent caps and downspouts dent before shingles bruise, so they are checked first — they are the cheapest way to tell how large the stones actually were.
Documentation for a claim
Each marked area photographed in position and in close-up, with the date, so that whoever assesses the roof afterwards is looking at what was there.
About claims
What we will and will not do about insurance
We document what we find and we will be on the roof with the adjuster if that helps, which is usually the most useful thing anybody can do. We do not file claims for homeowners, we do not act for you with an insurer, and we make no promise about what a policy pays. That stays between you and your insurer. This business is BBB certified, which after a storm mainly means there is somewhere independent to take a complaint if one is ever warranted — worth knowing in a season when a lot of unfamiliar vans appear on the street.
Also on the list
The rest of what this crew does
Roof Inspections
An hour on the slopes and a second half-hour underneath, ending in a written list of what is wrong and what merely looks it.
Read the page →Roof Repair
Boots, flashing, ridge cap and wind-lifted tabs dealt with individually, so a sound covering is not stripped off over four bad square feet.
Read the page →Roof Leak Repair
Chasing a drip uphill from the mark on your plaster to the opening that let it in, usually some distance away.
Read the page →Roof Replacement
A full tear-off to the deck, every board walked, and the covering rebuilt in order from ice-and-water up to the ridge.
Read the page →Siding
The wall under the roofline checked, patched or re-clad by the same people who are already working above it.
Read the page →Gutters & Downspouts
Rainwater taken clear of the fascia and the foundation, which is half of what stops a wall quietly rotting behind the gutter.
Read the page →After a storm
Get it checked while the evidence is fresh
A roof examined within a few weeks of the storm is far easier to document than one examined the following spring.
Have it looked at — (856) 830-6889