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Roof Inspection Service

How do you know your roof is, or will be, installed properly
with the appropriate materials and accessories? You really don't know.

Would you like to know the true condition of your roof or the roof's probable life expectancy?

Has your roof been damaged by recent Hail or Wind Storms?

We perform a Roof Inspection Service only. We do not sell or install roofing products
or represent any roofing materials or roofing contractors ~ so there is no conflict of interest.

Our Roof Inspection Service will give you Peace of Mind.

Since 1999 RE/COR Inc. has contracted our Roof Inspection Service to several Metro Denver City/County Building Departments as their sole or major residential and commercial roof inspector. We performed Code Compliant Inspections for all types of Roof Installations including concrete tile roofing, cedar shakes, asphalt shingles, and most flat roofing membranes plus many other alternative types of roofing materials. Some have used our company when hailstorms have damaged the roofs in their area. As a private contractor, we inspected most of the residential and commercial re-roof inspections for the City of Aurora, Colorado from February, 1999 through and until June, 2007 when new construction in the home building industry slowed due to the mortgage industry collapse and low City/County revenues. From May, 2005 until August, 2009 RE/COR Inc. inspected all the residential and commercial new roof construction and re-roof installations for the City of Greenwood Village, Colorado, again ending due to the slow down in new construction and low City/County revenues.

We have also performed our Roof Inspection Service for other Metro Denver City Building Departments, Individual Property Owners, Homeowners Associations, Property Management Companies, Home Builders, Insurance Companies, and Realtors ~ all to their satisfaction.

We have now changed our focus from performing most of our Roof Inspections for City and County Building Departments
(government entities) to providing more of our Roof Inspection/Consulting Services to the Private Sector.

We Really know our business with over 35 years in the roofing industry and more than 24,000 roof inspections performed. We have the knowledge, the experience, the reputation, and the desire to solve your roofing problems.

For Property Owners who have property located in areas
where RE/COR Inc. does not perform their City/County
Building Department's roof inspections.

Each property owner now can purchase our Roof Inspection Service and receive Peace of Mind knowing their roof has been properly and thoroughly inspected, if we are not contracted with their City/County Building Department. Our Roof Inspectors are thoroughly trained with the Property Owner's best interest in mind.

Our Roof Inspection Service is for both New Roof Installations and Older Existing Roofs.
(See our web page Roof Inspection Service Fees.)

We perform roof inspections to determine if the Roofing Materials and Accessories are installed in a workmanship like manner following generally accepted roofing standards that not only meet the local City/Countys current IBC and IRC Building Codes and their Amendments but also meets the 2009 IBC and IRC Building Codes as well as both the current and legacy reports from ICC Evaluation Services, Roofing Manufacturers Association Installation Manuals and Specifications, whichever is more restrictive as detailed in our roofkey Roofing Guidelines.

Mid-Roof or Final Roof Inspection Service

for New Roof Installations

Mid-Roof Inspection: This type of roof Inspection should be performed with all types of New roof installations, sometime after the roof is started but before too much of the roof is completed to inspect the materials, flashings, fasteners, and their installation that will be hidden under the roof covering material.

A Mid-Roof Inspection is essential for Tile Roofing and should be performed after the installation of the Underlayments, Secondary Flashing, and Battens but prior to the installation of the Tile.

If the Tile roofing has been completed without passing our Mid-Roof Inspection, we will have to perform the Mid-Roof Inspection at the time of the Final Roof Inspection. We will have to remove some tile which will add additional time. When performing a Mid-Roof Inspection at the same time as the Final Roof Inspection it is impossible to do as good of a Mid-Roof Inspection as it would have been with the underlayments exposed.
Final Roof Inspection: This type of roof inspection is the main and most important for a New Roof Installation. This type of roof inspection is to verify that the Roof Installation has been completed in a workmanship like manner following generally accepted roofing standards that not only meet the local City/Countys current IBC and IRC Building Codes and their Amendments but also meets the 2009 IBC and IRC Building Codes as well as both the current and legacy reports from ICC Evaluation Services, Roofing Manufacturers Association Installation Manuals and Specifications, whichever is more restrictive as detailed in our roofkey Roofing Guidelines. Passing the Final Roof Inspection will give you Peace of Mind knowing the roof was properly installed greatly reducing the chance of roof leaks or other roofing problems, callbacks and litigations, now and in the future.

