Roof Inspection in Vaughan

Because Vaughan's construction era is precisely the one where hidden installation defects are most common. Shorted valleys, unwoven step flashing, and unsealed boots don't show from the ground and don't leak immediately, they leak in year eight or twelve. An inspection finds them while they're a small repair, or while a builder warranty still applies, instead of after the ceiling stains.

Residential inspections start at $350. You get physical roof access, not a drone-and-binoculars once-over, with every valley, transition, and penetration checked, plus an attic ventilation assessment. The written report follows within 24 hours with photos, an honest remaining-life estimate, and repairs ranked by urgency, priced so you can plan rather than panic.

That's one of the smartest times to book one. If we document installation defects, improper flashing, short valley coverage, unsealed penetrations, while your Tarion or builder warranty window is open, you have a written, photographed record to pursue correction at the builder's cost. After expiry, the identical defect becomes your expense. Many Vaughan owners inspect specifically at years one, two, and seven for this reason.

They're most of what we inspect in Vaughan. Multi-plane roofs with dormers and intersecting gables have far more failure points than a simple gable, and the riskiest, dead valleys tucked behind dormers, can't be evaluated without walking the roof. Our report maps each detail individually, so you know exactly which corner of a complicated roof needs attention.

Yes. Flat-roof industrial and retail buildings along the Highway 7 and 400 corridor benefit from scheduled condition reporting, membrane assessment, drain and penetration checks, and core sampling where saturation is suspected. Reports use a consistent format year over year, which gives property managers real trend data for budgeting instead of a scramble when the roof finally fails.

A typical residential inspection takes 60 to 90 minutes on site, longer on the larger, more complex rooflines common in Patterson and Vellore Village where we're checking a dozen or more valleys and transitions instead of two or three. The written report with photos and findings follows within 24 hours.

Not the kind of inspection that actually protects you. A free 'inspection' from a door-knocking contractor is usually a sales visit built around finding a reason to sell you a full roof, not an independent assessment. Ours start at $350 precisely because there's no incentive attached to the findings, you get the same report whether the recommendation is a $400 repair or a full replacement.

Not on Vaughan's housing stock. A drone can show you the shingle field, but it can't tell you whether step flashing was actually woven into the brick veneer or whether a dead valley behind a dormer has full-width membrane underneath it, the exact details that decide whether these roofs leak. We use drone photos as a supplement on steep or hazardous sections, never as a substitute for physically walking the roof.

We recommend inspections at years one, two, and seven on a new-build Vaughan home, timed to catch installation defects while a Tarion or builder warranty can still cover them, then every two to three years after that. Homes on wooded lots in Kleinburg or Kortright benefit from more frequent checks, since debris accumulation accelerates wear independent of the roof's actual age.

A general home inspector looks at the roof from a ladder at the eave for maybe ten minutes, as one line item in a whole-house report. We walk the entire roof surface, open the attic hatch, and evaluate every valley, transition, and penetration specifically, then deliver a dedicated report with remaining-life estimates and prioritized repairs. On a Vaughan purchase, that difference is often what catches a defect before you own it.