Every Impact Recorded
Hits marked and photographed slope by slope, with the roof measured.
Every impact documented for your adjuster. A free inspection, photographs and measurements of the damage, and the repair priced line by line.
Hail damage is easy to miss from the ground and easy to argue about with an insurer. The answer to both is documenting every impact and measuring the roof before anyone decides what it needs.
Big Easy Roofing Company inspects and repairs hail-damaged roofs across New Orleans and the surrounding parishes. Hail bruises shingles, knocks off their granules and dents metal, and most of it cannot be seen without climbing up.
Where the damage is spread across the whole roof, the honest answer can be a roof replacement rather than a repair, and the photographs show your adjuster why.
Hits marked and photographed slope by slope, with the roof measured.
We meet them up there and walk them through what we found.
Scattered hits are a repair. Damage on every slope is a different conversation.
Most hail damage is invisible from the yard. These are the clues on the ground and on the house that say the roof needs a look.
If the stones in the yard were marble-sized or bigger, the asphalt shingles above them have probably been hit.
Hail knocks the protective granules off in patches. A heap at the downspout after a storm is the roof losing its surface.
Dented siding, torn window screens or chipped paint on the storm side of the house mean the roof took the same hits.
Vents, gutters, flashing and metal roof sections show hail as round dents, often easier to spot than bruised shingles.
A hit that crushes the mat leaves a dark, soft spot where the granules are gone. It can crack through in the next summer’s heat.
Many hail leaks show up weeks later, once cracked shingles let the next heavy rain through.
Hail went through your area? A free inspection tells you whether the roof took damage worth claiming.
Book a free inspectionEight steps from the storm to a finished roof. The first four cost nothing, and nothing is replaced until you have a written price.
Every slope walked and checked for hits, plus the metal, gutters and siding on the storm side.
Free, with no obligation.
Impacts are marked and photographed in test areas on each slope, close enough for an adjuster to see the bruise.
Close-ups and wide shots.
Squares, pitch, ridges, valleys and edges, so the scope reflects the whole roof.
The numbers your adjuster prices from.
What was hit, what it needs, and the price, written up line by line.
Yours to share with your insurer.
If you file a claim, we meet the adjuster on the roof and show them what we found. The claim itself is between you and your insurer.
We are not public adjusters.
Shingles and accessories matched to the roof, or chosen new if the whole roof is being replaced.
Ordered before the work is scheduled.
Damaged shingles and metal replaced, or the whole roof replaced where the hail left nothing worth keeping.
The same crew throughout.
The finished roof photographed for your records and, where needed, for the last payment on the claim.
Insurers often ask for these.
The hail inspection and the written scope are free, whether or not you file a claim.
Book a free inspectionThe same storm leaves different marks on different materials. This is what we look for on each.
Bruises that crush the mat, granule loss in patches, and cracks that open up later. The roof most houses here have.
Round dents that are often cosmetic. What matters is whether seams, fasteners or coatings were broken.
Cracked and broken pieces, sometimes hidden under the course above. Each broken piece is replaced individually.
Soft metal dents easily and records the size of the hail. Adjusters check it first, and so do we.
Many policies exclude cosmetic dents on metal. We tell you what is functional damage and what is not, before you decide whether to file.
Hail repairs range from a few shingles to a whole new roof. These five things decide where yours lands.
A few scattered impacts are a repair. Damage on every slope usually means replacement.
Shingle is quick to replace. Slate, tile and metal panels cost more piece by piece.
Measured in squares. Steeper roofs take longer to work.
If the claim is approved, the policy covers much of it, minus your deductible.
If the original shingle is discontinued, a clean repair may not be possible and more of the roof is replaced.
The written scope lists every line, so you and your adjuster are pricing the same job. Prefer to start in writing? Our contact page has a form.
Free, photographed, and ready to share with your insurer.
After a hailstorm the offers arrive fast. These are the rows where a careful scope and a storm-season bid part ways.
Quote A is an illustrative composite of storm-season tactics. It is not a real quote from any company, and no competitor is named or implied.
Hail in your area this week? Book the inspection now, before the next rain tests the damage.
Talk to a roofer504-229-3955Look for dents on gutters, vents and siding, and granules piled at the downspouts. The roof itself usually needs someone on it, which is why the inspection is free.
It depends on your policy, and some give you a year or less from the storm. Check yours, and have the roof inspected early so the damage is recorded while it is fresh.
That is a question for your agent, not a roofer. What we can tell you is whether the damage is real and how much of the roof it affects.
Yes. Bruised shingles often crack in the following summer’s heat, and the leak shows up months after the storm.
We meet them on the roof and hand over the photographs, measurements and scope. We do not negotiate the claim; that is between you, your insurer and, if you hire one, a licensed public adjuster. The insurance claims page explains more.
Whatever the damage calls for. Scattered hits get a repair. If every slope is bruised, replacement is usually the only fix that holds, and the photos show why.
Name and phone are enough. We call back the same business day.