Commercial Roof Inspection Across the Five Boroughs

A physical assessment of your roof’s condition, documented in a written report with photographs, covering the whole system from drains to parapets.

No inspection ends with a verbal opinion on the way off the roof. You get findings in writing, with photos to back them up.

$2M general liability insurance

MBE, DBE and LBE certified

OSHA-compliant safety practices

Commercial roofing since 2004

What a Commercial Roof Inspection Covers

An inspection looks at the roof as a complete system.

Membrane surface and seams

The full field of the roof, checked for blistering, splitting, shrinkage and seam separation across the material, whether that's TPO, PVC, EPDM, built-up or modified bitumen. See the systems we inspect for how each ages differently.

Flashing, parapets and terminations

Every parapet cap, edge detail and termination bar, checked for movement or separation, since flashing takes more stress than the field of the roof and fails first.

Drains, scuppers and ponding

Each drain and scupper checked for blockage, and any area holding water traced back to its cause, whether that's a drainage problem or a low spot in the deck itself.

Penetrations, curbs and rooftop equipment

Every pipe, vent and piece of mounted equipment, along with the curb and pitch pan sealing it to the membrane.

Perimeter and edge detail

The full roof edge, where wind uplift and thermal movement concentrate more than anywhere else on the roof.

Interior evidence where accessible

Ceiling staining, ceiling tile damage or wall moisture inside the building, checked against what's found on the roof above it, since the two don't always line up directly overhead.

Send the building address and a photo of what you’re seeing, and we’ll tell you what an inspection would involve.

How We Inspect

An inspection starts with a full walk of the roof, not a look from the access hatch. Every seam, penetration and drainage point gets checked by hand, and anything that isn’t visible from the surface, softness underfoot, a section that flexes under weight, gets noted as a possible sign of what’s happening underneath the membrane.

Where a finding needs more than a visual survey to confirm, a moisture reading or further testing, we say so directly in the report rather than guessing at what’s underneath. That’s the honest boundary of a visual inspection, and it’s stated plainly rather than implied away.

What You Receive Afterwards

Every inspection closes with documentation you can act on, not a summary you have to take on trust. 

The written report

A record of the roof’s condition at the time of inspection, organized by area rather than as a single paragraph of notes.

Photographs of each finding

Every issue documented on the roof, not described from memory afterward.

What we recommend and why

Each finding tied to a reason, not a recommendation handed over without the reasoning behind it.

Priority and rough sequencing

What needs attention first versus what can sit on a longer timeline, so a limited budget goes where it matters most.

What you do with it

A report you can hand to a board, a lender, an insurer or your own facilities team, and one that holds up to being read by someone who wasn’t on the roof.

Illustrative Commercial Roof Inspection

Bronx commercial building. Inspection, 2025.

A commercial property owner requested a roof inspection after recurring water stains appeared on an upper-floor ceiling. The roof had a modified bitumen membrane with several older repair areas.

The inspection found deteriorated flashing at a roof penetration, open areas in previous repairs, and debris restricting one of the roof drains. Photographs documented each finding, while the written report separated items requiring repair from conditions that could remain on the maintenance schedule.

The owner received a documented condition assessment they could use to plan the next round of roof work.

Repair, Maintain or Replace

An inspection’s job is to point you toward the right next step.

When findings point to repair

Isolated damage on a roof that's otherwise sound, a failed seam, damaged flashing, a section of wet insulation, we scope as repairs we found on inspection, rather than folding it into a bigger job it doesn't need.

When they point to ongoing maintenance

A roof with no major defects but with wear worth tracking, we route toward ongoing maintenance, so we catch small issues before they become the next inspection's findings.

When a roof is past saving

Deterioration across multiple systems, or patch on patch with no original material left, we call what it is, and the report explains why replacement is the sounder option rather than another repair.

What an Inspection Is Not

An inspection is a one-time assessment that produces a report. It isn’t a recurring visit, and it isn’t a repair carried out on the spot. If your roof needs regular attention on a schedule, that’s ongoing maintenance. If something is actively failing and needs fixing now, that’s repair, and an emergency leak gets routed to 24/7 emergency roof repair instead. 

Keeping these separate is what keeps the report honest: it tells you what the roof needs.

Inspections Across New York

Keystone Commercial Roofing carries out commercial roof inspections across Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Westchester County and Nassau County. See roof inspection in Brooklyn and roof inspection in the Bronx for how access and scheduling work locally.

Roof access varies by building, a hatch, a fixed ladder, or coordination through building management on an occupied property, and we confirm access before the day of the visit.

FAQs

What does a roof inspection cover?

A full walk of the roof surface, seams, flashing, drains and scuppers, penetrations, and the roof edge, checked for damage, wear and drainage problems. Where accessible, we also check for interior evidence like ceiling staining that connects back to a roof-level cause.

A written condition report with photographs of each finding, organized by area, with our recommendations and a rough priority order. It’s built to be read by someone who wasn’t on the roof, a board, a lender, or your own team.

No. An inspection is a one-time assessment with a report. Maintenance is a recurring service. Many owners use an inspection to decide whether ongoing maintenance makes sense for their roof.

Yes. We carry $2 million in general liability coverage, and our crews follow OSHA safety standards, which matters directly here since inspection means walking a roof whose condition isn’t yet known.

Yes. We hold MBE, DBE and LBE certification, which is material wherever inspection work is competitively procured.

TPO, PVC and EPDM single-ply membranes, along with built-up and modified bitumen systems, across any commercial roof type.

Something on your roof that needs a straight answer before you spend anything?

A commercial roof inspection gets you a written report and photographs, not a guess. Every visit is backed by $2 million in general liability coverage, with MBE, DBE and LBE certification documentation available for procured work. Commercial roofing since 2004.