The field
Overall shingle condition, granular loss and hail impact marks, read on every slope rather than one convenient one.
Roof inspection
Roof inspections in Oklahoma City, by drone and on foot
Two laps with the drone and a third on foot, findings talked through on site, and a written report by email. Free, with no obligation.
The method
A drone for the surface, hands on for the leak
A drone reads a roof surface quickly and safely, and documents what a storm did on every side of the house. Finding a leak takes more than that.
When the imagery cannot confirm damage or locate the source, the inspector gets on the roof and into the attic. That is a search rather than a survey, and it takes longer, but it is the only way to answer the question properly.
How we inspect
Three laps around your roof, every time
Two laps with the drone, the shingle field and then the details, and a third on foot with a handheld camera. It is the same procedure on a starter home and on a Nichols Hills slate roof, and the drone laps take about ten to fifteen minutes.
The detail
Why hail damage is worth having looked at even when the roof looks fine
Hail rarely leaves a hole, which is why damage is so easy to miss from the ground.
Why we look at more than the roof
Soft metals mark more readily than shingles. So do window screens, and so does fencing. When our inspector documents those alongside the roof, it establishes a coherent picture of what the storm did, not a single ambiguous observation on one slope.
It also explains why gutters and screens come up so often in our work. A hail event that damaged your roof very probably marked the soft metals and the screens too, and those are separate conversations with your carrier.
Hail is often directional
This is why we check every side of the house, not one slope. Storms come from a direction. If impacts appear on the south and west sides and nowhere else, that is consistent with a real event, and it is documented that way. If the wear pattern is uniform across all four sides and there are no impact marks, that is age rather than hail, and we will say so.
It also matters for the claim itself. When only one slope is damaged, a carrier may approve repairs rather than a replacement, which can land under your deductible and leave one slope looking different from the rest. That is why we say get the roof assessed before you call it in, even after a bad storm.
What we will not do
We will not invent damage to generate a claim. The report shows what the roof shows.
We will also not promise you an insurance outcome. We document what we find, we meet your adjuster at the property, and we make the case for the scope the roof needs. The decision belongs to your carrier.
What you get at the end
The inspector talks through the findings with you on site, so you can ask questions while the evidence is fresh. The written report follows by email. If there is damage and it looks storm related, the next conversation is about your carrier. If there is damage and it is not storm related, the conversation is about repair or replacement. And if the roof is fine, we tell you it is fine.
The checklist
Six things we look at, on every roof
The list our inspectors work through on every roof. Select a marker to see what we check.
Chimney and flashing
Where the roof meets something else. These transitions are the origin of a leak far more often than the open field is.
Penetrations
Pipe boots, vents and anything else passing through the plane. Rubber collars crack long before the shingles around them do.
Valleys and eaves
Where water concentrates and leaves the roof. Debris, backup and detailing all get checked here.
Gutters and soft metals
Soft metals (vents, caps, flashing and gutters, which dent before shingles show damage) carry hail marks you can see from the ground, so they establish what a storm did.
Screens and fencing
Marked readily by hail, and frequently damaged in their own right. Documented while the adjuster is still involved.
Beyond the drone
What the inspection covers beyond the drone
The drone reads the surface. These are the parts that need a closer look.
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What customers say
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Inspection FAQs
Roof inspection questions
Including what a drone cannot do.
Is the roof inspection really free?
Yes. Champion Roofing provides no cost, no obligation roof assessments across the Oklahoma City metro. You are not committing to any work by booking one.
If the inspection finds that your roof is in good condition, we tell you that and you owe us nothing. We would rather be the company you call again in three years.
What does the inspection look at?
Three laps around the roof: two with the drone, then a third on foot with a handheld camera. The first drone lap reads the shingle field: granular loss, hail impacts and general wear. The second covers the details that leak, meaning chimneys, pipe jacks, flashing, valleys and soft metals, on every side of the roof. The third lap is walked, and covers the eaves, gutters, window screens and fencing.
We look at every side of the house, because hail is frequently directional. If only one side shows impacts, that tells us something different than damage on all four.
When is a drone not enough?
When the imagery cannot confirm damage, or cannot locate a leak. Aerial photography is very good at showing surface condition and very poor at explaining where water is entering.
In those cases the inspector gets on the roof and into the attic to trace it.
How long does an inspection take?
The drone portion is usually ten to fifteen minutes on site. The inspector talks through the findings with you while they are there, and the written report follows by email.
If a physical roof and attic investigation is needed, it takes longer, because that is a search rather than a survey.
Should I get a roof inspection after every hail storm?
It is worth doing, because hail damage is frequently invisible from the ground. A bruised shingle keeps working for a while and then starts to fail at each hit.
Every neighborhood in Oklahoma gets hit at some point. Having it looked at costs nothing and gives you a documented record of the roof condition, which matters if you need to make a claim later.
Do you do inspections for home sales?
Yes. A meaningful part of our business comes from referrals by realtors, and roof condition is one of the things that surfaces during a sale.
Getting the roof assessed before a property goes on the market means you find out on your own timetable rather than during negotiation.
Nothing here matches that.
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Still have a question?
Call the office, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, and we will answer it.
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Three inspection laps, findings on site, and a written report by email. If your roof is fine, we will tell you it is fine.