Roof inspection log

Inspection tool

Your roof areas, the same eleven questions every time, and the finding written down before it becomes a ceiling stain.

What a walk can honestly say

Every question on this sheet is observational: is the drain clear, is there debris against the parapet, is water still standing two days after rain, is the edge metal still where it should be. Nobody is asked to grade a membrane, judge a repair or estimate remaining life, because a maintenance walk cannot produce those answers and a sheet that pretends otherwise gets read later as an inspection report.

The ponding question asks how long after rain you are looking, on purpose. Water on a flat roof an hour after a storm is weather; water in the same place two days later is a finding.

Areas, not assets

You divide your roof the way you actually walk it — main roof north, above the kitchen, the low section over the loading bay — and the list is kept per building so next quarter you start walking rather than start typing. No asset is created: the equipment registry exists for machines with a service history, and forcing a roof area into it to satisfy a pattern would give you a second inventory to keep true for nothing.

What a finding becomes

Something wrong needs a corrective action before the sheet can be built. If it needs somebody dispatched today, that is a work order. If it is a roof that is coming to the end of its life rather than a repair, it belongs on the capital plan alongside everything else the building will need money for. And the interior stain that started it all is usually reported through the maintenance request log.

A record of a walk you did. It is not a licensed roof inspection, does not replace one, and no finding on this sheet is an opinion about the condition of your roof or its remaining life. CompliMaint states no inspection frequency and makes no determination that any facility is compliant. Everything runs on your device.

Questions people ask

Is this a substitute for a roofing contractor's inspection?
No. A contractor's inspection lifts flashings, probes for trapped moisture, and produces an opinion on condition and remaining life — none of which is on this sheet, and none of which a maintenance walk can honestly produce. What this does is catch the blocked drain, the debris pile and the lifted flashing between those inspections, which is where most leaks actually start.
How often should a roof be walked?
This tool states no frequency. Many warranties require periodic inspection and many insurers ask for it — read yours. Beyond that, roofs get walked after storms, before and after the season that gives you trouble, and whenever somebody reports a stain. The interval is a judgment about what is above your building; the record is the part that has to exist either way.
Why does it use roof areas instead of assets?
Because a roof area is not a machine. The equipment registry is for things with a service history, a warranty and a replacement cost — a boiler, a generator, a tower. A roof area is your own way of dividing up a surface, and it changes when you re-roof half of it. So the areas are kept as your list, per building, and no asset is created to satisfy a pattern.
What happens when I find something?
The finding needs a corrective action before the record can be built — a note saying what was done or what will be. If it needs somebody dispatched, raise a work order from it; if it is going to cost real money and wait for a budget, it belongs on the capital plan. A finding with no action is the shape that gets filed and forgotten.