This type of Roof Inspection is the same as we have been performing for years for several City/County Building Departments.

A typewritten Digital Photo Roof Inspection Report is not included but can be requested for an additional Fee. (See our web page Roof Inspection Service Fees.) This type of roof inspection report will be e-mailed to you or mailed by postal service a few days later. Photos are generally not needed with Mid-Roof and Final Roof Inspections unless there are unresolved problems or concerns. However, in some cases, where there are many corrections and/or major corrections discovered, a Digital Photo Roof Inspection Report is recommended for better communication, documentation or in case of litigation.

All roofing contractors, suppliers, manufacturers and general contractors or builders make mistakes. It does not matter how small or large, or how long they have been around, or what their reputation is - they all make mistakes and more frequently than you would think. Each roof is different. In fact we have found that sometimes each roof slope can be different. Where one roof slope may be correctly installed with the proper materials and accessories, the next slope has many mistakes or omissions.

Condition of Roof Inspection Service
or Hail/Wind Damage Roof Inspection Service

for Older Existing Roofs

Condition of Roof Inspection: Generally this type of Roof Inspection is used for Existing Older Roof Installations: 1) where there is more of a concern for determining the life expectancy and condition of the existing roof due to age, past storm damage, or ongoing roof leaks and other roofing problems; 2) where the condition of the roof and potential problem areas can be properly ascertained prior to requesting estimates for the replacement or the repair of the roof so that the bids obtained address these issues and are more likely to be apples to apples. (See our web page Writing a Request for Proposal)
Hail/Wind Damage Roof Inspection: This type of Roof Inspection is performed to determine the damaged to the roof, if any, caused by a weather event such as Hail and/or Wind. Our Hail/Wind Damage Roof Inspection Report with Digital Photos can be used in arbitration. Rarely does a dispute go that far once our Hail/Wind Damage Roof Inspection Report with Digital Photos is reviewed by your Insurance company.

This type of roof inspection is also performed when possible litigation may occur or there is a dispute between parties. This often occurs when a problem has been discovered and the concerned party receives little or no response from the roofer or builder. A Hail/Wind Damage Roof Inspection provides documentation of the damage to the roof, if any, a hail or wind storm may have caused when their is a dispute with your Insurance company.

A typewritten Digital Photo Roof Inspection Report is included with this type of roof inspection. The Hail/Wind Damage Roof Inspection with Digital Photos will be e-mailed to you or mailed by postal service a few days later. (See our web page Roof Inspection Service Fees.)

Property Owners can better budget for repairing or replacing their roofs if the condition of their existing roof is properly evaluated. Potential problems can be discovered before they become major problems which will save Property Owners money, time and headaches. Also, documenting the current condition of a roof will reduce the chance of having a questionable damage claim with your insurance company if a hail or wind storm should occur.

If roofing problems from leaks to wind blow offs have started to developed or the roof has suffered damage from a hail storm or the roof is at the end of its life a call to us will save time, money, and effort in getting the problem properly solved.

To Property Owners who use our Roof inspection Service: Understand that when performing our Roof Inspection Service we make our observations and write corrections from spot checking many different areas of the roof. We do not check everything in all areas and that it is impossible to find all the mistakes that may have been made installing the roof, but we do not miss much. We do not guarantee that the roof installation will be free from future leaks or other problems or litigation, but we will greatly reduce your chances of having to deal with them.

For Property Owners who have property located in areas
where RE/COR Inc. performs their City/County
Building Department's roof inspections.

In the areas where we perform our Roof Inspection Service for your City/County Building Department's Roof Inspections, the City/County pays for all our Roof Inspection Service Fees as long as the Roofing Contractor has obtained a Building Permit.

If a Roofing Contractor does make some mistakes and we have to perform RE-inspections the City/County pays for our service to RE-inspect the roofs.

Our Roof Inspection Service is used by different City/County Building Departments at various times. At this time, because of the general economic conditions the City/County Building Department(s) find themselves in, our Roof Inspection Services are not being utilized by any City/County Building Department.

