Hail damage to a roof is usually not the hail itself but the water that can seep through a roof damaged by hail.
Hail roof hail stone.
A 1 pound hail stone 3 25 inches will travel at speeds up to 105 mph.
That s gotta be close to a record.
Here are the top hail resistant roofing options available for modern homes.
Gigantic hailstone makes ahole in a roof in burkburnett texas.
The power behind these hail stones is incredible.
With vinyl and metal hail will likely dent the material.
The most effective way to minimize hail damage is to choose durable hail resistant roofing materials.
If there s a crack in the roof water can flow through it and cause serious damage to home interiors and trigger long term problems like mold and rot.
A hailstone was so large bigger than softballs that it literally went through the roof in burkburnett texas.
Hailstorms can cause catastrophic damage to roofs especially when they are made from materials that aren t designed to hold up to high impact debris.
Fortunately baseball sized hail stones don t happen every day.
Wood shake clay concrete and other dense roofing material types can be instantly cracked or shattered by large hail stones.
While a material may resist a single impact multiple impacts in the same location will eventually cause damage or penetration of the roofing materials.
Hail damage to asphalt shingles may consist of punctures tears fractures bruises or the more common displacement of granules.