

The hail stopped before midnight, but the important decisions start at dawn. You walk into the yard and find granules piled below the downspouts, dents in the gutters, a cracked window screen, and pieces of shingle scattered across the grass. From the driveway, the roof may look intact. Up close, a trained inspector may find…
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1-inch hail is the widely used severe-weather threshold where asphalt shingle damage can begin, while heavier roofing materials may need hail around 1.25 to 2 inches before visible damage appears. Older, thinner, or weathered shingles can still be harmed by hail around 3/4 inch to 1 inch. You pull into your Columbus driveway after a…

Class 4 is the highest UL 2218 rating for hail-resistant shingles. It means the shingle survived a 2-inch steel ball dropped from 20 feet without cracking, splitting, rupturing, or opening on the back side. That sounds reassuring, especially after a Columbus storm leaves the yard covered in ice pellets and branches. But a laboratory impact…
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