STORM BRIEF · NOAA PRELIMINARY REPORTS · UPDATED 2026-10-21
District of Columbia hail reports, last 90 days.
No hail reports in the window. The rules below still apply the day the next storm lands. Below: where it hit, then what a roofer may and may not do in District of Columbia before the first door.
What a roofer may and may not do in District of Columbia.
Solicitation and rescission
Federal floor: FTC Cooling-Off Rule, 16 C.F.R. §§ 429.0–429.1 — a door-to-door sale of $25 or more agreed at the buyer's home carries a 3-business-day right to cancel, with a narrow exemption where the buyer initiated the call for emergency repairs and signs a dated waiver. Checked at law.cornell.edu, 2026-08-15. State law can add to this floor; it… Full entry and sources →
Deductiblenot located
No District of Columbia statute prohibiting a contractor from waiving, rebating or absorbing the homeowner's deductible was located in this pass. Absorbing a deductible can also be attacked as insurance fraud independent of any roofing statute. Confirm before you ever discount for it. Full entry and sources →
Contractor adjustingnot located
for District of Columbia. This pack does not assert where District of Columbia draws the line between documenting a roof and adjusting a claim. Public-adjuster licensing is issued by the insurance regulator, not the contractor board — put the question to the DC Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking in writing before you negotiate, interpret… Full entry and sources →
Licence
State licence Full entry and sources →
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