The roof covering materials primary purpose is as a weather shield to the interior of the home. Your A-Pro Dallas Fort Worth Home Inspector will inspect the roof and identify and report the roof covering materials type as well as any visible conditions that prohibit the roofing material from performing its job. Your A-Pro Home Inspector may or may not physically climb on the roof to inspect it. The growing and improving technology of drones as well as ground surveillance via telephoto lenses are being incorporated more and more in instances where it is not safe to or potential roof damage could be caused by walking on the roof covering materials.

LIFETIME VALUE ROOFING YEARS

• Aluminum Coating 3 to 7
• Asphalt Shingles (3-tab) 20
• Asphalt (architectural) 30
• BUR (built-up roofing) 30
• Clay/Concrete 100+
• Coal and Tar 30
• Copper 70+
• EPDM (ethylene propylene diene monomer) Rubber 15 to 25
• Fiber Cement 25
• Green (vegetation-covered) 5 to 40
• Metal 40 to 80
• Modified Bitumen 20
• Simulated Slate 10 to 35
• Slate 60 to 150
• TPO 7 to 20
• Wood 25