Storm damage inspection and repair
Wind is what actually takes roofs apart in Lancaster County. Most of the damage is not visible from the ground.
Lancaster County gets roughly one significant wind event a quarter, clustered between March and July. Straight-line winds tore the roof off a farmhouse on South Custer Avenue in March 2026. A countywide wind event on 4 July 2026 left more than 23,000 PPL customers without power across Manheim Township, East Lampeter, Upper Leacock, Lancaster City, Earl and Penn townships.
After a storm the question is not whether your roof looks fine from the driveway. It is whether the wind lifted shingles, broke seals, or moved flashing in ways that will show up as a leak in four months.
What we look for
Lifted and broken seals
Wind does not have to remove a shingle to ruin it. Lifting a shingle enough to break the adhesive seal leaves it looking normal and no longer watertight.
Creased shingles
A shingle that has been folded back and dropped again holds a crease. That crease is a future crack.
Displaced flashing
Chimneys, sidewalls and valleys are where wind-driven rain gets in first.
Hail bruising
Hail knocks granules off, exposing the mat underneath. It is rarely visible from the ground and it shortens the life of the shingle.
Gutters and metal components
Dented or pulled-loose gutters and bent drip edge are both common after a wind event and both easy to miss.
Storm damage and your insurance
Whether your damage is covered is your insurance company's decision, not ours. What we do is inspect the roof, photograph everything we find, and give you a written estimate. You hand that to your carrier and deal with them directly. If they send an adjuster out, we can meet them on site.
What we do is the inspection and the documentation. We photograph what we find, describe it plainly, and give you a written scope you can hand to your carrier. If gutters or metal components were damaged in the same event, those go in the same documentation.
We are not public adjusters and we do not negotiate with your insurer on your behalf. What we can do is make sure that what is actually wrong with your roof is written down clearly enough to be assessed properly.
Do not wait on it
Most policies have a reporting window after a storm event, and damage that sat unreported through two more seasons is harder to attribute to the storm. If a named event came through your area, get it looked at while the cause is still obvious.
At the end of every job we walk the work with you and you sign a certificate of completion on site.
Recent storm damage work
Book your free roof inspection
It costs nothing, it takes about an hour, and you get photographs and a plain explanation of what we found.