Storm Damage Roof Repair in Hunterdon County, NJ

Hail damage on asphalt shingles shows as bruising: circular impact points where granules have been knocked off and the mat beneath has been damaged. It is genuinely hard to see from the ground and is often easier to identify on soft metal surfaces first — vents, gutters and flashing dent visibly and indicate that the roof took impacts.

The granule surface is what protects the asphalt from UV. Where hail has stripped it, the shingle ages far faster at those points even though the roof is not leaking yet.

Whether or not you make a claim, clear documentation of the damage is worth having. We record what we find and where, with photographs, so you have a factual account of the roof's post-storm condition.

We are roofers, not insurance adjusters, and we will not tell you what your policy covers or predict how a claim will be handled. What we can do is give you an accurate description of the damage and the work needed to put it right.

Hunterdon County's building stock varies more than most New Jersey counties, and that changes how this work is approached from one property to the next. A storm damage roof repair job on a nineteenth-century borough house with plank decking and a steep, dormered roof is a different piece of work from the same job on a 1990s development house or on a barn standing in open farmland.

Exposure varies just as much. Properties on the northern ridges and on open farmland take sustained wind, and damage there starts at the rakes, eaves and ridge. River-corridor and valley properties are shaded and damp, dry slowly after rain, and are where moss and organic growth take hold. We assess the property in front of us rather than applying one approach everywhere.