Dr. Armor

What is the 5-year hail coverage on Fortify Elite?

Last updated October 28, 2026

Short answer

Fortify Elite on a roof scored Good carries 20 years non-prorated plus 5 years of hail coverage, at a maximum warranty value of $2.30 per square foot. The hail has to be verified by the U.S. National Weather Service at up to 2 inches, and only where the treatment itself failed. It is the only row with a hail line, and it does not extend to Elite on Fair.

The row, exactly

The row reads: Fortify Elite, Good zone (90-100), two coats, non-prorated for the full period plus a 5-year hail line, 20 years, $2.30 per square foot.

The hail figure sits alongside the term rather than inside it. In practice that means the surface is covered for the full period, and hail has its own separate window of cover behind it.

Why it is only on the top row

Fortify Elite on Fair (75-89) carries 15 years non-prorated with no hail line. Every other row in the table carries none either, including Fortify, Revive and Boost.

The pattern is that the hail line belongs to the build and band that represent the strongest surface: two coats, applied to a roof that scored Good. Nothing below that carries it.

What it is not

It is not storm cover in general, and it is not hurricane or wind cover. Hail is a specific line in this warranty, and a storm that lifts or tears shingles is a different event, which is why storm damage sits among the exclusions on the other rows.

It is also not a promise about the roof structure or the interior of the house. The cover is written around the treated shingle surface.

What decides whether you get it

Two things: the roof has to score in the Good band, and the treatment has to be Fortify Elite. That is a measured score at the free assessment, not a guess from the age of the roof or the way it looks from the driveway.

If the roof scores lower, the honest answer is the row its band supports, and the estimate will say which one that is.

Read the row before you rely on it

The hail line is attached to Fortify Elite in the Good band. A roof in the Fair band takes the same build without it, which is a difference worth knowing before the work rather than after a hailstorm.

Your estimate names the row, so the question is answerable in writing on the day you receive it.

Why the term and the hail years are added, not merged

They answer different events. The term covers the surface for the period stated; the hail line covers one weather event for five years. Keeping them apart is what stops a five-year figure being read as the length of the warranty.

Estimate where your roof sits

Two answers give an estimated zone and the coverage that comes with it. The measured Roof Health Score at the assessment decides the rest.

12 years

Roof condition

Estimated zoneFairRoof Health Score band 75-89 · estimate 78Sound, with the first signs of wear.
Single applicationFortify1x · one coat12 yearsFull coverage years 1-5, then reducingMax warranty value per sq ft: $1.60 / sq ft
Dual applicationRecommendedFortify Elite2x · two coats15 yearsFull coverage for the whole periodMax warranty value per sq ft: $2.30 / sq ft

This is an estimate. Your exact Roof Health Score is measured at the free assessment and decides final eligibility and coverage.

Free assessment, no obligation. Six zones, one measured score.

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Source: GoNano warranty terms.