The problem
Roof problems hide until they’re expensive.
A slow leak shows up inside the building long after the membrane failed. Walk-up inspections are risky, partial, and miss what’s under the surface.
Roof & Building Envelope Inspection
High-resolution visual and thermal roof surveys — leaks, moisture, and membrane faults found without a ladder.
The full roof, one flight, zero ladders.
Every seam, penetration, and flashing photographed in detail, with thermal passes that reveal trapped moisture the eye can’t see — findings keyed to exact locations so crews repair what’s actually failing.
Hips & valleys checkedevery plane junction
Full-plane coverageone flight, zero ladders
Flashing & wall junctionsphotographed in detail
Eaves, gutters & drip edgekeyed to location
- Hips & valleys checkedevery plane junction
- Full-plane coverageone flight, zero ladders
- Flashing & wall junctionsphotographed in detail
- Eaves, gutters & drip edgekeyed to location
Four steps from suspicion to punch list.
The flight
One flight covers every square foot.
High-resolution visual passes document seams, flashing, penetrations, and drainage; a thermal pass follows where moisture is suspected.
The data
Thermal shows what the eye can’t.
Wet insulation holds heat differently than dry. The radiometric image maps trapped moisture across the roof plane — no core samples on a hunch.
The result
Repair what’s failing, not what’s guessed.
Findings are keyed to locations on an orthomosaic of the roof, giving maintenance an exact, prioritized punch list — and a defensible record for warranty claims.
Every square foot of roof, without a ladder
Skyflex captures complete roof and building-envelope surveys from the air: high-resolution visual detail for every seam, penetration, and flashing, plus radiometric thermal that reveals what the eye cannot — trapped moisture, failed insulation, and leaks still hiding under the membrane.
What the survey finds
- Membrane damage, ponding, and drainage problems
- Subsurface moisture mapped by thermal signature
- Flashing, seam, and penetration defects photographed in detail
- Envelope heat loss and insulation gaps
Why it beats a walk-up
No ladders, no fall risk, no core samples on a hunch. The full roof is documented in one flight, findings are keyed to locations on an orthomosaic, and the report gives maintenance teams an exact punch list — repair what is actually failing, not what someone guessed at.
Commercial roofs are where this pays for itself
A single membrane failure on a big-box or industrial roof can cost more in inventory damage than a decade of inspections. Annual aerial surveys build a condition history for every roof section — so budgeting for replacement becomes a data question, not a guess, and warranty disputes are settled by the record.
What the deliverable looks like
You get an orthomosaic of the full roof plane with findings pinned to exact locations, detail photos of each defect, thermal overlays where moisture is suspected, and a prioritized punch list your maintenance crew or roofing contractor can work through line by line. Re-fly after repairs and the record shows the fix.
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