How to tell if hail damaged your roof.

Hail damage is one of the most commonly missed problems on a residential roof, because it usually doesn't look like a hole or an obvious break — it looks like nothing at all from the ground.

Signs to look for

• Granule loss — dark spots or bald patches on asphalt shingles where the protective granules have been knocked off.
• Soft metal dents — check roof vents, gutters, and downspouts; if hail dented those, it likely hit your shingles too.
• Bruising — a spot that feels soft or gives slightly when pressed, even without a visible hole.
• Cracked or displaced tiles — on tile roofs, hail damage often shows as hairline cracks rather than granule loss.

Why a ladder inspection can miss it — or cause damage

Walking a roof to inspect it can crack tile, dent metal, and scuff shingles — sometimes creating the very damage you're trying to find, and definitely creating a mess an adjuster will have questions about. RezComm flies every roof instead, using a ScanShield AI drone scan that photographs and analyzes the entire surface without a single footstep on it.

The free way to check

RezComm offers two free, no-obligation ways to check: a verified storm history report for your exact address (pulling real hail and wind event data), and a ScanShield AI drone scan of your actual roof. Between the two, you'll know whether a qualifying storm hit your property and whether it left visible damage — before you spend anything or file a claim. See our full storm damage documentation process.