Pre-purchase
Document condition before closing. Catch issues the listing agent didn't disclose without spooking the seller with a ladder crew on the roof.
Residential shingle, commercial flat, and industrial roofing — captured in 30 to 90 minutes from the air, delivered as an annotated PDF you can hand to your insurer, contractor, or property manager. No ladders, no foot traffic, no warranty risk.
Five scenarios where aerial inspection makes more sense than putting a person on the slope.
Document condition before closing. Catch issues the listing agent didn't disclose without spooking the seller with a ladder crew on the roof.
Hail, wind, and ice damage assessed within days, with date-stamped imagery that holds up in an insurance claim.
Baseline inspection before a warranty expires, or scheduled checks to keep the warranty live. Annual flights cost less than a single failed claim.
Thermal moisture scan catches wet insulation invisible to visual sweep. Critical on TPO, EPDM, and modified bitumen before sectional replacement decisions.
Survey ten buildings in the time a foot inspection covers two. Standardized capture gives property managers comparable data across the portfolio.
When the interior is wet but the source isn't obvious, an aerial sweep narrows the search before the repair crew rolls a truck.
Every roof job ships with the same baseline package. Add-ons scope up from there.
Full-resolution imagery of every slope, valley, ridge, flashing, and penetration. Typical residential roof yields 200+ frames.
Defect map with photos pinned to observation locations, plain-English summary of conditions, and recommended next steps where applicable.
Date-stamped, geotagged originals delivered via private link. Yours to keep, share, or hand to a contractor.
Radiometric thermal imagery flown after solar loading to detect trapped moisture in the membrane assembly. Adds ~25% to base cost.
Extended narrative with severity grading, component-level annotations, and reference photos suitable for direct claim submission.
Capture and deliverable inside 48 hours of booking. Subject to weather and current schedule.
Aerial is better whenever physical access is risky or disruptive: steep slopes, fragile membranes, post-storm conditions, tall commercial flat roofs, or anywhere foot traffic could void a warranty.
It's also faster — 30 to 90 minutes on site versus a half-day for rope or ladder work — and produces date-stamped imagery you can hand to insurers or contractors.
Thermal imaging detects temperature differentials caused by trapped moisture beneath the membrane on commercial flat roofs. Wet insulation retains heat longer than dry insulation, so after sunset the saturated areas glow on thermal imagery.
The scan is most accurate on clear days following solar loading and is not reliable through standing water or snow.
Residential roofs typically run $300 to $600. Commercial flat roofs range from $850 for small properties to $1,800+ for large industrial roofs. Adding a thermal moisture scan increases the price by roughly 25%.
Use the on-site estimator for a live range.
Yes. The deliverable is a factual, date-stamped, geotagged report — exactly what adjusters need. We document conditions without diagnosing cause, which keeps the report credible as third-party evidence. Many clients use it to support hail, wind, or post-storm claims.
Snow obscures shingles and renders thermal moisture scans unreliable. Light dustings can sometimes be flown for ice damming surveys, but a meaningful condition inspection requires a dry roof. We'll reschedule at no charge when conditions are below spec.