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Roof inspection

Free roof inspection
in the Lehigh Valley.

Someone gets on the roof, photographs everything, and tells you what it needs. Including when the answer is nothing.

What you get. A roof-level inspection, photographs of anything found, and a written summary of what it means. It takes about half an hour. It costs nothing, and there's no obligation attached to it, because a roofer who only makes money by selling you a roof shouldn't be the only person who's seen yours.

What gets checked

What someone looks at

Field shingles
Granule loss, cracking, curling, bruising from hail, and whether the mat is still flexible.
Flashing
Chimneys, walls, skylights and valleys. This is where most older roofs fail first.
Pipe boots
The rubber collar around plumbing vents. The single most common source of a residential leak.
Gutters
Granules collecting in the gutters tell you how far through its life the roof is.
Ventilation
Poor airflow cooks shingles from underneath and causes ice dams in winter.
Attic, where it matters
Daylight through the decking, damp sheathing, and staining that shows where water travelled.
Hail impact marks circled in chalk on an asphalt shingle roof during an inspection

When to book one

After a storm, and every few years

Hail rarely looks like anything from the ground. Granules wash into the gutters, the mat bruises where you can't see it, and the roof keeps shedding water for another year like nothing happened.

By the time a stain shows up on a ceiling, the claim window on that storm has usually closed and you're paying for it yourself. That's the reason to look after a storm even when the roof looks fine.

Outside of storms, every three to five years is sensible, and worth doing before you sell.

Straight answers

Questions we get asked

Is it free even if I don't book any work?

Yes, with no obligation and no pressure attached.

Plenty of roofs get looked at and turn out to be fine. That's a useful thing to know and it costs you nothing.

How long does it take?

About 30 minutes for most homes.

Larger or steeper roofs take longer, and attic access adds a few minutes.

Do I need to be home?

It helps, but it isn't required.

Being there means you get walked through the photographs on the spot rather than reading a summary later.

What if you find nothing wrong?

Then you get told that.

A roof with ten years left in it is a roof with ten years left in it. Anyone telling you otherwise is selling.

Can you inspect for an insurance claim?

Yes, and the documentation is put together the way an adjuster expects to receive it.

That's a different process with its own timeline, and it's worth understanding before you file.

Half an hour now,
or a ceiling stain later.

Free inspection, photographed, with a straight answer. If the roof is fine, that's what you'll hear.

Call (610) 890-4800