The hail record across Dallas–Fort Worth is not one number. Within ten miles of each city centroid between 2000 and 2025, NOAA logged hail on 113 distinct days at Fort Worth, 80 at Dallas and 64 at Garland — and the peak month is not the same either, running April at Fort Worth and Garland but May at Dallas. That is why a hail estimate written for one address in the Metroplex does not transfer cleanly to another, and why the first thing we do is look up what actually fell where you live.
Dallas-Fort Worth gets hammered by hail more than almost any metro in the country. If a recent storm dropped hail in your area, your roof may have damage you can’t see from the ground — bruised shingles, cracked asphalt mats, granule loss, displaced flashing, dented metal, or stripped vent boots. Roof Experts is the DFW hail damage roof repair contractor that documents the damage, repairs what can be repaired, and replaces what can’t. 10,000+ jobs, 87 five-star Google reviews, workmanship warranty on every project.
Hail damage isn’t always visible from the ground. Even hail you’d call “small” — 1″ to 1.5″ — can functionally end a 15-year-old asphalt roof. Five signs we look for:
Two reasons to skip the DIY roof inspection: (1) walking a damaged roof is genuinely dangerous — wet shingles, hail-bruised areas, and unstable footing send DIY inspectors to the ER every storm season; (2) untrained eyes miss most hail damage. A bruised shingle looks normal from 30 feet up if you don’t know what to feel for. Our inspectors are trained on insurance-grade hail damage documentation.
If only one or two slopes took heavy hail, damage is concentrated to a small area, or the damaged components are flashing/vent boots/ridge caps that can be swapped individually, repair is the right move. Typical hail repair: $800–$4,500.
If damage is distributed across the roof, replacement is usually the right call. Most insurance carriers fund full replacement (not patchwork) once damage crosses ~25%. Patchwork repairs rarely match in color and don’t reset the manufacturer warranty.
If we’re replacing a hail-damaged roof, we strongly recommend upgrading to Class 4 impact-resistant shingles. UL 2218 Class 4 is the highest impact rating available. Most Texas insurance carriers offer 15–35% off the wind/hail portion of your homeowner’s premium for a Class 4 roof — premium typically recoups in 5–7 years, and you’re far less likely to lose the roof in the next hail event.
We provide this documentation to YOU. You share it with your insurance carrier or public adjuster — they handle the policy interpretation and claim negotiation. We don’t make claims on your behalf, don’t interpret your coverage, and don’t tell you what your damage “is worth” — those are claims-handling decisions reserved for you and your carrier under Texas Insurance Code §4102.
DFW averages 1–3 major hail events per year. Recent events (last 18 months) that caused widespread roof damage:
Most Texas homeowner policies have a 1-year window to file hail damage claims from the date of the event. If your roof took damage in any of these events and you haven’t filed, the clock may be running. Get an inspection now so you have documentation regardless of which way you decide to go.
Pricing varies based on damage severity, roof access, and material. Realistic ballparks for DFW:
If a covered storm caused the damage, most of these costs fall under your insurance policy (minus your deductible). We provide documentation; you and your carrier determine coverage.
Across DFW: Dallas · Fort Worth · Plano · Frisco · McKinney · Allen · Garland · Carrollton · Irving · Arlington · Grapevine · Denton · Rockwall · Mesquite · Mansfield. Plus Austin, Tyler, Waco, Amarillo.
Most Texas homeowner policies require claims within 1 year of the event date. Some carriers have shorter windows. Check your specific policy or call your carrier — and get an inspection now so you have documentation regardless of which way you decide to go.
Yes — bruised shingles, cracked mats, and partial granule loss don’t show up from the ground or the driveway. The roof can look completely normal and still have significant damage that will fail within 1–3 years.
Marble-sized hail (~1″) can damage older asphalt roofs. Quarter-sized (~1″) to golf-ball-sized (~1.75″) routinely damages modern asphalt. Anything 1.5″+ damages most residential roofs in DFW. Class 4 impact-resistant shingles resist damage from larger hail (typically up to 2″+).
One thorough inspection from a reputable local roofer is usually enough. Be wary of out-of-state storm chasers who appear in your neighborhood after a big event — they often disappear before warranty work is needed.
