What a free inspection looks like on Isle of Palms roofs.
A free inspection on Isle of Palms is most useful for an owner who is not on the island. We walk the roof of a Palm Boulevard or Forest Trail beach house, photograph every slope and every fastener line that salt has reached, check the flashing at the deck penetrations, and send a written grade the same day to wherever you are.
Buying on the island? A 1980s or 1990s elevated house is likely on its second or third salt-shortened shingle, and the report tells you whether the roof belongs in the contract negotiation. For a Wild Dunes villa, the inspection covers the whole building so the regime board has a real number for the reserve study.
The island's inspection calendar runs on the rental season. The right time to look at a Palm Boulevard or Forest Trail rental is the week after Labor Day, when the summer bookings are done and the nor'easter season has not started, and the property manager can put the visit between turnovers. We coordinate the date with the manager, and the report goes to both of you.
If your insurer wants a wind mitigation form, that is a separate certified inspection with its own paperwork, and our report tells you in advance whether the roof would pass it: the fastening pattern, the sealed roof deck, the roof-to-wall connection and the age of the covering. On an elevated 1980s house that has never had a secondary water barrier, that answer often decides whether the next roof is a shingle repair or a rebuild that changes the premium.
1970s to 1990s elevated wood-frame beach houses on pilings along Palm Boulevard, Forest Trail and the numbered avenues, many with low-slope sections and rooftop decks; 1980s to 2000s Wild Dunes homes and villa regimes with steeper hips, metal accents and stucco or shingle siding; 1960s and 1970s cottages on the Breach Inlet end and the interior lots between 41st and 57th Avenue; Intracoastal-side homes along Waterway Boulevard with dock-facing exposure. Heavy second-home and short-term-rental ownership, so many decisions are made by an owner who is not on the island.
Fifteen minutes from Mount Pleasant over the Isle of Palms Connector, with Sullivan's Island on the same dispatch run across Breach Inlet.
(843) 802-9224Isle of Palms prices track the published ladder with the Pearl standing seam carrying the top. Elevated homes with rooftop decks, low-slope sections or a fourth-story crow's nest are priced for that detail in the written estimate, never on tear-off day.
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What is included in every Isle of Palms job.
Asked in Isle of Palms.
Is the inspection really free?
Yes. No charge and no obligation. We earn business by being the roofer who told you the truth.
How long does it take?
About 45 minutes on site. The report arrives the same day.
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. It is written in the format carriers and buyers expect.
How often should a roof be inspected?
Once a year in the Lowcountry, and after any named storm.