Hail Damage Roof Repair in Marrero, LA
Marrero hail repairs scoped one slope at a time, from a count of hits inside a marked 10-by-10-foot square on each face of the roof.
The largest hail reported in Marrero in the past two decades fell in the dark. At about 9:15 on the night of February 24, 2013, golf-ball hail was reported near Lapalco and Westwood, and a photo from Marrero that night was reported to show a stone of roughly 2.25 to 2.5 inches.
An estimate needs more than an impression of each slope, so Epic Roofing scopes hail damage roof repair in Marrero by mapping impact density on each slope separately. The tally for each slope tells us whether a few shingles, one face of the roof, or the whole roof needs the work, and the inspection costs you nothing.
Before the Chalk Goes Down: Marrero Questions
Our roof has been on since before 2011. Will the count mix old hail with new?
No. A break from 2011 or 2013 has had more than a decade of sun and rain on it, and it reads as worn rather than fresh. Breaks like that are noted apart from fresh ones in the photos, so the recent hits are the ones that drive the scope.
Why count hits inside a square instead of looking over the whole roof?
Because a square gives each slope a number you can compare. "Some hail marks" means little to an estimate. A count of hits in 100 square feet, photographed with the chalk lines showing, can be checked by anyone who reads the report, including you.
Our house has a big oak over the back slope. Does that change the count?
It can. Limbs catch some of the stones, so the shingles beneath them often fare better than those left exposed. We place that slope's square in the open part of the slope, and if the whole face is under the canopy, the report notes that its count was taken in sheltered conditions.
What factors determine the price of a hail repair for a Marrero house?
Mostly the counts: how many slopes cross from spot repair into reshingling. Pitch, access, the number of vents and flashings struck, and whether your shingle line is still made all shift it too.
Hail in February? Isn't that early for Marrero?
Not by the record. April has logged more hail events than any other month across Jefferson Parish, yet Marrero's largest stones fell in late February, and quarter-size hail was reported in early June. So a February storm gets the same count as an April one.
Will the adjuster use your count or do their own?
Adjusters usually mark their own squares, and the insurer applies its own criteria. If you want us there, one of us will stand on the slopes with the adjuster and compare squares. Louisiana RS 22:1684 bars roofers from serving as public adjusters, so we do not negotiate or settle claims.
Marrero's Hail Record, 2011 to 2013
February 2013 fell between two smaller Marrero hail reports. On the evening of March 29, 2011, a trained spotter reported half-dollar hail in Marrero at around 7:15. Then, on June 6, 2013, at about 5:10 in the afternoon, quarter-size hail was reported in Marrero via social media.
The February storm also shows how fast sizes change across the West Bank. At the same minute as the Marrero report, ping-pong hail was reported in Terrytown. Within one storm, two parts of the West Bank can see stones of quite different sizes.
Three hail days in roughly 27 months also means a Marrero roof that has stayed on since before 2011 may hold marks from more than one storm. Sorting those from fresh breaks matters on any count from a roof that old.
How a Test Square Gets Counted
A test square is a 100-square-foot patch of roof, usually 10 feet by 10 feet, marked out on a slope so the hits inside it can be counted. It is a sampling method many insurance adjusters also use, and it turns a vague question ("is the roof damaged?") into a number for each slope that you can check in the photos.
Where each square goes
Every slope gets its own square, and it goes where that slope shows the most marks. We keep it out from under overhanging limbs, since branches shelter the shingles below them. On a hip or a small slope beside a dormer, the square becomes a rectangle or an odd shape that still covers 100 square feet. The corners are chalked and photographed from the drone, so the frame shows where on the roof the count was taken.
What earns a mark in the tally
Only impacts that break the shingle are counted; those that show a crack or give under the thumb are not; a scuff confined to the surface is left out of the tally. Each one is circled in chalk and photographed close up. Plenty of marks on a Marrero roof are not hail at all. Heat blisters, foot scuffs, rub marks from a branch, and old nail pops get noted and left out of the count.
What the numbers decide
A low count usually means hand-replacing the hit shingles in place. A high count on one slope points to reshingling that face, edge to edge, because patching dozens of spots leaves a slope that is more repair than roof. High counts on most slopes move the talk to a full reroof. The report shows each slope's count next to its photos, so you can follow the reasoning.
What a Marrero Slope Count Costs to Fix
When the work is limited to one area, such as a dozen fractured shingles on the back slope plus a cracked length of ridge cap, the bill usually lands between $400 and $1,800. Counts that send two or more faces to reshingling put the job at $2,000 to $5,000.
If the squares come back high on most of the roof, a full reroof is a $13,000 to $23,000 job on a Marrero home measuring 2,000 to 2,500 square feet. At that count, a roof replacement in Marrero becomes the comparison to make. A leak or wind tear with no hail behind it never enters the count; it gets fixed as plain Marrero roof repair. Each estimate lists the slope counts and is sent to you in writing within 2–5 business days, with no deposit required at the consultation.
The People Behind a Marrero Count
A founder schooled on commercial job sites.
Joey Noto earned an LSU degree in construction management in 2006, then spent about a decade managing commercial construction projects around Baton Rouge before starting Epic in 2020. Epic is owner-run and answers to him.
The same hands on the chalk and the shingles.
The roofers who mark the squares are Epic employees, as on all our Marrero roofing work, and so are the ones who reshingle; nothing is subcontracted. Repair workmanship is warranted in writing for a term, stated in the scope, that is shorter than a replacement's.
Book a Count on Your Marrero Slopes
Phone 225-396-8122 with a rough date for the hail and say whether the roof has been replaced since 2013. That tells us whether to look for older weathered hits alongside fresh ones.
137 Girod Street, Suite 3, Mandeville, LA 70448