After a storm
Any significant hail or high wind event in your area. Damage is often invisible from the ground and claim windows do expire.
No Cost, No Obligation
Free Roof Inspection in Metro Atlanta
A proper look at your roof, photographed and written up, with an honest answer at the end — including “there is nothing wrong with it”.
What Happens
What a real inspection involves
An inspection means someone on the roof. Not a look from the driveway, not a drone pass on its own, and not a glance from a ladder at the edge. Hail bruising and broken wind seals cannot be assessed from any of those.
We walk the slopes, cut test squares where appropriate, check the soft metals — vents, gutter aprons, flashing — because those record hail size honestly when shingles are ambiguous. We look at the penetrations, the valleys and the transitions, which is where most leaks actually begin. Where there is safe attic access we look from underneath as well, because staining tells you where water has been traveling.
You get photographs and a written assessment. If there is damage, you get our view on whether it is a repair, a replacement or an insurance claim. If there is not, you get told that, and we would rather be the company you call in three years than the one that sold you a roof you did not need.
When it is worth booking one
Before you buy or sell
A roof is one of the largest single items on a home inspection. Knowing its real condition changes the negotiation either way.
When something has changed
A new stain on a ceiling, granules collecting in the gutters, or a shingle in the garden after a windy night.
The Report
What you receive afterwards
The written assessment is the point of the exercise, and it is yours to keep whether you ever use us or not. It records the condition of each slope, photographs of anything we found, and a plain-language explanation of what it means.
Where there is damage, the report separates two things that homeowners are often given as one: what the roof needs, and what an insurer is likely to pay for. Those are not the same list. Age-related wear is real and worth knowing about, but no policy covers it, and being clear about that up front avoids a great deal of frustration later.
If a claim looks worth making, the report includes the documentation an adjuster expects — test squares, soft-metal impacts, the direction of the damage and the storm date it corresponds to.
Frequency
How often a roof should be looked at
For a roof in normal condition, every two to three years is reasonable, plus after any significant storm. That cadence catches the things that are cheap to fix while they are still cheap — a split pipe boot, lifted flashing, a valley beginning to open.
Roofs over about fifteen years old benefit from being checked annually. Not because something is necessarily wrong, but because knowing you have three years left rather than discovering it during a February storm changes how you plan and budget.
The exception is any roof that has just been through hail. Those want looking at within weeks, because the claim window is finite and the damage does not announce itself.
Buying Or Selling
Roof inspections in a property transaction
A roof is one of the largest single line items a home inspector can flag, and it moves negotiations more than almost anything else in a report. A general home inspector will note visible condition and estimate remaining life, but they are assessing an entire house and typically will not cut a test square or evaluate a hail claim.
If you are buying, a dedicated roof inspection tells you whether you are inheriting a roof with a decade left or one that needs replacing within two years — a difference worth many thousands of dollars at the point of offer. If storm damage is present and unclaimed, that is also worth knowing before closing, because the claim generally belongs to whoever owned the property when the storm hit.
If you are selling, knowing the roof's real condition lets you decide deliberately whether to repair, replace or price it in, rather than having a buyer's inspector make that decision for you mid-negotiation.
Common questions
Is it genuinely free?
Yes. No charge for the inspection, the photographs or the written report, and no obligation to use us for any work that follows.
How long does it take?
Usually under an hour for a typical residential roof, longer for larger or more complex ones.
Do I need to be home?
It is helpful so we can walk you through what we found, but not essential. We can send the report through instead.
Will you tell me if my roof is fine?
Yes, and it happens regularly. A roof with years left in it and no storm damage is a roof we will tell you to leave alone.
Do you use drones?
We use them where they help, particularly for overall documentation and steep or unsafe slopes. They supplement a physical inspection rather than replacing it.
Get a free roof inspection
Storm damage isn’t always visible from the ground. We’ll document what we find, walk you through the report, and tell you honestly whether you need a repair, a replacement, or nothing at all.