Frequently Asked Questions

When should a thorough, professional roof inspection be performed?
Why should a thorough, professional roof inspection be performed?
Why should you use RE/COR Inc. and our Roof Inspection Service?
How and when is the roof inspection scheduled?
What you will receive?
When do you receive our written Roof Inspection Report?
What if the roof failed inspection?
When is payment due?
What is the cost for our Roof Inspection Service?

When should a thorough, professional roof inspection be performed?

When purchasing a newly built home or building from a Builder or General Contractor.
When you have a new roof installed on your own property.
When an existing property is purchased, whether it has had a new roof recently installed or not. Ideally, we should inspect the roof before it is purchased.
If your roof has never been properly inspected.

Why should a thorough,professional roof inspection be performed?

Overall, about 70% of the roofs we inspect fail our initial roof inspection based on years of performing roof inspections for several City and County Building Departments. There are many reasons why they fail our roof inspection, from minor to major corrections. And yes, at one time or another, most contractors have had to replace or perform major repairs to pass our roof inspection.
Most Builders or General Contractors no longer supervise or inspect sloped roofs due to the high risk and costs of injury.
The roofing installation is the least supervised and inspected aspect of the building process, yet it is one of the most important. After all, the roof covers and protects everything else.
City and County Building Department inspectors do not have the time to perform a thorough roof inspection and it is the most disliked type of building inspection they perform. Most City/County Building Inspectors have not had the experience and knowledge gained by owning and operating their own roofing company and years of installing many different types of roofing systems. The City/County Building Inspectors do perform a good service for the amount of time and roofing experience they have and the bureaucracy they have to deal with in a government job. Their job is to check the roof installation for compliance to the basic Building Code and that is all. They are not consumer advocates or project superintendents and should not be. There are very few people who are comfortable walking around on sloped surfaces high above the ground, especially on steeper roofs. The risk of injury is far greater than any other type of inspection a City/County Building Inspector performs due to lifting and moving ladders and falling off ladders or roofs.
A home inspector should not perform the roof inspection. Most have limited or no experience in the roofing industry and are simply not qualified and not comfortable walking around on roofs. Many do not even get up on the roof, inspecting the roof from a ladder or using binoculars from the ground.
There is no way of really knowing if your roof is in fact installed properly with the appropriate materials and accessories without having it thoroughly and competently inspected. Problems with roofing materials, accessories, and installations range from minor to major defects, errors, and/or omissions that may not show up right away, but will maybe months or years later.
To have Peace of Mind knowing the roof was installed properly reducing the chances of future leaks or other roofing problems.
Our Roof Inspection Service will give you Peace of Mind knowing someone who really knows their business looked at your roof.
Having your roof thoroughly inspected by our Roof Inspection Service greatly reduces the chance of litigation over roofing related problems, which is one, if not the most litigated, aspects of construction.
An older existing roof should be properly inspected so that you will have a better idea how much longer it will last and if and what problems might arise.
The manufacturing, supply, and installation of roofing materials and accessories varies and can be quite difficult and complicated to do properly with consistency. There are many different types of roofing materials and accessories that make up a roofing system and many different aspects of installing a roof system that many are not aware of. These issues may come to light when a roof is properly inspected.
Know what condition the roof was in prior to a storm. There would be less chance of having a questionable damage claim with your insurance company if a hail or wind storm should occur when you have used our Roof Inspection Service.

Why should you use RE/COR Inc. and our Roof Inspection Service?

