Free roof inspection in The Woodlands and Spring, TX

A roofer says your roof is done. Maybe it is. Before you sign, get a second look from someone who has nothing to gain from selling you a new one.

That’s us. C&D Roof Restoration doesn’t sell or install roofs. We clean and treat the shingles you already have. Most free roof inspections around here come from companies that sell new roofs. Ours starts from a different question. Can you keep this one?

The free roof assessment is what most roofers call a free roof inspection. Chris does it himself: he climbs up, photographs every slope and texts you the photos. He’s a Marine Corps veteran and a former police officer, and he runs C&D with his son.

How the free inspection goes, start to finish

1. You book. Use the form on this page, or call or text (281) 466-7436. We work Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm. Want a ballpark first? The instant roof estimate gives you a rough number online before anyone comes out.
2. Chris calls to confirm. He sets a day and asks what’s going on. A quote, a stain, a storm? If you know the year the roof went on, tell him.
3. He gets up on the roof. Chris walks it, or checks it from a ladder at the edge. Nobody needs to come inside your house.
4. He photographs every slope. Then he takes close-ups of anything that needs a second look.
5. He runs the checklist below. Shingles first, then the spots where water gets in, then the gutters.
6. He sends you the report. Photos, plus a written answer in plain words. You keep it, whatever the answer is.

What Chris checks on your roof

It’s the same list we use to decide if a roof is a candidate for treatment. There are a few extras too, for things a treatment can’t help with.

On the shingles

• Granules. That’s the gritty top layer on each shingle. Bald patches mean it’s wearing thin.
• Flexibility. A healthy shingle bends. A dried-out one cracks. This is the big one for a treatment.
• Curling and cracks. Edges that lift a little can still be treated. Shingles curled into cups or split across usually can’t.
• Exposed mat. That’s the base layer of the shingle showing through. A roof with exposed mat is past treating.
• Hail bruises. Dark, soft dents where hail knocked the granules off. Bruising across the slopes rules a roof out.
• Black streaks. That’s algae. It comes off with a soft wash before any treatment.

Where water gets in

• Pipe boots. The collars around the pipes that poke through your roof. A cracked one can let water in.
• Flashing. The metal along walls, chimneys and valleys. If it’s loose or rusted, that’s a job for a roofer, and Chris will say so.
• Nail pops and missing shingles. Small fixes, but they’re repairs. A treatment won’t do them.
• Soft spots. A roof deck that gives underfoot can mean water damage under the shingles. That points to replacement.

In the gutters

Gutters tell you what the roof is shedding. Chris looks for packed pine needles, standing water and shingle granules piling up like dark sand.

What’s in your written photo report

Every inspection ends with a report, even when the news is good. Here’s what you get:

• A photo of every slope, so you can see no part of the roof was skipped.
• Close-ups of each thing Chris found, with a line on what it is and why it matters.
• What the bend check showed. Shingles that flex, or shingles that crack.
• Photos of the gutters, granules and all.
• The roof’s age, if you know it, against Bright Green Roof’s guide. Start at five years, treat at ten and older, and past twenty only if the roof is still sound.
• One answer, in writing. Fine, a candidate or done.
• If it’s a candidate, your price per square foot, with the cleaning included.
• If something needs a roofer, what it is, where it is and who to call.

Three possible answers, and keeping your roof comes first

We start at the top of this list. We only move down when the photos make us.

Your roof is fine

Then that’s the answer, and there’s nothing to buy. If you’d like someone to keep watching it, the C&D Annual Roof Checkup brings Chris back once a year with a camera. He clears out the needles and the gutters, and checks the roof again after hail or wind.

Your roof is a candidate

The shingles are drying out but still sound. That’s the window for roof rejuvenation, a plant-based treatment that soaks into the shingle. You get a price per square foot of roof, $1.00 to $1.50 per square foot, with the cleaning included. Here’s what roof rejuvenation costs on a typical one-story and two-story house. Bright Green Roof rates the treatment for up to ten years per application, and backs flexibility with a 5-year transferable warranty.

Your roof is done

Some roofs are past saving. Active leaks, exposed mat, hail bruising across the slopes, a soft deck. When that’s what Chris finds, he tells you to get replacement quotes and points you to a roofer. We don’t sell replacements, so there’s nothing in that answer for us.

That’s the Straight Answer Promise. If your roof isn’t a candidate, Chris tells you so, free, with the photos. If it’s fine, he says it’s fine.

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Who’s on your roof, and what to ask them

Texas has no state program for roofers. TDLR, the state agency that oversees trades, lists 41 programs. Roofing isn’t one of them. The Roofing Contractors Association of Texas says the same, and runs a voluntary program of its own. So anyone with a ladder can call themselves a roofer.

That puts the questions on you. Ask them of anyone who wants on your roof, us included.

• Who will be up there? With us, it’s Chris or his son. The two of them run C&D.
• Can I see your insurance paperwork? Ask Chris for current insurance paperwork before any work starts. For a yardstick, RCAT’s voluntary program asks residential roofers for $300,000 in combined single limit general liability.
• Will you tell me if I don’t need anything? If the answer sounds like a sales pitch, you have your answer.

Pressure to sign on the spot is a red flag. You won’t get it from us. We come from Spring 77386 and cover South Montgomery County first. See the towns we serve.

Book the free assessment with the form at the top of this page, or call or text Chris at (281) 466-7436.

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