Commercial Roof Inspection

A commercial roof fails on a schedule set by whoever inspects it — or nobody. For building owners and facility managers, the inspection is the cheapest line in the roofing budget and the one that controls all the others: catch a lifted seam in April and it's a service call; find it in August after a monsoon burst and it's tenant damage, inventory loss, and an insurance argument. CraftBuilt inspects commercial roofs across Arizona on both one-time and scheduled bases.

What Our Commercial Inspection Covers

1. Full membrane and surface survey — seams, blisters, punctures, UV checking, and the wear paths HVAC service traffic grinds into a roof
2. Every penetration and termination: curbs, drains, scuppers, pitch pans, edge metal, and parapet flashing
3. Drainage reality check — where water actually goes and where it ponds, photographed after the fact via staining evidence
4. Moisture assessment where conditions warrant, because saturated insulation under intact membrane is the failure you can't see from above
5. A written report you can budget from: photos, condition ratings by roof section, prioritized recommendations, and realistic remaining-life estimates

Built Around Arizona's Calendar

We recommend the two-inspection year: spring, before monsoon season tests every seam on the roof, and fall, after it has. Between those, the roof mostly needs to be left alone and kept documented — which also protects membrane warranties, most of which require maintenance records the owner is rarely keeping.

From Findings to Fixes

Inspection findings flow into whatever response the roof actually needs — from same-week repairs through restoration coatings to staged replacement planning priced honestly across options. Storm-related findings get documented to claims standards from the first photo, so the insurance conversation starts with evidence.

We inspect and service commercial buildings from the Price Corridor in Chandler to Main Street storefronts in Safford and throughout the White Mountains.

What does a commercial inspection cost?

Baseline visual inspections are typically free; instrumented moisture surveys are quoted by roof size and complexity, credited against any resulting work. Either way you keep the report.

Moisture Surveys: Seeing the Failure You Can't Walk On

The most consequential commercial finding is invisible from above: saturated insulation under intact-looking membrane. Wet polyiso loses R-value (your HVAC pays monthly), corrodes deck fasteners, and turns a restorable roof into a tear-off if it spreads unfound. When visual evidence warrants, we escalate from walkover to instrumented moisture survey, mapping wet zones so decisions rest on data: a roof that's 8% wet gets targeted core replacement and keeps its restoration option; a roof that's 40% wet gets honest replacement planning instead of a coating that would seal the water in. The survey cost is trivial against either mistake.

What does the report look like to my board or lender?

Like a document written for that audience: executive condition summary, zone-by-zone photo findings, moisture map where surveyed, prioritized recommendations with budget ranges, and remaining-life estimates with reasoning. Facility managers use ours for capital planning; lenders and insurers accept them for due diligence.

We're buying a commercial property — can you inspect before close?

Yes, and you should: roof condition is one of the largest deferred-maintenance liabilities a commercial purchase can hide, and a moisture survey before close prices it exactly. The report becomes negotiating leverage or peace of mind — either is worth the visit.

How is this different from my annual maintenance visit?

Maintenance visits keep a known roof healthy; the inspection establishes what's true in the first place. Most owners do a baseline inspection once, then fold into scheduled commercial maintenance — with instrumented re-surveys only when findings or age justify them.