Storm Damage Roofing in Summerville, SC.

Summerville sits in storm country.

We're thirty miles inland from the Atlantic and that's close enough. Idalia, Ian, Matthew, Florence — they all touched Summerville. The damage isn't always the dramatic kind. A lot of what we document after a tropical system is wind-lifted shingles, lost ridge caps, twisted gutters, and limb strikes rather than a wholly destroyed roof.

Subtle damage is what gets missed by the homeowner and refused by the insurance carrier. That's the work we do well.

What we do in the first 72 hours after a storm.

• 01Rapid response inspection. We come out as soon as it's safe to get on the roof and walk the whole field with a camera.
• 02Emergency tarping. If a section is open to weather, we tarp it properly — sealed at the edges, weighted, and tied off so it actually holds through the next storm.
• 03Written damage report. Photos, locations on a roof diagram, severity notes, and likely cause. The kind of documentation an adjuster can actually work with.
• 04On-site adjuster meeting. When you're ready, we'll meet your adjuster on the roof, walk them through what we saw, and answer their questions in person.

What we won't do (and what you should be wary of).

We will not knock on your door the day after a storm offering to "handle your claim for free." That's a script used by out-of-state contractors who follow weather systems across the country, drain a few neighborhoods, and leave. South Carolina has specific rules about public adjusting that we follow.

We document. You file the claim with your insurance company. The carrier's adjuster makes the determination. We'll stand on the roof with them and explain what we found, and we'll do the actual repair or replacement once the claim is approved. That's our lane and we stay in it.

Hail damage in Summerville.

Real hail damage to a shingle roof is more identifiable than most homeowners think — circular bruising on the granule surface, soft spots that show up clearly in a chalk test, and matching damage on softer metal surfaces like the air conditioner fins. We document all of it.

We also tell homeowners when what looks like hail damage is actually granule wear, blister marks, or mechanical damage from a previous repair. An honest hail inspection helps the legitimate claims and prevents wasted time on the rest.