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A Molsbee roofer walks your roof, photographs what he finds, and puts the price in writing before any work starts. There is no cost for the inspection.
We are family-run in Palm Beach County and have been since 1975, Florida Certified Roofing Contractor CCC1327429. The reason we push this before the season rather than after it is simple.
Once the wind has been through, everybody wants a roofer at once and the things that were going to fail have already failed. A roof looked at in the spring gives you a choice: fix the one thing that is wrong now, or plan the replacement on your own timetable.
A roof looked at in September gives you whatever the weather left you.
What a Molsbee roofer actually looks at
The perimeter first, because wind gets under a roof at a rake, an eave or a ridge before it gets under anything in the middle of a slope. Then every valley, every collar around a vent, every flashing at a wall or a chimney, and the ridge.
On a tile roof we lift tile at a few chosen points to read the underlayment and the fastening underneath, and put the tile back as it was. On shingle we read the granule loss elevation by elevation, because the slope that faces the weather is usually years ahead of the one behind it.
On metal we look at the trim, the clips and the fasteners rather than the panel, since that is what fails first. On a flat or low-slope section we test whether the water actually leaves, and open the build-up where it looks suspect.
You get the photographs, not a verdict
Everything above gets photographed while the roofer is up there, and the pictures come to you. That matters more than it sounds.
Most roofing arguments are really arguments about something nobody could see, and a photograph of a corroded valley or a run of lifted first course settles it in a way that a description never does. The report names what we found, where it is, whether it needs doing now or can be watched, and what it would cost.
If the honest answer is that the roof will do for a few more years, that is what the report says.
The price comes in writing, before anything starts
Nothing gets done on a handshake and a number over the phone. Where there is work to do, the scope arrives written out in lines: tear-off, the deck repair allowance and the rate beyond it, underlayment, the covering, flashing and metal with their grades named, permit and inspections, and the clean-up.
You can hold that against anyone else's quote line by line, which is the only useful way to compare two roofing prices. If the deck turns out worse than the allowance once the roof is open, you see the photographs and approve the extra before it is done.
Why we would rather look before the season
Two things go wrong on a Palm Beach County roof and both are cheaper to put right in spring. Wind finds the edge that was already thin and takes the section next to it, so a run of tired drip edge that costs little to replace in April becomes a torn-open slope in September.
And water gets in through a detail that has been failing quietly for a year, wets the deck, and turns a repair into a deck replacement. Neither is dramatic on the day it starts, and after a storm everybody in the county is ringing the same roofers at once.
What happens after the inspection
Nothing you have not asked for. You have the photographs and the written scope, and what you do with them is your business.
Plenty of the roofs we look at do not need work yet, and we say so and tell you roughly when to have it read again. Where the work is real we explain what happens if it waits, because that is a fair thing to know, and then leave it with you.
Fifty years of referrals in this county came from people who were not pushed.
How to book it
- Send the form on our contact page and we will call you back to arrange a time. Or ring 561-318-8624, where somebody answers at any hour.
- Tell us the address, roughly how old the roof is if you know, and whether anything is showing inside. We will confirm a window, turn up in it, and you will have the photographs and the written scope after the visit rather than a sales call.
Roofing questions
Frequently asked questions.
Is the roof inspection really free?
Yes, and free whether it turns into work or not. There is no charge for the visit, no charge for the photographs and no charge for the written scope. We do it this way because half of what we are asked to look at does not need doing yet, and telling people that is how the phone keeps ringing.
How long does an inspection take?
Most houses take under an hour on the roof, longer where there are several structures or a large low-slope section to test. The report comes to you after the visit rather than being written on a clipboard in your driveway, because the photographs need going through properly.
Do I have to be home?
It helps for the walk-through afterwards, but it is not required. We can arrange access with whoever the owner nominates, inspect while the house is empty and send the photographs and the report through. On a property that is only used part of the year that is usually the sensible way to do it.
What if the roof turns out to be fine?
Then the report says so, tells you what to keep an eye on, and suggests when to have it read again. That is a normal outcome and it is not a wasted visit for either of us. You know where you stand before the season, and we are the people you ring when something does change.
