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The inspection records membrane, seams, flashings, drains, penetrations, edge metal, moisture indicators, photographs, and practical next steps in a condition report. Most of the roofs we inspect around Scranton and Wilkes-Barre are large enough that a problem can sit hidden for months before it shows up as a stain on a warehouse floor or a drip over a production line. An inspection is how we find that problem on our schedule, in daylight, with the roof dry, instead of finding it during the next storm with a facility manager on the phone.
Every roof in this region takes a beating between December and March that most of the country never sees. Wet, heavy snow sits on a flat roof for weeks at a time, drifts against parapets and rooftop units, and freezes and thaws repeatedly at the edges. The inspection we do right after that season ends is the single most important one on the calendar, because it is the first chance to see what the winter actually did before a spring rain finds it for you.
We walk every drain, scupper, and low point specifically checking for granule loss, membrane stress at drift zones, and any parapet flashing that shows signs of ice having worked underneath it. On buildings with a known history of drainage struggles, we pay close attention to whether this winter's drift pattern matched or shifted from prior years, since that tells us whether an earlier repair actually held.
A second inspection ahead of summer thunderstorm season checks the roof from a different angle: seam integrity, flashing at penetrations, and anything that a hard wind-driven rain off the Poconos would exploit. Between those two anchor inspections, buildings under a maintenance program get lighter interim checks, mostly focused on drains staying clear and rooftop equipment not having shifted or been serviced in a way that damaged the membrane around it.
Newer distribution buildings along the I-81 corridor tend to need this cycle less for structural reasons and more for drainage housekeeping, since a single roof that size can silt up a drain with debris fast enough to matter after just one season.
An inspection is only useful if what we find gets written down clearly enough to act on later, whether that action is a same-day repair, a budget line for next year, or a claim file. Every inspection produces a report covering the same core items:
Photos are tied to a roof plan location rather than a general description, so a facility manager can hand the report to their own team or to an insurer and point to exactly where an issue sits.
Some inspections are routine. Others are the first step toward a capital decision, and we treat those differently. If an owner is evaluating whether a roof needs a maintenance program, a targeted repair, or a full reroof, the inspection report is written to answer that question directly rather than just listing findings, with a clear recommendation and the reasoning behind it.
We also inspect roofs after specific trigger events rather than sticking strictly to a calendar, including after a wind event strong enough to lift debris, after any hail reported in the area, and before a change in ownership or insurance renewal where the carrier wants current documentation.
Roof access on an active distribution or manufacturing building has to work around your schedule, not ours. We coordinate inspection timing with facility teams so a walk-through does not interfere with dock door traffic or production, and on buildings with rooftop-visible security or safety protocols, we follow whatever sign-in and PPE requirements the site requires.
Drone-assisted photography supplements the physical walk on the largest roofs, mainly to get a full overhead view of drainage patterns and drift zones that is hard to capture from ground-level photos alone, though nothing replaces an actual foot-on-the-membrane walk for finding the small stuff.
Twice a year at minimum here: once right after winter to catch snow and ice damage, and once before summer storm season. Buildings on a maintenance program get lighter interim checks between those two.
Yes, in nearly every case. We schedule around your dock or production activity and stay out of the way of active areas.
We flag it immediately and call the facility manager before finishing the rest of the walk, rather than waiting for the full report to go out.
Yes. Most of our inspection work is on roofs we did not build, and the report is written the same way regardless of who installed the system.
The documentation is factual and photo-backed, which is what an insurer needs to evaluate a claim, though the claim decision itself is always the carrier's call, not ours.
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