Annual Roof Inspections, Do or Do Not?

Your roof keeps everything valuable inside of your DFW home safe from the outside weather. When it rains, what keeps the interior from getting wet? It’s your roof. When its hailing, snowing, windy and downright disgusting outside, what keeps your family protected from these hazardous elements? Your Roof does. Without a working roof your home will be subject to thousands of dollars in damage and repairs. This can all be solved if you have a certified roofer (minimum 15 years experience) to come out and give your roof a tune up. This inspection will help to make sure that your roof is operating at 100% and any problem or potential problem will be addressed and fixed.
If you have shingles lying on the ground or pieces of your roof’s shingle you need to have an expert out to survey the roof.
The roofer you have come out to inspect your roof needs to be up on the roof to evaluate the roof. If your roofer is not on the roof and evaluates problems from the ground level, be afraid, be very afraid! Never take an estimate from a roofer who is shooting from the hip at ground level. Specifics need to be brought to your attention immediately following the examination. Let your roofer explain what needs to happen to really and truly fix problems before you allow any work to be completed.
Roofers have a bad reputation for being sharks and being dishonest. You can know right off the bat whether or not they are a qualified and honest roofer by asking them simple questions about the problem areas you might think the roof would have. Ask about flashing around the chimney and the plumbing boot.