Roofing in Indiana is hail, wind, and a freeze that still arrives after the storm. Open fields give weather a running start, so ridges take a beating a sheltered street might dodge. Ice at the eave follows a sunny winter melt even when snow does not sit for weeks. Summer attic heat bakes the covering hail already bruised. A thaw stain means the roof has been leaking in secret.
Look from the ground. Granules in the gutter, a wavy ridge, creased tabs, and a soft porch are the clues. Old layers hide a tired deck until tear-off. A patch at one pipe boot is not a replacement, and wall or chimney flashing is where the leak returns if you skip it. Say which roof is leaking.
Hail bruises are not the same as tabs that simply aged. If a claim is possible, photograph before anything is torn off. Wind can lift an edge without a neat pile in the yard. Bath fans that dump into a hot attic melt snow from below and feed an ice dam. Say if icicles return on the same slope every winter.
A hill house in the south sheds rain differently from a house on the flat central plain. Valleys packed with tree litter hold water against the covering. Sidewall flashing on an addition is a common miss. The scope should name boots, valleys, and chimney metal, not only the field you can see from the road. Say if the deck feels soft over the leak.
Say leak or replacement, and say whether hail, wind, or ice started it. Name the town so the storm pattern matches the house. Open-country hail is not the same mark as age on a sheltered street. Do not nail a loose tab and call the problem finished if the ceiling is still wet. Call the number on this page.