Free roof inspection with deck photos before we talk money - GAF and Owens Corning certified installation
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A roof inspection in San Bernardino typically costs $180 – $340 for a standard single-family home, and most inspections take 45 to 90 minutes. We schedule inspections across San Bernardino within the week, usually sooner, and we don’t leave until you have a written findings report in your hand. Brennan Roofing’s inspection crews know the mid-century tracts and the mountain-edge wind corridors here. Call (361) 320-9467 to book a roof inspection.
Why Brennan Roofing Is San Bernardino’s Preferred Roof Inspection Company
We work under The Garrison Standard, which means one thing that matters more than anything else on an inspection: the price goes on paper before any work starts, and that number does not move at the door. The inspectors who show up at your San Bernardino home are background-checked, uniformed, and answer to a live person who answers the phone around the clock. When a Del Rosa homeowner calls about a ceiling stain after a winter rain, they reach a human, not a voicemail queue.
Our Roof Inspection team knows the failure patterns in this city. We’ve walked roofs from the Eastside to the north end and back. Thermal shock cracking, wind uplift through the Cajon Pass, ember intrusion around old burn scars. Those are San Bernardino problems. Our written report tells you exactly what’s failing, what can wait, and what can’t.
Travis Oakley founded this company on a simple rule: a roofer should be able to look a homeowner in the eye and hand them a written price. That’s the baseline here. We’re an independently owned local business operating under the Garrison Partners framework, founded in 2000. We don’t chase volume. We chase accountability.
Every inspection ends with a full-year written guarantee under our 365-Day Done Right Promise. If we miss something that fails within that year, we come back free. That’s in writing.
Hail Damage Roof in San Bernardino
Hail Damage Roof work in San Bernardino isn’t the same animal as a Midwest hail repair. When wind-driven hail hits through the Cajon Pass, it rarely falls straight down: it grazes south-facing roof planes, leaving shallow impact craters and bruising that doesn’t read as obvious damage from the ground. We inspect for granule loss at the shingle edges, impact bruising in the mat, and cracked sealant strips that hail finishes off. A hail damage roof assessment in San Bernardino runs $180 – $340 as part of a full inspection, with repairs priced per square after the written estimate.
Impact Bruising and Granule Loss
Hail rarely punches a hole through a San Bernardino shingle the way it does in Texas. What happens here is softer: the impact fractures the fiberglass mat under the granule layer, and the shingle starts shedding granules within a few months. A roof that looks fine is already losing its UV protection. Our inspectors carry chalk and a small magnifier, not just a camera, because the damage is in the mat, not the surface.
Wind-Assisted Hail and Shingle Edge Fractures
Hail that arrives at a 35-degree angle from a 55 mph Santa Ana gust does not hit clean. It clips the shingle edge, fractures the sealant strip, and creates a flap that wind can work loose later. We flag every edge fracture with a photo and a measurement so the insurance adjuster has the data in hand before they ever climb the ladder.
Roof Estimate in San Bernardino
A Roof Estimate in San Bernardino gives you a line-item written price before any work begins, and it includes the inspection findings that justify that price. We don’t hand out a one-line square-foot quote because the right answer in this city depends on what the inspection finds in the decking and flashing, not just on the shingle count. Roof estimates in San Bernardino run from free with an inspection to $180 – $340 when a full structural assessment is called for. Everything goes on paper first.
Line-Item Pricing Without Pressure
Your estimate lists decking replacement per sheet, underlayment per roofing square, flashing by the linear foot, vent replacement, and the shingle line you chose. You see the cost of every decision individually. If the inspection uncovers three soft squares of sheathing, that’s three soft squares priced, not a vague “decking repair allowance.” You know the number before you say yes.
Why Our Estimates Don’t Move at the Door
The Garrison Code has one hard rule: no change orders without a second written estimate and your signature. If the crew finds something under the old layer that wasn’t on the first estimate, work stops, the new price goes on paper, and you decide. That’s why San Bernardino homeowners on Roof Inspection in San Bernardino calls trust our number. It’s a written contract, not a guess.
Trusted Brands We Service in San Bernardino
We install and repair roofs from GAF, CertainTeed, and Owens Corning, with full manufacturer warranty eligibility on every job. We don’t stock just one line and push it: we quote what fits the roof’s slope, exposure, and the wind-uplift rating needed here. Our supplier network across the Inland Empire keeps GAF architectural shingles, CertainTeed cool-roof lines, and Owens Corning underlayment on hand for San Bernardino jobs, which means an inspection that finds a missing tile or a torn shingle rarely waits longer than a week for materials.
