Perhaps that most obvious way on how to tell if roof has hail damage is to note abnormalities in the appearance of the shingle s surface.
How to tell if you have roof damage from hail.
If your neighbor has a hail damage roof you can almost be 100 sure you have a hail damage roof too.
Examples of what size of a stone hail damage roof can happen are.
The visual signs of hail damage vary depending on the materials of the roof.
Most roofing companies offer free inspections.
You can tell your asphalt shingle roof has hail damage if you see black spots such as in the photos above.
Shingles with a granular texture such as those made from asphalt or composite materials may show granular loss that exposes the underlying felt random dents with no perceptible pattern and soft spots on the surface.
When hail hits a roof shingle surface granules get displaced.