Cumming Roof Replacement After Storm or Hail Damage
We have completed 471 roofs in Cumming. 433 of them had an insurance claim filed on them.
Does Cumming get enough hail to damage a roof?
Yes. Cumming sits in Forsyth County, and like the rest of north Atlanta it takes real hail and straight-line wind most storm seasons. We have completed 772 roofs across Forsyth County.
The problem is that the damage rarely shows from the ground, or from a quick look at the shingles. Of the 471 roofs we have completed in Cumming, 433 had an insurance claim filed on them. Those are not roofs that wore out.
Why do you inspect by drone instead of by ladder?
Because hail damage does not photograph well from a ladder, and often cannot be seen from one at all.
Our FAA-licensed operators capture high-resolution images of the whole roof, then go over them the way a forensic investigator would, looking for the marks a storm leaves that are invisible to the naked eye. Once we know what is actually there, we sit down with you, in person or by phone, and show you exactly what we found.
Nobody walks on your roof and you do not need to be home. Free, about 30 minutes.
Which parts of Cumming do you work in?
Across Cumming and the surrounding Forsyth County communities: the areas around Lake Lanier, Vickery, Polo Fields, Windermere, Haw Creek, Sawnee Mountain, and out toward Alpharetta, Suwanee and Gainesville.
If a storm clusters in one subdivision we usually end up inspecting most of the street, because hail does not stop at a property line.
My neighbors got new roofs and I did not. Should I be worried?
Probably worth a look.
Hail falls in swaths. If it fell on one side of a subdivision, the houses in that swath took it and the houses outside it did not. The boundary is rarely tidy, and plenty of homeowners assume they were outside it when they were not.
What happens after the inspection?
When the damage is storm damage, we take the claim on with your insurance company rather than leaving you to handle it alone. We document the damage, meet your adjuster at the property and walk the roof with them, which is the appointment that decides what gets paid. Anything the first estimate misses gets submitted as a supplement.
The build itself is usually one day. Most approved claims run three to six weeks from inspection to first payment, and a supplement can add two to four weeks after that.
Permits go through Forsyth County or the City of Cumming depending on the address. We handle that.
Why does waiting make it worse?
Hail does not leak straight away, and that is what catches people out.
A roof hit in May can go through a whole summer without a drip. What is actually happening is that the impact points have stripped the granules off the shingle, the mat underneath is exposed to UV and water. By the time water shows on a ceiling, the damage is no longer just shingle deep: it is in the decking, sometimes the insulation.
Had a storm come through your part of Cumming in the last 12 months?
There is a chance you have damage that qualifies for a claim and you have simply not seen it yet. The inspection is free and takes about 30 minutes. If your roof is fine we will tell you that.
Schedule Your Free Drone Inspection or call (678) 885-9213
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