Thursday afternoon we had a series of hailstorms pass over us.It was interesting to watch the hail bounce around the yard while the sun was out,from the kitchen window.Looking out from the upstairs windows the hail looked like it was being shot out of a cannon ,hitting the pergola roof ,then landing nearly 50ft away.

While hanging the washing out under the pergola, on Friday morning I discovered holes & cracks all over the roof.Rang the insurance company lodged a claim & paid the excess.
Seeing it was Friday & a lot businesses were closing up for 2 weeks,we were suprised when the insurance company rang us Sunday morning ,telling us no one had been assigned to our case.They told us to get our own tradesman to send in a quote with photos of the damage & they would send us the money to pay him.Luckily a roofer lives around the corner but he only does tile & tin roofs but he gave us a name .He came around this afternoon .Its Christmas Eve here & there are many people with damage house roofs.We were very lucky to find someone to do the quote but it will be a few weeks before they can get the roofing.
Hoping everyone has a lovely Christmas.