Photograph the soft metal first. Gutters, downspouts, window screens, the fins on your AC condenser — that's where hail leaves dents you can actually see from the ground, and those dents are what tell an adjuster the storm was real. The roof matters more, but it's the hardest thing for a homeowner to judge and the easiest way to get hurt trying. Here is the order to work through it in. You have more time than a door-knocker will tell you. Texas law gives homeowners two years