An independent inspection during installation is the one intervention that prevents the defect from being buried under the next layer of work. We inspect Fort Worth commercial roofing installations we had no part in designing or installing.

Roofing defects that are caught during installation cost a few hundred dollars to fix. Defects caught after closeout may require cutting open a completed roof. Defects caught after the first significant rain event — when water has tracked from the penetration flashing leak to the interior entry point — require tracing water paths through an occupied building. The earlier the inspection, the cheaper the outcome.

We conduct third-party quality inspections on Fort Worth commercial roofing installations where we have no financial stake in the project. We are not the installing contractor. We are not affiliated with the general contractor managing the installing contractor. We inspect against the contract scope and the manufacturer's published installation standard and we report what we find — to the building owner, to the general contractor, or to whichever party engaged us.

Our inspections also support the manufacturer warranty inspection that every major manufacturer requires before issuing an NDL warranty. We prepare the building owner for that inspection by conducting a pre-warranty-inspection walk that identifies any installation items the manufacturer's representative will flag — so the installing contractor can address them before the formal inspection rather than after a rejected warranty application.

What We Inspect and When

Substrate inspection: Before the membrane goes down is the highest-value inspection point on any roofing project. We verify that the insulation and cover board are installed per the specified R-value and sequence, that the fastener pattern meets the IBC 2021 wind-uplift requirements for the building's Tarrant County wind zone, that the cover board is properly indexed and there are no voids or gaps at seams, and that the substrate surface is clean and dry before membrane application begins.

Seam and welding inspection: On TPO and PVC installations, we test seams during production. We use the same 5-lb test wheel that manufacturer warranty programs require — not visual inspection only. Seams that fail the probe test get marked, photographed, and included in a written report with the location on the zone diagram. We do not repair the seam; we document it and report it to the installing contractor through the appropriate owner or GC channel.

Flashing inspection: Penetration flashings, parapet flashings, curb flashings, drain rings, and wall terminations — inspected against the manufacturer's published detail library. Fort Worth installations that deviate from manufacturer details at flashing locations are the single most common source of warranty denial at manufacturer inspection. We flag deviations before they become warranty problems.

Hail-resistance documentation: For Fort Worth installations where the owner is seeking an insurance discount for hail-resistant roof systems, we document the impact-resistance classification of the installed membrane, cover board type, and attachment system — the complete documentation package that the insurance underwriter and manufacturer warranty program both require.

Manufacturer Warranty Inspection Support

Manufacturer warranty inspections are conducted by the manufacturer's own representative or by a manufacturer-credentialed inspector. We do not conduct manufacturer warranty inspections; that's the manufacturer's role. What we do is prepare the installation for that inspection — a pre-inspection walk that mirrors the manufacturer's inspection criteria so the owner knows what the manufacturer will find before the manufacturer shows up.

The manufacturer's representative for GAF, Carlisle, Johns Manville, and most other major manufacturers covers the DFW market from a . We know what these inspectors look for on Fort Worth installations — the flashing details they flag most frequently, the seam issues that produce warranty denials, and the documentation format they need at closeout. Our pre-inspection walk gives the installing contractor the opportunity to address those items before the formal inspection.

On projects where the manufacturer warranty inspection produces a punch list, we can monitor the punch-list repair completion and conduct a re-inspection walk to verify that the repairs

Documentation and Reporting

Every inspection produces a written report delivered within 48 hours of the site visit. The report identifies the inspection date, the installation phase inspected, the scope and sequence of the inspection walk, every finding with the roof-zone location (keyed to a diagram), a photo for every finding, and a classification of each finding as: within spec, deviation requiring repair, or non-conformance requiring scope clarification.

We deliver reports to the party that engaged us. If the building owner engaged us, the report goes to the owner. If the general contractor engaged us, the report goes to the GC. We don't share reports with the installing contractor without the engaging party's direction — that's their choice to make, not ours.

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We inspect installations we had no part in — during production, at closeout, or to support the manufacturer warranty inspection — and report what we find.