He asked if he should seek to have his insurer pay to have them painted or replaced.
My gutters damaged by hail.
There is a good chance that if you have some hail damage on siding and gutters you will likely see some damage to your roof.
Indents or missing granules.
Hail can come down with such tremendous force.
Hail storms can damage gutters and gutter guard systems too.
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.
Check your gutters and the area around the base of downspouts for.
Look for scrapes or indents splinters or cracks and chips on the cedar shakes.
It can punch a hole right through the 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.
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.
I recently received an inquiry from a homeowner who following a recent hail storm had his gutters damaged.
Storms outside of the traditional summer hail season are not uncommon.
Often when your roof has sustained hail damage your gutters have probably also sustained damage.