We fly a drone over your roof and show you what it sees. Slipped slates, cracked ridge tiles and tired flashing, found without scaffolding or ladders.
A cracked slate halfway up the back pitch won’t show from the pavement, and neither will lead that has started to lift behind the chimney. Most people find out when a ceiling stains.
Our drone surveys capture the whole roof in high-resolution photos and video, and we go through the footage with you on the day. Nothing goes up for the survey. If something needs fixing you’ll see exactly where it is before we price anything, and if the roof is sound we’ll say so.
The Proof is on the Roof
A camera overhead reaches the places a ladder inspection struggles with. We can look straight down into valleys, follow the ridge along its full length and see behind chimney stacks, including the rear pitches that face away from the street.
On Preston’s Victorian terraces that often turns up slipped Welsh slates and failed mortar on shared chimneys. The 1930s semis of Fulwood and Penwortham tend to show porous concrete tiles and ridge bedding that has cracked away. Dormers, bay roofs and flat roofs over extensions get the same close look.
You keep the images afterwards, which helps if you want to compare quotes or need evidence for an insurance claim.
Buying a house is the obvious one. A standard homebuyer survey rarely gets anyone onto the roof, so a proper look before you exchange can save an expensive surprise in your first winter.
Then there’s autumn. A blocked valley or a slipped tile is a small job in October and a far bigger one after two months of gales. Our winter roof guide covers what you can check yourself first.
Plenty of inspections start with a worry instead, usually something small that you can’t quite explain and don’t want to ignore. A damp patch that keeps coming back. Or a slate on the drive after a windy night. If you’re not sure how serious it is, an inspection answers the question quickly, and when the damage is urgent our emergency roof repair service takes over.
Most of what we find is small. A few slates, a length of flashing, a valley that needs clearing. Those go through our roof repair service, and the quote comes with the images that show why the work is needed. You’re welcome to take both to another roofer for a second opinion.
Sometimes the footage shows a roof near the end of its life. When that happens we’ll talk it through honestly and price re-roofing alongside the repairs, so you can compare the two. Our new roof cost guide gives a sense of the numbers.
We carry out roof inspections across Preston, Chorley, Leyland and the surrounding towns.
What to check after a storm, how insurers decide what counts as storm damage, and when to get a roofer out. Local advice for Preston, Chorley and Leyland.
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No. The drone does the looking, so nothing goes up and nobody walks on your tiles. Scaffolding only comes into it if the survey finds work that needs it, and plenty of repairs can be done from a tower or access equipment instead.
The flight itself takes minutes on a typical house. Most of the visit is spent going through the footage with you, so allow a little extra time if you want to look at it properly.
The drone check is part of our free quote visit when you’re looking at repair work. If you need a standalone report, for a house purchase for example, call us and we’ll give you a price up front.
Yes. Clear images taken soon after a storm are exactly what insurers ask for. We can pair them with a short written summary of the damage for you to send in with the claim. Our storm damage guide explains what insurers look for.
Then we tell you. Plenty of inspections end with a clean report and a reminder to clear the gutters before winter.
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