Free Roof Inspection in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

What does a free roof inspection in Cuyahoga Falls check?

The same list on every house, whether it is a 900 square foot Cape Cod off Portage Trail or a two-story near Steels Corners.

• The shingle surface. Curling, cracking, blistering, lost granules and tabs that no longer lie flat.
• The ridge and hips. Cap shingles split along the bend before anything else wears out.
• Valleys. The channels where two slopes meet and the most water runs.
• Flashing. At the chimney, along dormer walls, around skylights and wherever a lower roof meets a taller wall.
• Pipe boots and vents. Rubber collars, furnace flue caps, bath fan hoods and box vents.
• The roof edge. Whether there is drip edge at all, how the first course sits, and what the fascia looks like behind the gutter.
• How many layers are on the roof. Read at the rake edge. It matters on older Falls houses, where a second layer is common.
• The attic. Stains on the underside of the deck, daylight where there should be none, damp insulation, and whether air can get in at the eaves and out at the peak.

What do the three grades mean: Good, Watch and Replace Soon?

Every report ends in one of three grades so you do not have to decode roofing terms.

Replace Soon does not mean this week. It means the next roof belongs on your calendar, and a written quote that lasts a year lets you plan it without a deadline.

What does the photo report look like?

A set of labeled close-ups sent to your phone or email on the day of the visit. Each one says what you are looking at and which side of the house it is on. Wide shots show the general state of each slope. If something needs fixing, the photo of it is in there. If nothing does, the report says that in plain words.

The report is useful even if you never hire anyone through this site. It is a dated record of the roof's condition.

When should a Falls homeowner book one?

• The roof is fifteen years old or more and nobody has been up there since it went on.
• The house next door just got a new roof. Many streets off State Road were built within a few years of each other, so their roofs tend to age in step.
• Shingle grit is washing out and piling up where the downspouts empty.
• Ice hung off the eaves last winter, or a stain appeared upstairs during a thaw.
• You are buying or selling. A dated photo record answers the roof question for both sides.
• You are in a house from the 1980s or 1990s on the north end that still has the shingles the builder put on.

What is the inspection not?

It is not a sales visit with a price that expires at the door. There is no contract to sign that day and no fee if you do nothing. It also is not a look at flat, metal, slate or tile roofing, since only asphalt shingle roofs are covered here.

What happens after the report?

That depends on the grade. A Good roof needs nothing. A Watch roof may need a small fix, priced in writing through roof repair in Cuyahoga Falls. A Replace Soon roof gets one flat quote for a full roof replacement, and the step-by-step process page shows what follows from there.