Roof Inspections
A HAAG-certified inspector on the roof, written findings and photos in your hands, and no obligation attached. That's the whole arrangement.
How we work
A lot of free roof inspections in Calgary are a sales quote with a ladder attached. Someone climbs up, comes down, and announces it's time for a new roof. Whatever they found up there, that was always going to be the answer.
Ours works differently. We look, we photograph, and we put the finding in writing: repair it, replace it, or leave it alone. If your roof has a few good years left, the report says so, and we part ways until you actually need us. We've been on Calgary roofs since 2012, and the inspection stays free because it wins us the work that needs doing and keeps us from ever selling work that doesn't.
Timing
Roofs don't need constant watching. They need a close look at the right moments, and in Calgary there are four that matter.
Hail damage is hard to spot from the ground and easy to write off as wear once a few seasons pass. If a storm tracked over your neighbourhood, get a free look while the evidence is fresh. Our hail damage guide covers what strikes look like and what to do next.
A home inspector glances at the roof. We read it. Buyers use our findings to negotiate with real numbers instead of guesses, and sellers use them to fix small problems before they show up in someone else's report at the worst possible time.
Calgary shingles age faster than the brochure promised; chinook freeze-thaw and summer hail see to that. Past the 15-year mark, an inspection every two or three years catches failures while they're still repair-sized. Our roof repair page shows what those smaller fixes involve.
A lifted shingle or a cracked vent boot in October is a quick fix. The same flaw in January is a ceiling stain and an attic full of ice. Book the look in fall, while dealing with it is still simple.
What's included
Every inspection runs the same way, whether it ends in a quote or a handshake. You walk away with three things.
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Shingles are the last place trouble shows, so they're not the only place we look. Flashing around chimneys and sidewalls, vents and vent boots, valleys, ridge caps, and the eavestrough line get the same attention, because that's where leaks start. When hail is the question, we read the soft metals first; vents and flashing record impacts that shingles hide.
02
Pictures of what we found, taken close enough to see the problem and labelled so you know where it sits. Your roof is twenty feet over your head. You shouldn't have to take anyone's word for what's happening up there, ours included.
03
Not forty pages of boilerplate. You get what we found, what it means, and what we'd do if this were our own house: repair it, replace it, or leave it alone and look again in a couple of years. When work makes sense, the estimate is itemized and the workmanship carries our 15-year written warranty.
If a repair covers it, a repair is what we quote. If replacement is the honest call, our roof replacement page walks through the job and our cost guide shows typical Calgary price ranges. If hail caused it, we say so and explain your options, and the claim process page covers what happens next.
Credentials
HAAG is the training and testing program used across the roofing and insurance industries to assess storm damage. Passing it means an inspector can tell a hail strike from a blister, a scuff, or plain aging, and those distinctions are exactly what a hail claim turns on.
We hold HAAG certification for residential roofs. When we document hail damage, we document it the way the person reviewing your claim was trained to read it. That isn't a promise your claim gets approved; nobody honest will make you one. It means the evidence is gathered properly, so it doesn't get argued twice.
How hail claims workHAAG
Certified Inspector, residential roofs
2012
Inspecting Calgary roofs since
Before you call
No ladder required. Grab binoculars if you have them, walk the house slowly, and look for these.
One rule: stay off the roof. Brittle shingles and loose granules put homeowners in the hospital, and everything above the eaves is our job anyway. Spot any of these, and confirming it costs you nothing.
Questions
Free, full stop. You get the findings and photos whether or not you ever hire us, and nobody follows up with a pressure campaign. Some inspections turn into work for us; the rest turn into homeowners who remember who gave them a straight answer. Both are worth the ladder time. The one thing we do charge for is the insurance-grade Hail Damage Assessment for hail claims, from $350 and waived in full when we do the work.
Only if you do. Plenty of our inspections end with 'leave it alone and check again in two years,' and some end with a small repair where another company had already quoted a full replacement. The recommendation is in writing, so you can hold us to it.
Not usually. If we can reach the roof and walk the property, we can inspect the exterior and send you the findings with photos. Being home does help when you've noticed stains or leaks inside, because seeing the problem from below tells us where to focus up top.
We photograph it, record it in the written findings, and explain your options before you decide anything. There's no obligation to file a claim, and no obligation to use us if you do. If you want the help, we manage insurance claims from the first call to the final shingle.
After any hailstorm that tracks over your neighbourhood, when you're buying or selling a home, and every two to three years once the roof is past 15. A newer roof that hasn't been through a major storm can usually wait.
Yes. We cover Airdrie, Chestermere, Okotoks, and Cochrane as well as every quadrant of Calgary. A little outside those areas? Call (403) 460-9394 and ask. The answer is usually yes.
Book an inspection
Pick a day that works and we'll handle the rest. Inspections run Monday to Friday, 8:00 to 5:00, anywhere in our service area. You get the findings either way; what happens next is up to you.
We inspect roofs in Calgary, Airdrie, Chestermere, Okotoks, and Cochrane. Want numbers first? Start with a free estimate.
