What a free inspection looks like on Daniel Island roofs.
If your Daniel Island home was built before 2010, the roof is due for a look. The free inspection photographs every slope, checks every valley and dormer flashing, and tells you plainly how many years are left on a first-cycle shingle in Codner's Ferry Park, Center Park or Etiwan Park.
For a buyer on the island, the report tells you whether the roof belongs in the price you offer, and it flags the porch and bay transitions that a 2000s Smythe Park or Daniel Island Park build collects. The written grade comes within 24 hours.
The Daniel Island inspection spends its time at the transitions. A 2000s Center Park or Smythe Park roof has dormer cheeks, cross-gable valleys, porch and bay roofs in standing seam meeting shingle, and every one of those joints was flashed by a crew moving fast during the island's build-out. We photograph each transition, probe the sealant, and check the attic side for the staining that tells you which one has already started to leak.
A 2000s Daniel Island roof carries more penetrations than it looks like from the street: two or three plumbing stacks, HVAC and range vents, a satellite mount somebody lag-bolted through the shingle, and on the newest Captain's Island builds, solar rails. Pipe boots crack around year ten to twelve, and a mount that was never flashed leaks on the first wind-driven rain. We count and photograph every penetration so the repair list is specific.
1997 to 2000s traditional and Lowcountry-style homes in Codner's Ferry Park, Center Park and Etiwan Park with dormers, cross gables, deep porches and standing-seam porch and bay accents; 2000s to 2010s larger custom homes in Daniel Island Park and Smythe Park with complex multi-valley rooflines; 2010s to 2020s builds in Captain's Island and the newest sections of Daniel Island Park still on their original roof. Almost all architectural shingle with metal accents, steep pitches, and a high count of valleys and transitions per roof.
Fifteen minutes from Mount Pleasant across the Wando on I-526, with Mount Pleasant, Isle of Palms and Sullivan's Island on the same East Cooper dispatch run.
(843) 284-6333
Jeff Ramsden, founder. 5+ years as a VP at Reimagine Roofing, 1,000+ roofs overseen.
Call (843) 284-6333We walk the roof, photograph every slope, re-seal exposed fasteners, and hand you a written report. It is free.
What is included in every Daniel Island job.
Asked in Daniel Island.
How much does a roof inspection cost on Daniel Island?
It is free. A Daniel Island inspection walks every slope, photographs every slope and penetration, re-seals exposed fasteners and clears debris from the valleys, then delivers a written condition report within 24 hours with a repair or replace call. If your home predates 2010, it is due. Transitions decide what the report finds here: dormer cheeks, cross-gable valleys and standing seam porch roofs meeting shingle, plus every pipe boot, vent and satellite mount, each counted and photographed so a repair list is specific.
What permit does a Daniel Island roof replacement need?
Daniel Island is inside the City of Charleston, so a re-roof is filed with the City as a Roofing, Single Family/Duplex Dwelling alteration/repair permit, and the City's guideline calls for Type H asphalt shingles unless otherwise specified. A residential building final inspection closes it out. Your property owners association's architectural review comes first. We prepare the ARB submission and the City permit together so neither one holds up the other.
How long does it take?
About 45 minutes on site. The report arrives within 24 hours.
Do I need to be home?
No, as long as we have permission to access the property. We walk the results with you by phone or in person.
Can I use the report for insurance?
Yes. The report is yours, with dated photos of every slope, to share with your insurer, your agent or a buyer.
How often should a roof be inspected?
Once a year in the Lowcountry, and after any named storm.