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Ready to get eyes on your Clayton roof from a crew that knows pre-war slate, tile, and copper? Call (314) 618-8888 or request your visit online, and we will confirm a two-hour arrival window within one business day. Reports land inside 48 hours.
After the May 16, 2025 EF3 tornado tore across Clayton and damaged more than 5,000 buildings, homeowners in Carrswold, Claverach Park, and along the Wydown corridor need a professional roof inspection they can actually hand to an insurance adjuster. Top Quality Exteriors pairs a drone flyover with a hands-on climb so nothing on your steep slate, clay tile, or architectural asphalt roof gets missed. Every finding lands in a written report with dated photos, so your claim, permit request, and repair scope all speak the same language.
Our Clayton roof inspection is built for pre-war housing stock, where more than a third of homes predate 1939 and carry multi-valley pitches, dormers, box gutters, and copper flashing details you won’t find on tract-home suburbs. We check underlayment condition through ridge vents, sound the decking around chimneys, and flag hail bruising from the 2024 storm season that dropped 2.25-inch stones within ten miles of the Wydown corridor. If we spot trouble, we’ll walk you through the fix beside our roof repair in Clayton team before anything is scheduled.
Clayton is the oldest housing tier in the metro, and that shapes how we inspect. Roughly 36% of homes here were built before 1939, another 30% between 1940 and 1969, and the dominant styles skew toward brick Tudor, Dutch Colonial, and Georgian Revival with steep pitches, multiple valleys, and dormers. On a Carrswold or Claverach Park roof, small failures at copper step flashing, cricket details behind chimneys, or the mortar bed under a clay tile course become expensive water damage before you see a ceiling stain. Add the May 2025 EF3 tornado, the 81 hail reports logged within ten miles of Clayton in 2024, and ongoing tree strikes along Wydown, and even roofs that look fine from the street deserve a trained eye. Our inspectors follow a written checklist covering decking, underlayment, ice and water shield laps, ridge vents, valley metal, pipe boots, and every penetration. If we recommend action, we’ll show you where and connect you with our residential roofing in Clayton crew.
Every Clayton inspection follows the same five steps, whether you’re on a 1922 slate roof in Brentmoor Park or a 1960s asphalt roof off Hanley Road. Here is how the visit runs from the moment we pull up to when you get your written report and photos.
You call (314) 618-8888 or book online with a few details. We confirm a two-hour arrival window and note age, storm history, and any leaks. Most bookings land inside one week.
We start with a drone flyover capturing every slope, valley, and dormer in high resolution. Steep slate and clay tile pitches get mapped first. You see flight video on a tablet.
Next we climb where safe and sound the decking, flashing, and penetrations. Ridge vents, valley metal, pipe boots, and skylight curbs each earn a note. Photos anchor every finding.
We move inside to check attic ventilation, insulation depth, and staining on rafters. Ice dam paths and daylight gaps around chimneys get flagged. Ceiling checks close the loop.
Within two business days you receive a written report with dated photos and a scope summary. If insurance is involved, the format suits adjuster review. Nothing is scheduled yet.
We are an Owens Corning Preferred Contractor and a James Hardie Alliance Program Member, licensed in Missouri and Illinois, and BBB accredited with an A+ rating. Founded in 2022 with 7+ years of industry experience, we bring 52+ team members to jobs that a homeowner-only outfit cannot staff for. That matters in Clayton, where architectural review can shape what a claim funds and where slate, tile, and copper details raise the technical bar.
Every inspector on our roster is trained to read pre-war construction on its own terms, not force a suburban checklist onto a 1922 Carrswold roof. We know when a hairline crack in a slate tile is cosmetic and when it signals a deeper underlayment issue, and we can tell hail bruising from foot traffic. Every finding lands in a written report you can hand to your adjuster, and if the scope points to a full tear-off we loop in our roof replacement in Clayton team.
A written roof inspection in Clayton typically runs less than one square of shingle replacement and often costs nothing when tied to a storm claim. Complex pre-war roofs with slate, tile, or steep multi-valley pitches take longer to walk safely, so cost tracks square footage, pitch, and access. We tell you up front what the visit covers, whether we can waive the fee against a repair, and what Hearth or GreenSky financing looks like if the report points to bigger work.
The value is in what you avoid. Catching a lifted piece of copper step flashing on a Wydown dormer or a cracked pipe boot before it soaks the plaster ceiling below saves thousands compared to a delayed claim. Our 36-month workmanship warranty on any follow-up work, with extended coverage on select products, means the inspection is not the end of the story. If we recommend targeted fixes, our roof repair in Clayton crew handles them cleanly.
Every credential we carry is a commitment to quality, safety, and your peace of mind — on every project, in every state we serve.
