As the 2022 storm season rolls in, more customers are seeking resilient roofing materials to combat the rise in severe weather events. When it comes to asphalt shingles, contractors can compare products with the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety’s (IBHS) roof shingle hail impact ratings.
Refreshed in June 2021, the IBHS’ performance ratings are based on the organization’s hail science research and peer-reviewed hail impact test protocol. IBHS mimics real-life hail strikes by creating hailstones based on studying thousands of measured, weighed, crushed and 3-D scanned hailstones. These are then fired out of CO2-powered guns at shingles to simulate the speed in which they strike a roof.