Free roof inspection with a photo report you keep

What is actually in the inspection report?

Not a one-page summary with a price at the bottom. The report is built from the photographs the inspector takes on your roof, and every photograph carries a caption explaining what the defect is and why it matters, plus the date it was taken and who took it. The most recent one we can describe here ran to twelve pages and twenty-two photographs, structured like this:

1. Page 1 — cover

   The inspector’s name, our company name, the date of the inspection, the report title and the number of photographs in it. A report nobody signed is not a report.

2. Page 3 — summary

   The written narrative: overall condition, attic and interior findings, roof and exterior findings, and a numbered list of recommended actions. This is the page you read if you read only one.

3. Pages 4–6 — attic and interior

   What we found from inside, then the photographs of it. In the report we are describing, that was moisture staining and a mold-like substance on the drywall beside a bathroom fan.

4. Pages 7–12 — the roof

   Photograph by photograph, the defects we found on the roof itself: failing sealant at penetrations, an exhaust vent with a failed prior repair, six shiners — nails driven outside the nail zone — and exposed ridge fasteners.

The report is yours whether or not you hire us. A redacted sample copy is being prepared for publication here — a real report carries a real customer’s name on every page, so it does not go on a public website until that is properly removed and the customer has approved it.

What did that report actually conclude?

That the roof was fine. There was moisture staining and a mold-like substance on the drywall beside a bathroom fan, so we went into the attic — and found the sheathing above it clear of any water entry, and a spliced dryer vent line discharging into the attic instead of outside. The water was condensation from a dryer, not a roof leak. We logged cracked sealant at two vent collars, six shiners and exposed ridge fasteners as maintenance items, and recommended a vent repair we do not perform.

That report cost us a roofing job. It is also the reason it is on this page: a photo report is only worth anything if it is capable of concluding that you do not need us.

What do you actually look at?

The whole assembly, not only the shingles, and the inside as well as the outside when water has already shown up on a ceiling:

• Field shingles, ridge and hip caps
• Valleys
• Chimney, sidewall, step and kick-out flashing
• Pipe boots and vent collars
• Exhaust and turbine vents, skylights
• Decking condition where it is visible
• Ridge and soffit ventilation
• Gutters and downspouts
• Attic: sheathing, staining, insulation, bath and dryer venting
• Interior ceilings and walls where you have seen water

Is the roof inspection really free?

Yes, and so is the report. No fee, no callout charge, no obligation, and you keep the document either way. Several of the reviews on our Google listing are from people we told to do nothing. What we will not do is quote a roof from a satellite image and call that an inspection.

What is a HAAG-certified inspector?

HAAG Engineering trains and certifies people to assess storm damage to roofing, and it is the training much of the insurance industry itself uses. In practice it means that when we mark something as hail bruising rather than blistering or mechanical damage, we are using the same definitions your adjuster is. It is a credential in inspecting and documenting a roof. It does not make us your adjuster and it does not let us assess your claim.

Should I get an inspection before or after I call my insurer?

Before. Knowing what is on the roof is what tells you whether a claim is worth filing, and that is a decision only you can make. You file your own claim; we inspect and document; we meet your adjuster on site if you invite us; we build to the approved scope and supplement with evidence when the scope is short; we do not promise an outcome, and Texas law forbids waiving your deductible. The whole sequence is set out in our Texas roof insurance claims guide.After a hail or wind event, start with storm and hail damage.

How often should a Central Texas roof be inspected?

Once a year, and again after any storm that drops hail or bends the trees hard. This is a hail market: NOAA logged 382 hail reports across Hays, Travis and Williamson counties between 2019 and May 2026. It is not a maintenance plan we are selling you — it is free, and the damage that matters is usually invisible from the ground until it is a ceiling.