Inspections · August 26, 2025

What A Real Roof Inspection Report Should Contain

A one page checklist with a checkmark next to the word roof is not an inspection. Here is what you should be handed.

Wide roof inspection view showing flashing, chimney, and field conditions
Wide roof inspection view showing flashing, chimney, and field conditions

An inspection report has two jobs. It has to tell you what to do this year, and it has to survive being handed to a budget office, an insurance carrier, or a contracting officer two years from now.

The Contents

  • Roof plan with areas, dimensions, and each condition marked on it
  • System identification, membrane type, attachment method, insulation, deck, and approximate age
  • Dated photographs keyed to locations on the plan
  • Moisture survey results, infrared or capacitance, with core cut verification
  • Findings separated into safety, active leak, deferrable, and end of life
  • Cost ranges for repair and for replacement so you can plan either
  • Estimated remaining service life and a recommended reinspection date

Use It As A Budget Tool

When several buildings are inspected the same way, you can rank them and fund the worst roof first instead of funding whichever one leaked most recently. That is how a facility portfolio gets ahead of its roofs.

Iron Dome Roofing performs documented inspections across New Jersey and nationwide on contract work. Call (862) 329-4766.

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