There are few, if any, companies whose main business is the inspection of roof installations as ours is. We perform a Roof Inspection Service, we do not sell or install roofing products or represent any roofing materials or installation companies ~ so there is no conflict of interest.
We have a vast amount of experience in Building Code compliance. Since 1999 RE/COR Inc. has contracted our Roof Inspection Service to several Metro Denver City/County Building Departments as their sole or major residential and commercial roof inspector. Some have used our company when hailstorms have damaged the roofs in their area. As a private contractor, we inspected most of the residential and commercial re-roof inspections for the City of Aurora, Colorado from February, 1999 through and until June, 2007 when new construction in the home building industry slowed due to the mortgage industry collapse and low City/County revenues. From May, 2005 until August, 2009 RE/COR Inc. inspected all the residential and commercial new roof construction and re-roof installations for the City of Greenwood Village, Colorado, again ending due to the slow down in new construction and low City/County revenues. We have also performed our Roof Inspection Service for other Metro Denver City Building Departments, Individual Property Owners, Homeowners Associations, Property Management Companies, Home Builders, Insurance Companies, and Realtors ~ all to their satisfaction.
Our expertise is in all types of Steep-Roofing products including asphalt shingles, cedar shakes, clay and concrete tile, new alternative roofing materials and some flat roofing materials. We really know our business with over 35 years in the roofing industry and more than 24,000 roof inspections performed, we have the knowledge, the experience, the reputation, and the desire to solve your roofing problems. We do not guarantee your roof will be free from future problems or litigation but we will greatly decrease the odds.
Throughout the roofing industry our reputation is well known as being very knowledgeable, fair, helpful, but yet tough, strict, and not missing much. Our roof inspections are performed with consistency and we treat every roof the same no matter who roofed it. The citizens of Greenwood Village and the other Cities/Counties where we have performed our Roof Inspection Service for their building departments have been very appreciative of our thoroughness in making sure the roofs have been installed correctly. Many have thanked us personally and several have written letters to their respective building departments stating their satisfaction in giving them Peace of Mind knowing their roofs have been properly inspected.
We want to thank the Colorado Roofing Association for the short article they wrote in their December 2007 News Letter about us. The article is titled Do You Work In Greenwood Village or Will You Be? This article was written to advise roofing contractors who are working or are about to work in the City of Greenwood Village that Jim Ragsdale of RE/COR Inc. is the Roof Inspector there. "Many contractors have experienced great difficulty when working in Greenwood Village due to a lack of knowledge of their expectations as installers." The article then informed roofing contractors of our website. The Colorado Roofing Association's website is www.coloradoroofing.org.

How and when is the roof inspection scheduled?

Simply phone in your request to 303-347-8689 or go to our Roof Inspection Request page and fill out the necessary information. We will return your call or send an e-mail to confirm your request.
The roof inspections are performed by one or more of our inspectors generally within two days of receiving the request and the necessary roof inspection information, depending of course on weather conditions.
You do not need to be present at the time of the roof inspection unless you wish to be. While you do not have to be present at the time of us performing our Roof Inspection Service access must be provided for if the roof eave is over two stories in height or if there are dogs or other access problems.

What you will receive?

With our Mid-Roof or Final Roof Inspection Service you will receive our typewritten Roof Inspection Report that indicates the roof PASSED inspection; or if it FAILED our roof inspection, the Roof Inspection Report will contain a list of corrections. Digital photos are optional at an additional cost but generally not needed for most Mid-Roof or Final Roof Inspections.
With our Condition of Roof Inspection Service you will receive our Digital Photo Roof Inspection Report and Summary for better communication and documentation of our findings. It is highly recommended to have photo documentation of the roof inspection. Digital Photos are taken of some of the major problems with the roofing materials and accessories and/or their installation that we observe performing our Roof Inspection Service. The photos are arranged onto our Digital Photo Roof Inspection Report with a written description.

When do you receive our written Roof Inspection Report?

We will give you our typewritten Roof Inspection Report at the completion of our roof inspection.
A Digital Photo Roof Inspection Report and Summary will take a few days to complete and will be sent via e-mail or if you have no access to e-mail we will mail you a copy of the report. Digital photos come out much better via e-mail and you can easily e-mail them to others.

What if the roof failed inspection?

Inform the contractor that their roof installation has failed the Initial Roof Inspection we performed. If you wish, we will inform them of the results of our roof inspection if you provide us their contact information.
At your request, a RE-inspection of the roof may be scheduled after you have been informed that the corrections have been completed.

When is payment due?

Payment in full is due upon receipt of the typewritten Roof Inspection Report. Please make the check payable to RE/COR Inc. (We are sorry, but at this time we do not accept credit cards.) Please give your payment to our Roof Inspector when he gives you the written Roof Inspection Report or, if other arrangements have been made, mail your payment to:
RE/COR Inc.
7931 South Broadway #150
Littleton, Colorado 80122