Scranton Roof Pros provides professional roof inspections in Scranton, PA for residential and commercial properties across the Lackawanna Valley. An inspection here begins at a desk rather than on a ladder. Before anyone opens a van door we run the property through the department's mine subsidence viewer, because what it returns changes how the rest of the visit is spent and what the report is worth afterwards.
The viewer gives one of two answers and they are not the same answer. Gray means the site is over or beside a known mined area. Pink means mineable coal is understood to be there but the department holds no record of whether anybody took it out. Gray earns a firm recommendation to insure. Pink earns a softer one and an explanation of why the record is silent.
Behind the viewer sits the mine map atlas, a scanned and geo-referenced collection of the original anthracite plans, and we note the sheet covering your parcel in the report. The department states plainly that it cannot vouch for the accuracy or completeness of any of it. We repeat that sentence to every client rather than dressing a map up as a survey. Neither result is a survey and we never present one as one.
The roof half is conventional and we do it thoroughly. Granule cover, exposed mat, bond on the sealant strips, backed-out fasteners, pipe collars, metal at every wall and penetration, valleys, ridge, intake, gutter fall, then the attic for daylight, staining and compressed insulation. Anything we cannot safely stand on is shot with a pole camera. Pictures are numbered to a sketch of the roof rather than dumped loose.
On double blocks and three-family houses we survey the whole plane and report on the whole plane, marked at the deed line. A buyer looking at one half deserves to know the condition of the other half, because the covering, the flashing and the water that runs across the seam do not stop where the ownership does, whatever the paperwork says.
Inspections are a paid service and we will still turn work away. A twelve-year roof that is not leaking, shows nothing inside and has given you no reason to worry does not need a paid report from anyone, and we would rather say so than quietly take the fee. Buying in the older neighborhoods, or watching a crack that appeared over one winter, is when this document earns its money.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — a DEP mine viewer result recorded with the map sheet number, square-edge board sheathing gauged for nail withdrawal before tear-off, SBS-modified laminated shingles chosen for cold-weather flexibility, self-adhered membrane lapped up the party wall of a double block, W-profile valley metal formed with a raised center rib, eave intake cut into a boxed cornice that never had a soffit — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Scranton and nearby communities including Dunmore, Carbondale, Old Forge, Pittston.
What We Handle
Everything our roof inspections in Scranton covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of roof inspections work in Scranton, PA. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- roof inspection
- roof condition report
- pre-purchase roof inspection
- attic inspection
- mine map lookup
- roof photo documentation
- annual roof inspection
- roof age assessment
- storm damage inspection report
- double block roof survey
- roof certification
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Scranton services.
Materials, equipment and how we do roof inspections
The difference between roof inspections that lasts and roof inspections that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with a DEP mine viewer result recorded with the map sheet number, square-edge board sheathing gauged for nail withdrawal before tear-off, SBS-modified laminated shingles chosen for cold-weather flexibility, self-adhered membrane lapped up the party wall of a double block, spec them to the job instead of to the invoice, and write the material grades into the free estimate so you know exactly what you are buying.
Every Scranton job runs the same way: site walk and measurements, written scope and fixed price, protection of the surrounding area, then the work itself with a daily clean-up. Years of roofing work in the Lackawanna Valley means we have already met whatever your property is going to throw at us — awkward access, older construction, an HOA with opinions.
Where we do roof inspections outside Scranton
Scranton Roof Pros covers Scranton and the surrounding communities of the Lackawanna Valley. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- Roof Inspections in Dunmore, PA — Lackawanna County, population 14,042
- Roof Inspections in Carbondale, PA — Lackawanna County, population 8,828
- Roof Inspections in Old Forge, PA — Lackawanna County, population 8,497
- Roof Inspections in Pittston, PA — Luzerne County, population 7,591
- Roof Inspections in Archbald, PA — Lackawanna County, population 7,297
- Roof Inspections in Blakely, PA — Lackawanna County, population 6,657
Start on the Scranton Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Scranton Chooses Scranton Roof Pros
- ✓We look your address up on the department's mine viewer before we quote, because in this valley the answer changes whether a roof is the right thing to buy this month at all.
- ✓Pennsylvania sells subsidence cover separately instead of writing it into your policy the way the statute does in Illinois, so here the first question is whether any coverage exists, not which of two perils to file under.
- ✓On a house with a mapped void and no policy we will hand you the department's phone number and leave without a signed contract, because forty-one dollars a year outranks anything on our price list.
- ✓We refuse to coat over a split detail. Beyond hiding evidence, unrepaired damage can block the Commonwealth from issuing a policy at all until the repairs are made as its board directs.
The standards behind roof inspections
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The roof inspections work we do in Scranton follows published industry standards: NRCA publishes the Roofing Manual, the industry's reference for details and slope minimums, and Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association sets the shingle application and ventilation guidance the warranties reference. If a contractor cannot tell you which standard a detail comes from, that is worth asking about before you sign.
Every roof inspections project in Scranton gets the same attention, whether it is a single room or a full commercial job. We show up on schedule, keep the site clean, and stand behind the work — the estimate is free and there is no pressure.
Ready to get started? Call (844) 511-2320 for a free roof inspections free estimate in Scranton, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.