Serving New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut
Peak provides comprehensive, independent, and high-value roofing information to homeowners, property buyers/sellers, HOAs, businesses, contractors, non-profits, and others so that they can make fully informed decisions about their roofs. We work directly for you and put your needs and interests first.
Featured in the Wall Street Journal, Ugh, Do I Really Need a New Roof Right Now?, 5/28/2024
Peak’s Helpful Roofing Tips for Homeowners
We help you achieve a full understanding of your roof.
✓ Expert advice for every situation
✓ Knowledge that helps you make the right decision
What is an “independent” roof inspection?
Peak positions itself as a neutral advisor when providing roof inspections. Our objective is to provide you with accurate, actionable, and unbiased knowledge about your roof, empowering you to make the right decision. While many roofing contractors are highly knowledgeable, they are often incentivized to sell repair/replacement services instead of providing a neutral opinion.
When is a roof inspection needed?
- Buying, selling, or leasing real estate.
- Property management, especially when capital budgeting/planning is being done.
- During an insurance claim, after storm damage has occurred.
- Before, during, and after a roof replacement project to ensure quality control.
- General maintenance checkups, or after a leak has occurred.
What information does Peak provide?
- Type, style, and material identification.
- Approximate age and remaining expected lifespan.
- Causes and solutions to roof leaks and damage.
- Immediately needed repairs and routine maintenance suggestions.
- Quality control: reviews of workmanship, adherence to building codes, and manufacturer’s installation instructions.
- Storm damage remediation protocols and cost estimates.
- Repair/replacement cost budgeting.
- Reviews of contractors’ proposals for appropriateness and whether prices are close to market averages.
Problems Peak has solved
- Identified a failed section of roofing not visible from the ground and improper repairs to an asphalt shingle roof during a buyer pre-purchase inspection in Westchester County, NY. Advised expected costs to remediate identified problems.
- Eliminated an asphalt shingle roof as a cause of water entry into a home in Bergen County, NJ, advised the client to retain an indoor environmental consultant who later identified the moisture source to be a plumbing problem.
- Performed a post-job quality control inspection of an asphalt shingle roof in Ulster County, NY. Created a correction punch list for owner to transmit to installer.
- Conducted a chimney chase survey on a 6-building, 32-unit condominium complex in Westchester County, NY. Created prioritized list of damages, threats to waterproofing, recommended repairs, and recommended repair methods to association.
- Rebutted assertions by a homeowner’s insurance inspector about an aged but functional asphalt shingle roof in the Bronx, NY.
How is Peak different than others?
- Our experience includes performing thousands of roof inspections for a variety of clients across the Northeast US, including asphalt shingle, clay tile, slate, cedar, modified bitumen membrane, EPDM membrane, metal panel, and more.
- Any roof inspection by Peak Contracting is performed by a certified inspector with both experience and formal education.
- Sub 72-hour turnover time from inspection to reporting (when requested). Reports and photos emailed in convenient formats.
- Drone photography conducted by FAA Part 107 licensed drone pilots.
- Flexible inspection costs, based upon your needs.
- Ongoing support is available, including best practices for picking contractors, reviews of their proposals, and active quality control/supervision of work.
Peak’s owner, Will Silver, is a Haag Certified Roof Inspector #992102039 and an AEC Member of the National Roofing Contractors Association.
