I recently received an inquiry from a homeowner who following a recent hail storm had his gutters damaged.
My gutters damaged by hail.
Although aluminum gutters can be repainted this will become a process that will have to be repeated again and again over a period of time.
He asked if he should seek to have his insurer pay to have them painted or replaced.
Most gutters are aluminum and as much as they are made to withstand rain snow and ice falling hail that exerts enough pressure to break a car window or dent a shingle can dent a gutter.
Having to be replaced.
Anytime a roof has hail damage you should assume your gutters are damaged too.
If you know the direction of the storm when it came in go look at the roof elevation that would have been the hardest hit.
Look for scrapes or indents splinters or cracks and chips on the cedar shakes.
Often when your roof has sustained hail damage your gutters have probably also sustained damage.
It can punch a hole right through the gutter.
How to handle hail damage to your roof and gutters shingle roofs.
Hail can come down with such tremendous force.
Hail damaged gutters can be weakened and should be checked immediately so that you can be sure that they do not fall under the weight of the water leaving your roof.
Indents or missing granules.
If have to replace your gutter guard it s a great opportunity to look at the latest advancements and not just replace it with the same product you had in the past.
Hail storms can damage gutters and gutter guard systems too.