Hail Damage Roof Repair in Leander, TX
Central Texas hail bruises a roof in spots you cannot see from the ground. We climb up, find the real damage, document it for your claim, and put the roof back right, every job backed by a lifetime workmanship warranty.
Hail damage hides where you cannot see it
The thing about hail is that the roof can look fine from your driveway and still be hurt. Hailstones come straight down and bruise the asphalt mat under each shingle, knock the protective granules off in little dark dings, and split the older brittle shingles outright. On a metal roof they leave dents that may or may not have broken the seal. None of that is visible from the ground, so a lot of hail-hit roofs sit quietly leaking into the deck for months before a ceiling stain finally shows up.
We get on the roof and read it the right way. We do it the right way instead of trying to make a quick nickel, which on a hail call means walking the whole roof, chalking and counting the impacts per square the way an insurance adjuster needs to see them, and telling you straight whether the hail earned a repair, a claim, or nothing at all. We are not going to talk you into a new roof your roof did not need.
Send us a few photos of the storm and the roof, or just call, and you get a free roof quote with the hail damage spelled out in plain language and the repair laid out step by step.
Hail impact inspection, before repair
How we handle a hail-damaged roof
We climb up and find every impact
Hail damage almost never shows from the ground, so we get on the roof and read it close. We look at the shingle mat for soft bruised spots, count the granule dings per square, check the metal flashing, gutters and vent caps for dents, and pull the soft metal that bruises easily as a tell for how hard the storm hit. By the time we come down we know exactly what the hail did.
We chalk and document it for your claim
We mark each impact in chalk, photograph the damage square by square, and write it up the way an insurance adjuster needs to see it. If you are filing a claim, that documentation is what gets it approved instead of denied, and we are happy to be on the roof with your adjuster so nothing real gets missed or waved off.
The repair, done to last
If it is a repair, we replace the bruised and cracked shingles, swap dented vent caps and flashing, and re-seal the penetrations the hail loosened. If the hail took enough off the roof that a repair just delays the inevitable, we tell you that too and our crew takes it through a full replacement. Either way the roof leaves our hands sealed and sound, not patched to look fine.
Cleanup and the warranty
We run a magnet over the yard and driveway for any nails or stray metal, haul off the torn-off material, and hand you the lifetime workmanship warranty plus six years of annual weatherproofing, so the roof keeps getting checked long after the hailstorm is forgotten.
What hail actually does to a Central Texas roof
Texas sits in the heart of hail country, and the Austin metro gets its share of stones big enough to hurt a roof. The damage is not the dramatic, obvious kind that wind leaves. Hail works on the parts of a shingle you cannot see. Each impact bruises the asphalt mat underneath, the way a thumb bruises an apple, and that bruise is a weak spot where water will eventually work in. The same impact knocks the granules off the surface, and those granules are what shields the asphalt from the Texas sun, so a hail-dinged shingle ages and dries out years faster than it should. Older shingles do not bruise so much as crack straight through. On a metal roof, hail leaves dents that range from cosmetic to seal-breaking, and the only way to know which is to get up there and look at the seams and fasteners around each dent.
A quick ground-level glance after a hailstorm is worthless. The damage is measured per square, and we chalk and photograph every hit so the count is honest and complete.
How a real hail inspection is readThis is why a quick ground-level glance after a hailstorm is worthless, and why a real inspection matters. The damage is measured per square, meaning per hundred square feet of roof, and an adjuster wants to see a certain density of impacts before a claim is approved. We chalk and photograph every hit so the count is honest and complete, because a sloppy inspection that misses half the impacts is how good claims get denied. We also tell you the truth when the hail was small and the roof shrugged it off, because doing it the right way means not filing a claim and burning your deductible on damage that does not exist. A roof that breathes right also holds up better to hail aging, which is why we re-detail the ventilation to our Lomanco-certified design on the roofs we touch.
Hail rarely comes alone, so we keep the storm crews talking to each other. If the same storm tore tabs and lifted ridges, that is wind damage work. If the roof is leaking right now, our storm damage team gets a tarp on it first. When the hail was bad enough that patching no longer makes sense, our storm restoration crew handles the full rebuild, and we walk your insurance claim with you from the adjuster meeting through the final invoice.
Built right, then stood behind
A hail repair you cannot trust is worse than no repair, because the bruised mat keeps failing under the patch. We are an OSHA-certified crew, so even after a bad storm with a roof full of work the job happens safely and to code, not in a rush by whoever a storm-chaser pulled off the street. When we re-detail the ventilation on a hail repair we follow our Lomanco-certified design, because a roof that does not breathe right traps heat and moisture and ages even faster after hail has already thinned the shingles.
Every hail repair carries a lifetime workmanship warranty, so the quality of what we put back is covered for as long as you own the roof. On top of that we include six years of weatherproofing done annually, where we come back, check the shingles, sealant and flashing we touched, and re-seal anything that has moved before the next storm finds it. That is how a relationship outlasts a single hailstorm, and it is the part the storm-chaser outfits skip the day after the check clears.
Hail damage questions
Straight answers about hail inspections, granule loss, dents and insurance claims. If yours is not here, call (432) 288-5562 or send it through our contact page.
My roof looks fine after the hail, could it still be damaged?
Very likely yes. Hail damage almost never shows from the ground. Each stone bruises the mat under the shingle and knocks granules off in small dark dings, and neither is visible from your driveway. A roof that looks fine after a hailstorm can be quietly weakened and aging fast. A quick inspection after a bad hailstorm is cheap insurance against a leak you will not see coming for months.
What does hail damage actually look like up close?
On a shingle roof it looks like dark spots where the granules got knocked off, soft bruised areas in the mat, and on older roofs cracks straight through the shingle. On a metal roof it shows as dents, some only cosmetic and some that break the seal. We chalk and photograph every impact so you can see exactly what the hail did, square by square.
Should I file an insurance claim for hail damage?
Often yes, if the impact count is real and dense enough. We inspect and document the damage the way an adjuster needs to see it, and we walk the claim with you, including being on the roof with the adjuster. We will also tell you honestly when the hail was small and the roof shrugged it off, because doing it the right way means not burning your deductible on damage that is not there.
Is granule loss from hail a real problem or just cosmetic?
It is a real problem. The granules are what shield the asphalt from the Texas sun. Once hail knocks them off, that spot of shingle dries out and ages years faster than the rest of the roof, and the bruise underneath stays a weak point where water can work in. Granule loss in your gutters after a hailstorm is a sign the roof took a hit and needs a look.
Can you repair hail damage or does my whole roof need replacing?
It depends on how dense and how bad the impacts are. We inspect the full roof and give you a straight answer. If a sound repair will hold, that is what we quote. If the hail bruised enough of the roof that patching just delays a replacement, our storm restoration crew handles the full rebuild so you are not paying twice.
How long after a hailstorm should I get the roof inspected?
Sooner is better. Most insurance policies have a window for filing a storm claim, and the longer you wait the harder it is to prove the damage came from that specific storm. If a notable hailstorm rolled through Leander or the Austin metro, call us at (432) 288-5562 and we will get up there and read the roof while the damage is fresh and documentable.
Hail rolled through? Get the roof read
Tell us when the hail hit and what your roof is doing now. We will climb up, count the impacts, chalk and photograph the damage for your claim, and put a clear repair on paper. Your free roof quote costs nothing and you are under no obligation. See finished storm work in our project gallery.
Serving Leander and statewide TX
We inspect and repair hail-damaged roofs across the Austin metro and out across Texas from our Leander shop. A few of the cities we work in: