Hail Damage on a Garage in Round Rock, Texas

What this shows: Hail hits on garage siding in Round Rock, property-level evidence that says the roof deserves a closer look. It belongs here because homeowners can spot this clue from the ground.

Hail marks the whole property, not just the roof, and the parts at eye level are the parts a homeowner can document without climbing anything. Garage siding, gutters, downspouts, drip edge, vent caps, window screens, fence tops, a mailbox and the fins on the air conditioning condenser all dent at smaller stone sizes than a shingle bruises at, and they hold the dent permanently. That makes them useful in two ways. They are dated and directional, so a set of photographs establishes which elevations the stones actually hit, and they are the cheapest possible evidence that the roof above them is worth a closer look. If the soft surfaces around a house are clean after a storm, meaningful roof damage is unlikely. If they are covered, the roof has almost certainly taken the same hits.

Published April 2026. Hail Damage Identification Atlas covers this subject in full, and roofing in Round Rock is the local page for this work.