[stomachmonkey]

The dry ice hair dryer technique does not work on hail dents. I just tried it last week. Collected a $4,500 check on my DD due to bad hail last week and figured it was worth a shot and pocket the cash.

Wifes Tahoe was $4,200 in damage and even though that's less than half the street value it was close to totaled so be careful there.

Get a GC out to look. You'd be shocked at the damage they find that can be claimed. A roof guy will find roof damage, you want them to find everything.

Besides you'll end up with several trades in to deal with different things. Roof, gutters, fence staining, landscaping so depending on what you need a large GC outfit may work best.

On the house I have a 1% deductible (1% of rebuild cost on house) on the act of god stuff like hail which can be covered pretty easily by a good contractor. Some of my neighbors have 2% which is minimum 2/3 rds if not close to 100% of what their roofs will cost so they are kinda screwed. Don't understand why, homeowners ins is cheap in TX, like $1,000 a year. What could they have saved? Couple hundred bucks that will now cost them $12-15,000.