
Hail damage. How to detect hail damage in your home or business?
The natural phenomenons such as storms or hail can cause rain damage to your home or office, that is why it’s important that you know how to recognize them so you can prevent great damage.
We offer you a step by step guide to help you get through all this process. Are you ready? Let’s start
You must recognize the needs of your home or office, whether it is rain damage, roof damage, it’s essential that you know what to do in these cases of severe weather risk.
Don’t worry! In this article we clarify all your questions.
How do I know if my home or business has hail damage?
Storms are natural phenomena that can bring with them other components.
Hail, for example, is a pea-shaped piece of ice, but it can surprise you by measuring as large as a baseball and falling at high speed. It is for that reason that they can bring rain damage at a high cost.
Hail damage occurs almost all year round due to sudden changes in the weather, which is why it is important to have insurance to protect your home or office.
The most common damages caused by hail are:
– Damage to wall coverings.
These damages can cause water leaks, which can lead to major problems that need urgent repairs. This is why it is important that you can detect them in time.
The best thing to do in these cases is to hire a public adjuster, who will be your guide to detect the damages caused by the rains in your home or office.
Let Us Claim is a firm of public adjusters with coverage throughout Florida. Our experience will support you in any claim you wish to make. In addition, the inspection at your home or office will be free of charge.
Hail damage can be detected through: Roof failures, water seepage that creates mold in the affected area, it can even occur on some walls inside the home. At first these rain damages do not come to light easily, and this is where a public adjuster comes in to help you find the damage and guide you through the claim process.
We characterize hail damage as one of the most notable enemies of a roof. It’s recommended to inspect your residential or commercial roof after a hail storm. If your roof has been repaired in the last 12 months, or if you begin to notice small spots in the corners or edges between the roof and the wall on the interior of your home or office, we recommend that you have your roof inspected.
Hail Damage Repair
Paintless Dent Repair (PDR): A recognized repair process that takes care of hail damage dents in your home or residence. In most of its cases rain damage repair. Experts use specialized tools to apply pressure to the focus of the damage to fix every imperfection the hail has generated.
In your home or office breakdowns there are techniques applied depending on the damage caused by the hail. Some of them take more time and are usually accompanied with special devices for this task. Everything will depend on the extension of the affected area and its location.
The costs of these hail damage repairs can vary, so it is important to keep your insurance policy up to date. Public adjusters will be your guides during the claim process in order to cover the repair of the damage. The inspection, which is free of charge, is completely free of charge.
Let Us Claim has over 13 years of experience guiding homeowners and business owners through the insurance claim process. Our experience and training allows you as the policy owner to obtain the highest possible compensation to repair the damage.
How can you avoid damage caused by a hail storm?
If you live in a city in central Florida where it recently rained hail, it is recommended that you inspect your roof to make sure that it has not suffered serious damage. This damage can be revealed as explained above by stains and bubbles on the inside walls.
A free inspection by an experienced rain damage professional, in this case a public adjuster, can determine the strength of the roof in the event of heavy rains, hail storms, or a hurricane.
Much of these damage can be easily repaired, but if hail damage is not caught in time, the strength and structure of the roof can be compromised in the event of an emergency.
Another thing you can invest in for the medium term is vinyl siding and basic asphalt roofing. These will not be damaged by a hail storm. Consider fiber cement or engineered wood siding or hail resistant asphalt to avoid future claims and complications.
As a home or office owner, understanding the extent of hail damage can help determine the full extent of damage.
Hail damage may not be as noticeable as other larger storms. Hurricanes and tornadoes make a big impact; however, this does not mean that something seemingly less dangerous such as hail damage is less significant.
Does your insurance policy cover Hail Damage?
To make sure that you have this coverage against meteorological phenomenons check the coverages of your policy, at Let Us Claim we can help you to understand the coverages included in your policy.
We can advise you without any obligation about the coverages of your current policy, limitations or exclusions.
If your residential or commercial property is damaged, do not hesitate to contact us at 407-610-2333, remember that our inspections are totally free and we will guide you through the claim process.