Random damage with no discernable pattern.
Hail damage wood shake roof.
We can help with design and installation to make sure you get exactly the wood roof look you want.
If the wood shingle is not immediately split by a hailstone it will probably remain intact.
To see hail damage on wood shingles look for a hail impact mark on or near a fresh split in the wood.
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Hail hits that are black in color.
We have over 40 years of experience covering homes with a variety of beautiful decorative wood shingles.
Foot fall splits can be very difficult to differentiate from hail impact splits.
Spatter marks on wood roofing cosmetic damage.
On my customers shake roof an adjuster found damage fro 97 shakes on the left elevation 91 shakes on the front elevation 41 on the right elevation and 67 on the rear.
For hail to damage a cedar shake roof it must leave in impact mark and a fresh break at the point of impact.
First of all wood shingles and shake roofs hold up really well when hit by hail as long as the wood shake shingles did not split upon impact.
You will be able to press down on the hit and see a split and see fresh wood on each side of the break.
Asphalt and composition shingles hail damage.
Roofs with multiple shingle layers may be damaged by smaller hail stones due to a softer support surface directly under the top shingle layer.
Asphalt and or mat that appears shiny.
Just flip it open to that page and show the roofer that this is the standard you must apply to wood shake or wood shingles for that matter.
In fact you can find this information in haag s wood roofs damage assessment field guide.
Random damage with no discernable pattern.
If your roof contains one layer of common asphalt shingles it usually takes a 1 or above diameter hail stone to cause damage roof hail damage.
Here s a classic hail damaged shake.
Wood shingles hail damage.
Loss of granules which may expose the roof felt.