Eight seconds of footage settles more arguments than an hour of talking. The shingles are either straight or they are not, the flashing is either sealed or it is not, and the camera does not have an opinion.DT · Owner, BH Builders
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About this video
This is a single drone pass over an asphalt shingle roof replacement on a Denver-metro home, recorded in July 2026 near the end of the job. The old shingles are gone, damaged decking has been replaced, and the new architectural shingles are laid in straight courses from the eaves to the ridge. Around the vents and pipe penetrations you can see fresh flashing and sealant, and along the edges the new drip edge and starter course. Nothing in the clip is staged: it is the same footage we hand the homeowner at the end of every roofing job, so they can see the finished surface without climbing a ladder. The flyover is short on purpose. It is meant to show how a completed roof should look from above, which is the view a hail adjuster, a home inspector and, eventually, a buyer’s inspector will all use.
What you are seeing, second by second
- 0:00 to 0:02. The drone rises past the eave. The straight line of the drip edge and the first courses of shingles show the starter strip is set correctly.
- 0:02 to 0:05. The main slope. Even shingle exposure, no fishmouths or lifted tabs, and new flashing around the pipe boots and vents.
- 0:05 to 0:07. The ridge and the opposite slope, with the ridge cap vents in place. This is where we check that the ridge line is straight and the cap is sealed.
Transcript
This video contains no spoken narration and no on-screen text. The audio track is ambient only. The visual content is described in full in the section above.
Why we fly every roof
A ladder shows one slope at a time and never the ridge from above. A drone shows the whole roof in one frame, which is how we catch a lifted shingle, a missed nail line or an unsealed penetration before we leave the job rather than after the first storm. We fly before we quote, so the estimate is based on what is actually up there, and again after we finish, so the homeowner has a dated record of the new roof. That record matters in Colorado: hail claims, insurance renewals and home sales all go better with footage of the roof in known-good condition. Read more about how we handle a replacement, materials for Colorado hail and the insurance rules on our Denver roofing page, or see what a hailstorm does beyond the roof.
I started flying a drone over our roofs because a ladder shows you one slope at a time. From forty feet up you see every valley, every penetration and every row at once. If something is wrong, it is wrong in the footage, and the customer sees exactly what I see.DT · Owner, BH Builders
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