Once the storm has passed, your first task if you have an asphalt roof is to walk around your property. This is to check for the most obvious sign of hail damage including broken shingles on the ground. 

Another sign your asphalt roof has been damaged is if you find granules – the final layer added to shingles – in your gutters. In this case, you will need to check the shingles themselves for bare spots or other damage. Once again, if your roof is hard to reach, you should call in professionals instead of climbing up to conduct an inspection yourself.

While many homeowners think a metal roof is too tough to sustain hail damage, they are wrong. At speed, hail can dent, scratch or poke holes in your roof, even if it is made of metal. This type of damage can be hard to spot if your home is more than two stories tall. That is why it is always best to call the experts at least once a year to conduct a roof maintenance inspection.