# Hail Damage Siding Repair Fort Collins | Fort Collins Siding Contractors

> Cracked and holed vinyl, dented panels and chipped fiber cement repaired after hail. We work alongside your insurance claim without handling it. Free estimates.

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# Hail Damage Siding Repair for Fort Collins Homes After a Storm

Even a short storm can crack and hole vinyl, dent panels and chip fiber cement. We repair the damaged pieces, or re-side when the damage runs across whole walls.

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Did the last storm leave your siding with cracks or dents you can’t quite explain? 

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 handles hail damage siding repair in Fort Collins and the towns around it. We know how stressful that first look at a damaged wall can be.

Fort Collins has more than 100 years of hail records. Hail falls a few days in most years, mostly in May and June, and usually lasts minutes. Even a short storm can crack and hole vinyl, dent panels and chip fiber cement.

Here’s what we look for, and what to do next.

## What Hail Does to Each Siding Material

Hail doesn’t hit every material the same way. Knowing what to look for helps you spot damage before water finds it.

-   **Vinyl.** Hail impact cracks and holes vinyl. A crack can start small and run along the panel.
-   **Aluminum and steel.** Metal panels dent rather than crack. Dents show most in low sun, and a dented panel is replaced rather than pushed back flat.
-   **Fiber cement.** Hail can chip the face and corners of fiber cement boards, breaking the paint and exposing the board underneath.
-   **Wood and engineered wood.** Hail dents the surface and can split paint or stain, leaving the wood open to water.

Hail size changes the picture too. Bigger stones do more to every material, and vinyl shows it first.

| Hail size | Diameter | What it can do to siding |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pea | 1/4 inch | Rarely causes structural damage, but can mark paint and soft metals |
| Quarter | 1 inch | Begins to crack vinyl and damage window screens |
| Half dollar | 1.25 inches | Can puncture vinyl |
| Golf ball | 1.75 inches | Significant damage to siding and gutters |

The storm-facing walls take the most damage, but wind can push hail sideways onto any wall. Window screens and trim, soffit and fascia often take hits at the same time, so we check them on every hail estimate.

## Repair or Re-Side After Hail

We repair the damaged pieces when the rest of the wall is sound, using the same matching and blending we use on any 

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 page walks through what that involves and the materials you can choose.

Size gives you a rough clue. The bigger the stones, the more likely the damage runs across whole walls, and that’s when a re-side comes up.

| Situation | Usual answer |
| --- | --- |
| A few cracked or dented pieces, rest of the wall sound | Repair |
| Damage spread across whole walls | Re-side |

If your house has vinyl and you’re weighing new vinyl against something else, the 

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 page explains the Fort Collins permit rule that comes with new vinyl.

## Working Alongside Your Insurance Claim

If you file an insurance claim, we work alongside it but don’t handle it. We can give you a written scope of the damage we found and the work it calls for. What’s covered is up to your homeowner’s policy and your insurance company.

The claim itself stays between you and your insurance company. A few simple records help on our side too:

-   Photograph every damaged wall, plus screens, trim, soffit and fascia.
-   Write down the date of the storm.
-   Ask for the written scope before you decide between repair and re-side.

## Why Not to Wait on Hail Cracks

A hail crack is an open seam. Fort Collins freezes at night and thaws by afternoon for a good part of the year, and water that gets into a crack can freeze and open it further. Small hail damage fixed early stays a small repair.

Ready for hail damage siding repair in Fort Collins? Send the estimate form, and we’ll look over your siding, trim, soffit and fascia and give you a clear scope of what the storm did.

## How Much Does Hail Damage Siding Repair Cost?

When hail damaged a handful of pieces, the repair is priced like any siding repair.

Hail damage repair

$300 to $1,500

for a few panels or boards

When hail damaged whole walls and the house needs new siding, the price follows the whole-house range for the material you choose. See 

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## How Does Hail Damage Siding Repair Work?

Every job starts with the free estimate form. Here's what happens after that.

1.  ![Dented window trim and a torn screen on the side of a house after hail](/images/features/side-of-a-house-showing-dented-aluminum-window-tri.webp)
    
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    ### We walk every wall
    
    Hail hits the storm-facing walls hardest, but we check them all, plus window screens and trim, soffit and fascia.
    
2.  ![Clipboard with a handwritten damage list on a porch railing](/images/features/clipboard-with-a-handwritten-siding-damage-list-re.webp)
    
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    ### You get a written scope
    
    We list what's damaged, wall by wall, and whether it calls for a repair or a re-side, with the price range for that work.
    
3.  ![Removed cracked vinyl panels and chipped fiber cement boards on a tarp](/images/features/stack-of-removed-cracked-vinyl-siding-panels-and-c.webp)
    
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    ### Damaged pieces come out
    
    Cracked and holed vinyl, dented aluminum or steel panels, and chipped fiber cement boards are removed, and the wrap behind them is checked.
    
4.  ![Repaired wall with new fiber cement boards painted to match](/images/features/repaired-house-wall-with-new-fiber-cement-lap-boar.webp)
    
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    ### New pieces go on and get finished
    
    Matching pieces are fitted, fiber cement is painted to match, and trim and edges are sealed.
    

## Hail in Fort Collins

Hail is part of life here. These are the facts that matter for your siding, without the hype.

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### Over a century of records

Fort Collins has more than 100 years of hail records. Hail falls a few days in most years, mostly in May and June, and usually lasts minutes.

### Where hail counting started

The volunteer rain, hail and snow network CoCoRaHS started at the Colorado Climate Center at Colorado State University.

### After the storm

Fort Collins freezes at night and thaws by afternoon for a good part of the year. Water that gets into a hail crack can freeze and open it further.

## Hail Damage Repair Questions

How expensive is it to fix hail damage?

Fixing hail damage on a few panels or boards runs $300 to $1,500. When hail damaged whole walls and the house needs new siding, the price follows the whole-house range for the material you choose.

Does homeowners insurance cover vinyl siding replacement?

That's up to your homeowner's policy and your insurance company.

## Related Siding Services

Other work that often comes up alongside hail damage siding repair.

### Siding Repair

Cracked, loose, dented or missing pieces replaced and blended into the siding that's still sound. Vinyl, wood, fiber cement and older aluminum.

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### Siding Replacement

Old siding off, the wall behind it checked and wrapped, new siding on.

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### Vinyl Siding

Vinyl siding installs and repairs, with the Fort Collins permit and fire-rated wall rule explained up front.

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## Get Your FREE Estimate

Tell us what is going on with your siding and where the house is. We will take a look and give you a straight repair-or-replace answer with the price range that goes with it.

Contact is by this form only. There is no phone line, so the form is the fastest way to reach us.

-   Free estimates
-   A plain repair-or-replace answer
-   Real price ranges, not "it depends"
-   Licensed and insured, over 10 years in business

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