Insurance Roof Inspections
Evidence, Not Opinions
A claim rises or falls on its inspection. Ours produces what adjusters and carriers actually credit: test squares, slope maps, collateral indicators, and the storm record to match.
What Adjusters Actually Credit
The industry convention is simple and strict: 10×10-foot test squares per slope with each qualifying strike chalked and counted, directional analysis (hail and wind damage cluster on the storm-facing slopes), and collateral indicators — dented soft metals, splattered oxidation, granules in gutters — that corroborate the event. IBHS research underpins how carriers evaluate storm damage; our documentation speaks that language natively because we produce it every day.
Repairability & Matching — The Scope Multipliers
Great inspections also answer the questions that grow scope: Is this shingle repairable, or does lifting it destroy the seal? Is it discontinued — and does a reasonable match exist? Do current codes require upgrades (ice barrier, drip edge) that belong in the estimate? Those answers, documented at inspection, are the difference between a patch approval and a replacement.
Straight Answers On Claims
How is this different from your free roof inspection?
Same price (free), different output: a general inspection tells you the roof’s condition; this one produces a claim-ready evidence file formatted for adjusters.
Should I inspect before or after filing the claim?
Before. Filing with documentation attached frames the entire claim; filing blind lets the first adjuster define your damage.
Do you use drones?
Where they help — but claim-grade means hands on shingles: test squares, brittleness checks, and lifted-tab inspection can’t be done from the air.
Will you tell me if I don’t have a claim?
Yes, in writing. Filing weak claims wastes your time and ours — the honest no is part of the service.
What is a test square in a roof inspection?
A 10x10-foot section per slope withevery qualifying strike chalked and counted — the industry convention carriers credit for hail claims.
Do insurance companies send their own inspectors?
Yes — the adjuster inspects for the carrier, which is exactly why your own claim-grade documentation should exist before they arrive.
Is hail damage always visible from the ground?
Almost never meaningfully — bruising reads by touch and close inspection. Ground-level ’no damage’ opinions are how legitimate claims die unfiled.
Do you charge if the inspection finds no claim?
No — free means free either way, and the written no-claim answer has its own value: you stop wondering.
Where The Evidence Goes
The inspection feeds everything downstream.
Build The File Before You File
Free claim-grade inspection — evidence first, claim second, deductible only.