How to Check Your Roof for Hail Damage After a Severe Storm
Start with a safe ground-level inspection After a severe storm passes, the first instinct might be to grab a ladder and climb onto the roof. That impulse can wait. Before you do anything else, walk around your property and look up at the roof from every angle. Use binoculars if you have them. This ground-level survey gives you a broad sense of what happened without putting yourself at risk. Look for obvious signs like shifted or missing shingles, dented flashing, or debris
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Start with a safe ground-level inspection After a severe storm passes, the first instinct might be to grab a ladder and climb onto the roof. That impulse can wait. Before you do anything else, walk around your property and look up at the roof from every angle. Use binoculars if you have them. This ground-level survey gives you a broad sense of what happened without putting yourself at risk. Look for obvious signs like shifted or missing shingles, dented flashing, or debris
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