Under Texas law, only licensed public adjusters and your carrier can negotiate or interpret your insurance claim. Roofing contractors cannot legally act as your representative in the claims process. We provide damage documentation; you and your carrier (or public adjuster) handle the claim. This protects you from contractors who would otherwise misrepresent your policy.
Call (469) 936-7663 to schedule a free hail damage inspection. We’ll come out within 48 hours, document the damage, and deliver a written report you can share with your carrier. No charge, no obligation.
Most hail calls in DFW are genuinely repairable and we will say so. A handful of bruised shingles on one slope, a dented ridge cap, a gutter apron that took the brunt — those are repairs, and selling a replacement for them would be dishonest. What we will not do is patch a field that has been comprehensively bruised across multiple slopes, because that is money spent twice. Either way you get marked test squares, photographs and the reasoning, and you are welcome to take all of it to a second contractor.
Hail bruising has a signature: a soft spot where the mat has fractured beneath the granule surface, usually with matching marks on soft metals like vent caps, gutter aprons and window wraps. Age-related granule loss is uniform and follows sun exposure rather than impact pattern. We mark test squares on multiple slopes, photograph the soft metals, and check the damage orientation against the storm direction on the date in question. When the answer is wear rather than impact, we write wear — even when that costs us the job.
Every major DFW hail event has a date, a location and a reported stone size in the federal record, and we use them. Within ten miles of Garland since 2000 there are 153 reports across 64 distinct days, 48 of them at an inch or larger and 8 at two inches or larger, with the largest at 2.75 inches on 24 May 2011 and again on 13 June 2012. Dallas has 153 reports across 80 days. Fort Worth has 337 reports across 113 days. If the bruising on your roof fits a specific day, we name the day and cite the source type.
When a roof is open, stopping water is the only priority. We tarp to hold through the next system, photograph what is underneath before we cover it, and come back with a scoped repair rather than turning an emergency into a pressured contract. A tarp installed over an undocumented deck makes your claim harder to support, not easier, and we have seen enough of that to refuse to do it.
A UL 2218 Class 4 shingle is tested with a two-inch steel ball dropped to match the kinetic energy of a hailstone that size, and it passes only if there is no tearing, fracturing, cracking or rupturing visible on the back. Crushed granules and dents on the top surface are not failures. So a Class 4 roof genuinely resists the damage that matters and can still look struck — which is exactly where claim conversations go wrong. Most Texas carriers offer a premium credit for one; ask your own agent what yours gives, because it varies.
Dallas–Fort Worth is dozens of separate jurisdictions, and a hail repair that needs no permit in one city needs one across the street in another. Permit thresholds, contractor registration, roofing-material rules, debris handling and work hours all vary by municipality here. We confirm the requirements for your specific address rather than applying a regional default, and the permit position goes in your written scope rather than being discovered afterwards.
We get on the roof, mark test squares on each slope, and photograph the damage alongside the areas that are sound. Soft metals, ridge, valleys and penetrations all get documented. You receive the complete set whether or not you hire us, because a homeowner holding photographs is a homeowner who can get a real second opinion.
We check the damage against the NOAA record for your address and put the date, the reported size and the source type in writing where the evidence supports it. Then a written scope with the real options — repair, partial replacement or full replacement — each with a cost and an expected remaining life, and our recommendation stated plainly.
We confirm what your specific city requires, pull the permit where one is needed, and order material to the wind and impact ratings the job calls for. Where an insurance claim is involved we work the scope against the carrier's estimate line by line rather than around it, and we do not touch your deductible — in any direction.
Same-day dry-in on anything we open, required inspections called, a magnet sweep and a ground walk with you, and a closeout file: permit record where one applied, material and warranty registration, and the deck and flashing photographs from the tear-off. That file is what shortens the next conversation with a buyer or a carrier.
With 8 days of two-inch-or-larger hail at Garland, 7 at Dallas and 13 at Fort Worth over 26 years, an impact-rated laminate earns its place here. It resists the mat fracture that ends a roof's life, and most carriers discount the premium for one. We are precise about what it is not: nothing on the market is proof against a 4.25-inch stone, and cosmetic denting is not a test failure. Call your agent for the credit figure before you choose a product.
After a hailstorm the visible damage gets the attention, but the leak that shows up three months later usually starts at a detail — step flashing at a wall, counterflashing at a chimney, a pipe boot cracked by years of Texas sun and finished off by the storm. The correct repair removes and reworks the detail rather than caulking over it. Sealant is a finishing material, not a flashing.