Common Roof Inspection Problems We See in San Bernardino Homes
- Cracked sealant strips on 3-tab asphalt shingles. The daily temperature swing through the Cajon Pass unseals shingle adhesive strips, and summer heat bakes them brittle. We find broken seals on roofs that are five to ten years into a supposedly 25-year life.
- Failed decking hidden under layered re-roofs. San Bernardino has a large inventory of rental properties where a previous owner roofed over an old roof instead of tearing it off. Inspections probe those layers for soft sheathing, because rot doesn’t show up in a photo from above.
- Wind-uplift damage at ridges and eaves. The Santa Ana gusts rip the thermal-expansion points on a roof: ridge vents, starter strips, and drip edges. We check fastener spacing on every inspection because standard 12-inch spacing fails here when winds top 60 mph.
- Ember intrusion at vents and penetrations. The 2003 Old Fire burn scar runs through Del Rosa and the Eastside, and the lesson it taught is simple: an unsealed ridge vent or a plastic plumbing boot is an ember intake. Inspections look for sealed or ember-resistant venting, even outside fire season.
Pricing for Roof Inspection in San Bernardino, CA
A standard visual roof inspection in San Bernardino runs $180 – $280. A full structural inspection with decking probes, moisture-meter readings, and a written report runs $280 – $340. If you add infrared thermal imaging or drone photography, expect $340+ depending on roof size and slope. The final number on our estimate won’t change when the crew arrives. We’d rather lose a job than start one without a written price, and our free second visit guarantee covers any inspection finding we miss within the full year.
Call (361) 320-9467 for a free estimate on your San Bernardino roof.
We Also Serve Cities Near San Bernardino
Brennan Roofing serves San Bernardino and the surrounding communities, including Loma Linda, Highland, Rialto, and Colton. Our dispatching is coordinated from the Inland Empire office, so scheduling an inspection in any of these cities doesn’t mean waiting weeks on a call-back. The same Garrison Standard applies everywhere we work: written price first, background-checked crews, and a one-year guarantee.
Serving San Bernardino, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
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FAQs About Roof Inspection in San Bernardino
Your inspector should spend extra time on seam, sealant, and fastener checks because the nightly 40 – 50°F drop through the Cajon Pass expands and contracts shingle adhesive strips in a way that doesn’t happen one valley over. We probe ridge vent and starter strip fasteners for that expansion-cycle fatigue, because that one check finds more hidden damage than a quick shingle glance ever will. If your roof already has cracked seals, let our team inspect it before the next Santa Ana wind turns a cracked strip into a lifted shingle. Call (361) 320-9467 to schedule one.
Yes, and an inspection report here should document it. The 2003 Old Fire burn scar runs through Del Rosa and the Eastside, and wind-driven embers travel through the same Cajon Pass corridor where gusting is a daily condition, not a seasonal event. An unsealed ridge vent or a plastic plumbing boot is an ember intake, period. We recommend Class A fire-rated assemblies with ember-resistant vents on many San Bernardino roofs even where code doesn’t require it. When we inspect, we check those penetrations. Call (361) 320-9467 for a written report.
Because the nightly marine layer that pushes through the Cajon Pass carries salt and moisture that corrodes electroplated fasteners and standard roof flashing within a decade, and the daytime expansion cycle opens the seams faster. We specify stainless or hot-dip galvanized hardware and marine-grade flashing so the fasteners don’t rust out while the shingle is still under warranty. That’s the difference between the cheap spec that fails in under a decade and the coastal-spec that outlasts it. Want to see the line-item difference on your estimate? Call (361) 320-9467.
We look first for soft decking under the original shake layer and for dry-rot at the eave lines where the original drip edge has likely failed. On a 1958 Del Rosa ranch we inspected recently, the homeowner chased a ceiling stain for months; the real culprit was a failed ridge vent and starter strip that thermal cycling had flexed loose, and the same daily swing had cooked the original drip edge clean off the fascia on the south exposure. On wood-shake homes we probe for hidden damage before recommending any replacement. Call (361) 320-9467 to have your Del Rosa roof inspected.
A roofing square is 100 square feet of roof area, and it’s the standard unit every roof estimate is quoted in. If the inspection finds your roof is 24 squares, your written estimate from Brennan Roofing will list the shingle cost per square, the underlayment per square, and the labor per square as separate line items. That way the final estimate isn’t a magic number; it’s math you can check. Want a line-item estimate for your San Bernardino roof? Call (361) 320-9467 and we’ll walk the roof with you.
Written by Travis Oakley, Owner at Brennan Roofing, serving San Bernardino and the surrounding Inland Empire.