Detroit Roof Pros provides professional roof inspections, inside and out in Detroit, MI for residential and commercial properties across southeast Michigan. Every inspection here produces one drawing before it produces an opinion: a simple plan of the roof with each plane labelled attic above, finished space above, or unheated porch. Nothing else we tell you afterwards makes much sense without it.
The reason is practical rather than theoretical. An inspector who only goes through a scuttle hatch has looked at the part of the roof least likely to hurt you, then written a report about the whole thing. On a story-and-a-half the scuttle usually opens into a small ridge cavity between the two knee walls, which is perhaps a third of the deck area. The rest of it is closed.
So we work from both sides. Outside, we walk what is safe to walk and use a pole camera on the steep dormer planes, checking fastener lines, valley cuts, step flashing at dormer cheeks, boot condition and the mortar reglet at the chimney. Inside, we read plaster with a pin meter at knee-wall bases, at ceiling perimeters, and in the closets that back onto the roof.
The report is plain. Each plane gets a photograph, a condition note, a remaining-life figure in years, and the evidence sitting behind that number: granule cover, mat flexibility at a lifted tab, fastener corrosion, and how the sheathing reads from below wherever we can actually see it. You should be able to forward the file to a sibling in another state and have it make sense to them.
For buyers, that structure is worth real money. Two Detroit houses of identical age and identical square footage can be five figures apart on roofing because one has attic above every plane and the other was finished to the ridge with a rear dormer added in 1978 without a permit. A single number for the roof hides that difference completely. Two lists, one line per plane, does not.
We do not sell a repair from an inspection visit and then quote it in the same breath. You get the report, you get the numbers, and you get a week to think about it or take it to somebody else for a second opinion. If the honest finding is that the roof is fine and the money belongs in the gutters instead, the last page says exactly that.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — rafter-bay ventilation baffles, closed-cell spray polyurethane at the deck underside, knee-wall access panels, shed-dormer cheek-wall step flashing, plaster-and-lath ceiling planes, square-edge 1x6 board sheathing — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Detroit and nearby communities including Dearborn, Dearborn Heights, Livonia, Redford.
What We Handle
Everything our roof inspections, inside and out in Detroit covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of roof inspections, inside and out work in Detroit, MI. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
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- pre purchase roof inspection
- plane by plane roof report
- moisture meter plaster
- knee wall inspection
- remaining roof life estimate
- board sheathing condition
- attic vs finished space
- dated photo roof report
- roof certification inspection
- home sale roof inspection
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Detroit services.
Materials, equipment and how we do roof inspections, inside and out
The difference between roof inspections, inside and out that lasts and roof inspections, inside and out that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with rafter-bay ventilation baffles, closed-cell spray polyurethane at the deck underside, knee-wall access panels, shed-dormer cheek-wall step flashing, spec them to the job instead of to the invoice, and write the material grades into the free estimate so you know exactly what you are buying.
Every Detroit job runs the same way: site walk and measurements, written scope and fixed price, protection of the surrounding area, then the work itself with a daily clean-up. Years of roofing work in southeast Michigan means we have already met whatever your property is going to throw at us — awkward access, older construction, an HOA with opinions.
Where we do roof inspections, inside and out outside Detroit
Detroit Roof Pros covers Detroit and the surrounding communities of southeast Michigan. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- Roof Inspections, Inside and Out in Dearborn, MI — Wayne County, population 109,976
- Roof Inspections, Inside and Out in Dearborn Heights, MI — Wayne County, population 63,292
- Roof Inspections, Inside and Out in Livonia, MI — Wayne County, population 95,535
- Roof Inspections, Inside and Out in Redford, MI — Wayne County, population 49,504
- Roof Inspections, Inside and Out in Garden City, MI — Wayne County, population 27,380
- Roof Inspections, Inside and Out in Wyandotte, MI — Wayne County, population 25,058
Start on the Detroit Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Detroit Chooses Detroit Roof Pros
- ✓We label every roof plane attic above or finished space above before we price anything, because that is what decides whether a repair or a replacement is the honest answer.
- ✓The inspection happens indoors as well as outdoors. A pin moisture meter on plaster at the knee-wall base finds what a scuttle-hole inspection structurally cannot reach.
- ✓Deck work is priced as its own line. Square-edge 1x6 board sheathing is renailed where sound and overlaid by the section where it is not, with the square footage stated.
- ✓Ventilation is quoted as a path, not a product. If the wood soffit behind your aluminum was never cut open, a ridge vent has been drawing on nothing for years.
The standards behind roof inspections, inside and out
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The roof inspections, inside and out work we do in Detroit follows published industry standards: NRCA publishes the Roofing Manual, the industry's reference for details and slope minimums, and Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association sets the shingle application and ventilation guidance the warranties reference. If a contractor cannot tell you which standard a detail comes from, that is worth asking about before you sign.
Every roof inspections, inside and out project in Detroit gets the same attention, whether it is a single room or a full commercial job. We show up on schedule, keep the site clean, and stand behind the work — the estimate is free and there is no pressure.
Ready to get started? Call (844) 511-2320 for a free roof inspections, inside and out free estimate in Detroit, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.