Real Life Stories: Hail

 

Putting a Roof through Hail

Our products have Class 4 UL warranty, the best possible. Hail is composed of water. It propagates some ten miles away and can grow to the size of a golf ball. It accelerates up to 80 miles an hour. Hail is one of the most lethal weapons in nature's considerable arsenal.

In the spring of 2003, hailstorms struck neighborhoods in Texas, Kansas and Missouri, causing hundreds of millions in property damage. So hard were the hailstones that pounded Dallas Fort Worth International Airport that American Airlines was forced to take 60 aircraft out of service and cancel 121 flights.

Jeff Pruett, in Plano, reported, “When the storm came through on April 5, it ravaged almost everything in my neighborhood but didn’t even scratch my Gerard Roof.”

Joan Tormey from Texas said, "It was an incredible noise, like the world was coming to an end. I huddled with my dogs while the hailstorm tore through Plano. The whole house was pounded by hail the size of quarters. Outside, trees and flowers were destroyed, but we didn't worry about the house at all. We had a Gerard Stone Coated Steel Roof. It kept me and the dogs safe—and the hail didn't leave so much as a mark on it."

Mark Rieth commented, “We had golf ball-sized hail that did some serious damage to my car, but our roof was untouched. I wish my Mercedes had a roof as hail resistant as that Gerard roof.”

Why Install a Gerard Stone Coated Steel Roof?

• A Specific Hail Warranty
• Designed to resist golf ball-sized hail
• Lifetime Warranty, fully transferable
• Increased property value