New Hail Damage to Shingles

Recent hail impact damage to asphalt shingles will have the following characteristics:

• Asphalt exposed will be dark black in color.
  
  
• Coincident soft spot ("bruise") with freshly exposed asphalt.
  
  
• There may be some loose granules remaining within the impact area.
  
  
• No shrinkage of reinforcement at impact-caused fractures.
  
  
• Other collateral indications of recent large hail

New hail impact damage to cedar shingles and shakes:

• Bright hail impact mark/indentation on the wood. Coincident fracture with bright-colored wood in the fracture.
  
  
• Punctured area in wood that exposes brightly-colored underlying wood. Broken pieces of wood still present.
  
  
• Bright marks or indentations in the cedar from hail impact are readily visible. The marks and indentations do not represent functional damage, but the presence of hail and relative size(s) normally can be confirmed.
   
• Splits from hailstones occur at the moment of impact. Marks or indentations in the wood without splits are not damaging to the wood.