A roof inspection tells you where a roof actually stands, in writing, before you buy a home, list one, file a claim, or head into another rainy season. Orian Construction & Roofing inspects tile, shingle, and flat roofs across Los Angeles County and hands you a plain report you can act on.
A roof inspection is a top to bottom check of the roofing system, followed by a written report. We look at the covering, the flashing, the valleys, the drainage, and the attic side, then we tell you what we found and what, if anything, it means for the house. The value is in the honesty. You get facts about your roof instead of a hunch.
People often call after they already have a leak, and that is a fine time to inspect, but the better use is before there is a problem to react to. A roof gives off signals long before water reaches a ceiling. Granules collecting in a gutter, a lifted piece of flashing, a hairline crack in a run of tile: these are the early tells, and an inspection catches them while the fix is still small. If you already have a stain and want the source found, that is a job for our leak detection service, which we can pair with an inspection.
What an inspection is not is a sales pitch. We inspect plenty of roofs and tell the owner the roof is fine and to call us in a year. If work is needed, we lay out the options and let you decide, whether that points toward a targeted roof repair or a full roof replacement.
There are a few moments where an inspection earns its keep. If you are in any of these, it is worth booking.
A general home inspector glances at the roof. A roofer walks it. Before you close on a house, a real roof inspection tells you if you are inheriting a repair, a replacement, or nothing to worry about. See our checklist for home buyers.
A clean roof report removes a common sticking point during escrow. If there is an issue, you would rather know before a buyer's inspector finds it and reopens the price.
After a windstorm or heavy rain, a documented inspection supports a claim with photos and notes. It helps your case whether the damage is obvious or not.
In this climate, once a year plus a look after a big storm keeps small problems from turning into leaks. It pairs naturally with roof maintenance.
An inspection is only as good as the checklist behind it. Here is what we go over on a typical visit, and why each part matters.
Tiles for cracks and slippage, shingles for granule loss and curling, flat membranes for blisters and open seams. This is the layer taking the sun and wind.
The metal around chimneys, walls, skylights, and valleys. These take the most movement, and they are behind a large share of leaks, so we look closely.
Gutters, valleys, scuppers, and drains. Water needs a clear path off the roof, and a blocked one is how flat roofs end up holding water.
Where we can access it, we check the underside for daylight, moisture staining on the framing, and signs of past leaks that never reached a room.
If the inspection turns up cracked or slipped tiles on a Spanish style home, our tile roof repair handles it, and drainage problems on a low-slope roof go to our flat roof work.
Family owned and based on Ventura Blvd in Sherman Oaks. We inspect roofs across the county and give you the straight story, in writing, every time.
The reason we push inspections is not the inspection fee. It is what an unfound problem turns into. A single cracked tile lets water reach the underlayment. The underlayment stays wet, breaks down, and the leak spreads along the deck. By the time a stain appears on a ceiling, the repair has grown from resetting one tile to replacing a section of underlayment and possibly some decking.
The same story plays out with flashing and with clogged drainage. Each one starts as a five minute fix and, left alone, becomes a project. An inspection is how you stay on the cheap end of that curve. It also gives you a paper trail, which matters when you sell the home or when a storm sends you to your insurer. If you are weighing repair against a new roof after an inspection, our guide on whether to repair or replace lays out how to think about it.
Call or send the form and we schedule a visit that works for your address and calendar.
We walk the roof, check the attic side where we can, and photograph what we find along the way.
You get a plain report with the condition, any issues, and photos, so nothing is left to memory.
If work is needed, we price it out. If it is not, we tell you that and set a date to look again.
We inspect roofs for homeowners, buyers, sellers, and property managers throughout the county, working from our shop on Ventura Blvd in Sherman Oaks. A few of the areas we serve:
Buying, selling, filing a claim, or just due for a checkup? Tell us the situation and we will set up a visit and give you a written report.