Dunwoody · DeKalb County · Insurance
This is the Dunwoody page for wind damage roof claim. The short version: you want to file a wind claim for a storm that wasn't a named hurricane, and you can have it without a salesperson at the door.
Get a written quoteLarger lots mean more roof — barns, workshops, carports — and a quote that only prices the house is leaving money on the table when a claim is involved. Separating the most recent storm's damage from older wear is what makes or breaks a claim on a roof that hasn't been inspected in years. Ventilation standards were looser then; adding ridge vent and clearing soffit intake during a replacement usually pays back in shingle life.
What it costs in Dunwoody: uses your regular flat deductible, which is why many Florida homeowners with real damage from a tropical storm or squall line come out much better than under the hurricane deductible.
Georgia has no law banning assignment-of-benefits agreements the way Florida does, so read anything a roofer asks you to sign before a claim is filed — you can get an inspection and file a claim without signing away control of it.
How it works
Creased or folded shingles that have lost their seal, lifted tabs, missing shingles, and ridge cap damage — concentrated on the side the wind came from. Uniform wear on all slopes is age, not wind.
Only if the National Hurricane Center gave it a name and it was in effect for your area at the time of loss. A severe thunderstorm, derecho, or unnamed tropical system is a regular wind claim.
Georgia has no law banning assignment-of-benefits agreements the way Florida does, so read anything a roofer asks you to sign before a claim is filed — you can get an inspection and file a claim without signing away control of it. Dunwoody is inside the everyday service radius, so there's no travel surcharge and no "we'll be in the area next month."