The storm that bruises your shingles hits the walls underneath too — and most homeowners only ever claim the roof. We look at both while we're there, document both, and repair or replace what the weather actually took.
Nobody calls a roofer about their siding. It's the thing you notice eighteen months later, when a wall has been letting water behind it since the spring.
Metal dents; vinyl and lap siding crack, chip or punch straight through. From the ground a hailed wall can look untouched, because the damage is a hairline split you only see up close and in the right light.
Hail arrives on the wind, so it hits the elevations facing the storm and leaves the others alone. That's why a walk-around matters — checking the front of the house tells you very little about the west wall.
Grand Valley sun fades siding within a few years, and colors get discontinued. A brand-new panel next to a ten-year-old wall rarely disappears. We tell you upfront whether a section can be blended or whether the elevation needs doing.
Canyon wind works at the locking edge until a panel unclips. It often reseats itself and looks fine — while water runs behind the wall every time it rains from that direction.
Roof and siding damaged in one storm share one date of loss. Documenting them together is simpler than remembering the walls six months later, when connecting them to that storm is a great deal harder.
We're already at the house for the roof, so the walls get the same look and the same photographs. Free, no obligation, and you keep the pictures whether or not anything comes of it.
A few cracked panels on a sound wall is a repair, and we'd rather do that than sell you an elevation you don't need. Widespread damage, or a color that's no longer made, usually means doing the whole side so it reads as one surface instead of a patch quilt.
Either way you'll see the photographs first and hear which one we think it is, and why, before anything is ordered.
If the roof was damaged in the same storm — and it usually was — we document both together. One inspection, one date of loss, one conversation with your carrier.
Both, and the siding damage is easier to miss. Hail cracks and chips vinyl rather than denting it, so a wall can read as fine from the driveway and be full of hairline splits up close. Which elevations took it depends on the wind direction that day.
That's your carrier's decision, not ours — what we can do is make sure the siding damage is documented and on the record with the same date of loss as the roof. Undocumented damage is the kind that doesn't get considered at all. How claims work.
Sometimes. Sun fades siding noticeably within a few years, and manufacturers discontinue colors, so a new panel beside a weathered wall can stand out even when the color name is identical. We'll tell you before we start whether we think a patch will blend or whether the whole elevation is the honest answer.
Whichever the damage calls for. A few cracked panels on an otherwise sound wall is a repair. Widespread damage, or a color that can't be matched, usually means doing the elevation so it reads as one surface.
No. Siding is its own job if that's what you need. It's simply that most of the siding we replace was damaged by the same storm that brought us out for the roof.
Yes, the same as the roof inspection — and it happens on the same visit. You get the photos either way. Book a free inspection.
We're on the roof anyway. It takes a few extra minutes to walk the elevations and photograph what we find, and it costs nothing either way.
