Real Bad Storms Dammaging Roofs

Water damage caused by faulty gutters can include a leaking roof and structural damage.

Real bad storms dammaging roofs.

The mother of all roofing issues rain roof damage is the most common and of the most noticeable of all the types of storm damage that happens to your roof. It can also cause mold to grow which can ruin your home s foundation and could also make you sick. Hail can create holes and cracks in your roof leading to problems like trapped water which we already talked about. During a hail storm your roof is being hammered by balls of ice that can get pretty large potentially causing serious problems.

As you can see on the first image below the surface granules have been knocked off of the shingle very clearly. Gutters are also susceptible to hail damage. Hail damage to roof shingles can be very obvious or very difficult to uncover. Always do an inspection after a bad hail storm especially if you received other damage during it.

While roofs are designed to resist high speed winds winds like those we saw in jax on march 3 can do damage to even the most well built roof. Your roof s lifelong enemy is water and when leaks caused by other types of storms or just the old age of your roof start to expose the internal layers of your roof to moisture problems start to happen. Mold rot leaks and structural damage are all signs of rain damage and indicators that your roof may need to be replaced. The biggest problem is that you may not even notice the damage until the next storm passes through and your home and family suffers more serious damage.

Because seamless gutters are frequently feature aluminum or copper construction the signs of hail damage include telltale denting.