Hail Damage To Slate Roof

However there are a number of factors that could cause damage such as.

Hail damage to slate roof.

Any of these conditions could be deemed functional damage if the damage is serious enough. Vermont slate hail proofroofs are warrantied against any size hail for the first 20 years and another 30 years for a hail of two inch diameter or less. In general slates can be perforated by objects either from inside or outside a roof. In this episode of the build show we made an ice cannon to simulate hail hitting a roof.

Because slate is a sedimentary stone composed of layers hail damage may appear as a slate with a portion of layers missing. We shot ice at four roof samples. The effect of that impact is to either break or puncture the slates and or dent metal flashings. Hail is frozen water propelled through the air by the force of wind and gravity and it can damage a slate roof upon impact.

If you ve recently installed one of our rubber roofs you won t have to worry about hail damage. As shown in this photo a combination of a larger hail and an approximately 100 year old slate roof sustained significant damage as a result. As you can see many of these hail impacts punches holes right through the slate. Slate tiles may be punctured cracked or broken by hail.

30 year asphalt shingles 15 year. This condition would be considered functional damage only if it were severe. Smaller hail typically does little damage to slate. As the sizes of the hail increases so does the potential for big damage.