Roof Inspection in Edmonton

Most people find out about their roof in the worst possible way, which is a stain appearing on a ceiling. An inspection from Edmonton Roof Pros is the cheaper way to find out. An inspection is the cheap alternative: knowing what condition the roof is in, how much life it has left, and which small repairs would prevent the expensive ones.

It is also the honest starting point before spending money. If you have been told you need a new roof, a second opinion with photographs and a written assessment costs very little relative to a replacement.

What We Look At On The Roof

The shingle field first: granule coverage, whether tabs are curling or cracking at the edges, blistering, and how the surface has weathered on each slope. Slope orientation matters. A south-facing plane takes far more UV over its life than a north one on the same house, so the two frequently reach the end at different times.

Then every detail where the roof stops being a simple plane. Step and counter-flashing at wall intersections, chimney flashing, plumbing stack boots, skylight curbs, valleys, drip edge, and the condition of the eave. These are where roofs actually leak, and they are where an experienced eye earns its keep, because a flashing that is two seasons from failing looks much like one that is fine.

We photograph what we find and tie each photograph to a location, so the report describes your roof rather than roofs in general.

What We Look At In The Attic

The attic is half the inspection and the half most people never see. Sheathing that has been taking water shows it from underneath long before anything appears on a ceiling: darkened boards, rust bleeding from nail shanks, insulation that is compressed and matted where it has been repeatedly wetted.

Ventilation gets assessed here too, and in this climate it is the single biggest predictor of how long the roof will last. An attic that cannot pull cool air in at the soffits and exhaust it at the ridge runs warm, which ages the shingles from underneath and melts roof snow that then refreezes at the eave. Finding an imbalance on a roof that still has years left is the most useful thing an inspection can produce, because correcting it is inexpensive and it changes the roof’s whole trajectory. See roof ventilation for how the system is meant to work.

Buying, Selling, or After a Storm

For buyers, a roof inspection answers a question a general home inspection usually cannot: are you inheriting a roof with twenty years left or one with three. That difference is worth more than the inspection costs by a wide margin.

For sellers, a clean written report removes a negotiating lever before it gets used, and a report identifying two small repairs lets you fix them on your own terms rather than under time pressure during a conditional period.

After a storm, the assessment is a different exercise, involving test squares and impact density rather than general condition. Our hail damage roof repair page covers how that one is done.

What You Get

A written report describing condition by area, photographs of anything of note, an assessment of remaining life, and a priority list separating what needs doing now from what to watch. If that list points to a repair, roof repair covers the work. If it points to the end of the roof’s life, roof replacement explains what a full tear-off includes. And if it says the roof is fine, that is what the report will say.

What's Included

• Full walk of the roof where it is safe, plus an attic inspection
• Photographed findings tied to specific locations
• Written assessment of remaining life and priority repairs
• Pre-purchase inspections for buyers
• Post-storm assessments with impact documentation

Other Services We Offer in Edmonton

• Roof Replacement in Edmonton
• Roof Repair
• Hail Damage Roof Repair in Edmonton
• Asphalt Shingle Roofing in Edmonton
• Metal Roofing
• Roof Leak Repair