Roof inspections

[tabir]

Welcome to the forum!

Know exactly what you are offering to the client. Do your research for your state about "inspections". In some states there are restrictions on what you can sell somebody called an inspection. You could offer to provide photos to give to a licensed inspector or roof contractor and that would be pretty easy to do, but that may cause you to charge less than a true inspection. I am in NJ, to provide a roof inspection, even with the drone I could run into a problem with the state home inspection board. In NJ to say I inspected your roof, I would have to be a licensed home inspector or roofing contractor to do so on residential homes. In NJ commercial inspections are not covered by the home inspection board, but follow guidelines set by outside entities. (Sorry I am not familiar with them).

And something too many people do not consider is insurance. Ask home inspectors about possible litigation and most will say its not if you get sued, but more like when. Have Error and Omissions insurance as well as liability. People like to try to get an inspector to pay for items they may have missed on an inspection, especially if it is expensive.

A true value roof inspection in my opinion would not only be drone images of the outside, but also an interior check done in accordance with best industry practices (Home Inspection, Roof Contractor). Knowing roof construction is a must too. You can't have a home owner asking you about the plumbing stack, chimneys, flues and the like and you have no clue about any of them, including their placement and their flashings and material they are made of Roofing Canberra. Think about what you would consider value, and if you would pay good money for drone pics of a roof or of a true inspection of the roof with a professional inspection report with accurate information where they learn about the roof's components as well as the state that they are in and if they are in accordance with best industry practice.

Good luck!

Would someone like to propose a format for a roof inspection report? Some questions arising on this topic include drone software, altitude, video or still, orbit or freestyle or combination, editing software & camera angles. When presenting a survey report, I do a softcopy pdf including location details & photo images etc with a link on the front page to video files stored in the cloud. Are the any other ideas that may improve professionalism of this activity?

 

[TreeLineView]

Here is basic example for thermal roof scan for moisture. Very straight forward summary for this customer. Visible and thermal mission flown with Pilot app and processed through DD. Alt was 118ft, camera angle was Nadir and map overlapping was 80% front, 80%side. Flown at 7mph. Additional thermograms were captured at 40 ft for analysis and review.