Concealed-clip metal takes exposed fasteners out of the uplift equation and outlasts any asphalt product, and a properly terminated membrane is the right answer for the low-slope porch or addition that should never have carried shingles. On hail we are direct: metal dents, that denting is cosmetic rather than functional, and it is a conversation worth having with your carrier before installation rather than after.
Most laminated shingles carry a limited lifetime warranty with a non-prorated initial period. We read the actual document with you — it is tied to your ownership, it prorates after the initial window, and it is usually material-only unless the full system is installed by a certified contractor.
Where underlayment, starter, field shingle, hip and ridge and ventilation all come from one manufacturer and are installed by a contractor that manufacturer has certified, coverage extends past material into workmanship for a defined term. It only exists if the roof is genuinely built as a system, and we will tell you which components it depends on.
Our own coverage on the installation, independent of the manufacturer. Flashings we formed, penetrations we sealed, fasteners we drove. We are based at 601 N 1st Street in Garland and we have been working DFW roofs long enough to still be answering the phone when the call comes.
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By looking at the mat, not the surface. Hail bruising shows as a soft spot where the mat has fractured beneath the granules, and it is usually accompanied by matching marks on soft metals — vent caps, gutter aprons, window wraps, the tops of downspouts. Uniform granule loss that follows sun exposure rather than an impact pattern is age, not hail. We mark test squares on several slopes and photograph the soft metals so you can see the difference yourself rather than taking our word for it.
Often that is answerable. NOAA's storm events record gives a date, a location and a reported stone size for every significant DFW hail event. Within ten miles of Dallas since 2000 there are 153 reports across 80 distinct days, with the largest at 4.25 inches on 24 May 2011. Garland has 153 reports across 64 days, largest 2.75 inches on 24 May 2011 and 13 June 2012. Fort Worth has 337 reports across 113 days, largest 3.50 inches on 28 March 2000. We check your address against that record and cite the source type, because a claim built on a specific documented event is stronger than one built on a general impression.
Spring, but the peak month is not the same across the metro. Within ten miles of each centroid, Fort Worth's busiest month is April with 37 distinct hail days, Garland's is April with 16, and Dallas's is May with 20. The season is largely finished by July, which is a real difference from markets further west and north — Lubbock's season is concentrated in May and June, and Tulsa gets an autumn tail that DFW does not. If you are scheduling elective work, late summer through winter is the quieter window here.
It reduces it substantially and it does not eliminate it, and anyone promising otherwise is overselling. UL 2218 Class 4 is earned by dropping a two-inch steel ball at hail-equivalent kinetic energy and finding no tearing, fracturing, cracking or rupturing on the back of the shingle. Crushed granules and dents on the top are not failures. So a Class 4 roof can look hit while remaining functionally intact — which is the design intent, and which is also why the claim conversation about one needs a contractor who can explain the test.
We document the damage thoroughly, provide photographs and test squares, meet the adjuster on site, and work our scope against the carrier's estimate line by line. What we do not do is act as your public adjuster or represent you in negotiating the claim — that is a licensed role and it is not ours. We also do not pay, waive or rebate any part of a deductible, and we would encourage you to be wary of anyone in this market who offers to.
It depends entirely on which city you are in, and the Metroplex is dozens of separate jurisdictions with different rules. Permit thresholds, contractor registration requirements, roofing-material restrictions, debris and roll-off rules and permitted work hours all vary by municipality here — sometimes sharply between neighboring cities. We confirm the requirements for your specific address before quoting and put the permit position in the written scope rather than leaving it to be discovered later.
Active leaks and open roofs first, with tarping to stop water before anyone discusses scope. We document what is under the tarp before we cover it, because a covered roof that was never photographed is a weaker claim and a weaker position for you. What we will not do is use the emergency as leverage to close a contract while your ceiling is still wet.
Because in three years you will want the workmanship coverage honored, and the truck with the out-of-state plates will not be here. Roof Experts operates from 601 N 1st Street in Garland. We work from Garland outward across the Metroplex, we pull permits under our own name in the cities we work in, and we would rather turn down a job than sell a replacement to someone who needs a repair. Ask any bidder for a local address and a permit history — it is a short conversation and it is revealing.
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