After a big hail or wind storm, expect a few roofing salespeople at your door within a day or two. Before you sign with one of them or call your insurance company, it's worth having someone local look at the roof first.
Don't go up on the roof yourself. Take photos of whatever you can see from the ground, and if water is coming inside, call us so we can cover the roof until it's repaired.
Get the roof inspected before you file a claim. If there's damage, you'll have photos to send your insurance company. If there isn't, you won't have a claim on your record for nothing.
Several of the larger storm companies working this area have sales quotas to hit. After a storm their reps go down the whole street telling people they have hail damage, and sometimes there isn't any. It's part of why insurance adjusters and roofers butt heads so often.
I get a lot of calls from people who just want someone else to look. What I tell them is to hold off on the claim until I've been up there. Sometimes I find real damage and we get started, and sometimes I find nothing and tell them to keep their roof.
I check the shingles, flashing, gutters, and siding, and you get photos of what I find.
If water is getting in, we cover the roof so the damage doesn't get worse before the repair.
When there is storm damage, you get photos and a written scope of work to give your insurance company.
I worked in insurance restoration for close to 20 years before HoneyFyx, so I can explain how the claim process usually goes and what to expect from it.
Roof, siding, or gutters, with the same process and cleanup as any other job we do.
Storm calls from our job log. Two of them turned out to have no damage.
Hail-damaged gutters and siding
These homeowners' first contractor had put off their hail repairs for two years, and their insurance deadline was coming up. We replaced the gutters with 6-inch black seamless gutters and 3x4 downspouts and took care of the siding.
Wind damage, roof replaced
An older roof damaged by wind in a December storm. New GAF Timberline HDZ in Charcoal, and later siding and gutters.
Storm inspection, no damage
The homeowner asked us to check after a storm. We found no damage, so there was nothing to file.
Inspection of an aging roof
Nobody knew how old this roof was. We inspected it, pointed out the problem areas, and the owners decided to replace it.
★★★★★We were out of time on getting repairs done from the hail storm 2 years ago. Chris jumped through hoops to help us out and get the work done in a timely fashion. Very transparent and honest to work with.
★★★★★Chris and his crew did an amazing job on our entire house! From the roof, siding, gutters, and more! I have a whole new home! The entire experience was fast and very professional.
★★★★★honest people , did roof inspection & gave me honest opinion that roof is in excellent shape no need to change it yet , usually companies don't do this
I'm Chris Heins. I started as a union carpenter after high school and spent close to 20 years managing insurance restoration jobs before I opened HoneyFyx in 2019. The company is small on purpose, and I'm involved in every job from the first visit to the final walkthrough. If something comes up during your project, you call my phone.
HoneyFyx received the BBB Torch Award for Ethics in 2023, which is worth knowing when you're deciding who to let on your roof after a storm.
After. If the inspection finds storm damage, you'll have photos and a scope of work to back up the claim. If it doesn't, you've avoided filing one you didn't need.
Yes. If water is coming in after a storm, we'll cover the roof to stop further damage until the permanent repair is done.
Yes, and it happens often. You'll get the photos either way.
Hail and wind damage to roofs, siding, and gutters. That covers missing or creased shingles, bent or loose flashing, dented gutters and downspouts, and cracked siding.
No. We do insurance jobs and jobs the homeowner pays for directly, and we run both the same way.
We're based in Troy and work in St. Charles County and Lincoln County:
See the full list on our service areas page.
Call me or request a free inspection. You'll know what's damaged, if anything, before you talk to your insurance company.