Second Opinion Roof Inspection
Free second look before you sign. Video proof included.
1,200+ reviews · 4.8★ on Google Licensed & insured · CSLB #1030917
Serving Fresno, Clovis, Visalia, Sacramento and Bakersfield.
Free for homeowners. $299 for real estate transaction inspections.
- FreeNo charge, no
obligation - Same dayEstimates, and
video on the spot - $25k → $3.8kOne quote we
looked at again - 1,200+Verified reviews
across four markets
- You watch the footage with us before anyone talks about price
- If the first quote was right, we’ll tell you that too
Get a second look
Two minutes, three questions. Tell us what you were quoted and we’ll come see the roof for ourselves.
Free · No obligation · We route you to the nearest crew
One we looked at again
Quoted $25,000. It was a $3,800 repair.
A homeowner had a contract in front of them for a full replacement. Twenty-five thousand dollars. Nothing about that quote was obviously wrong — the roof was the right age, it was leaking, and replacement is what most companies quote when both of those are true.
We went up and looked at what was actually failing. It was a repair. Thirty-eight hundred dollars, done.
We’re not going to pretend that happens every time. Plenty of second opinions end with us agreeing the first company was right, and we say so. But it happens often enough that getting a second set of eyes on a five-figure decision is not paranoia — it’s just arithmetic.
Why quotes differ this much
Two people can look at the same roof and see different jobs
It isn’t always dishonesty. Usually it’s depth.
Nobody went under the tile
On the tract homes across this valley, the tile lasts fifty years and the felt underneath gets twenty-five. A roof with good tile and dead felt looks exactly like a roof at the end of its life — unless somebody lifts tile and checks. If they didn’t, they’re guessing, and the safe guess for them is a full replacement. That job is often a lift-and-relay instead, which reuses your tile.
Nobody went in the attic
Half the evidence about a roof is underneath it. Stains on the sheathing, daylight where there shouldn’t be any, insulation that’s been wet and dried a dozen times. An inspection that stops at the shingles is missing the part that tells you how long this has been going on.
One stain became a whole roof
A ceiling stain is usually one flashing, one valley, one penetration. It is not a diagnosis, and it is not a reason for a replacement quote on its own. Most single-issue repairs land at $800–$1,500.
The estimate came from a salesperson
Some companies send someone whose job is closing rather than diagnosing. That isn’t automatically wrong, but it does mean the person writing your number may not have been the person who understood the roof.
Proof, not promises
You watch the video with us, on the spot
Every inspection is recorded. When we come down off the roof, you watch it with us — the lifted flashing, the packed valley, the felt crumbling under a tile that’s still perfectly sound. Not a description of it. The footage.
Then we quote on the spot. The only exception is when something needs specialty materials we’d have to special order, and we don’t carry those prices in our heads. In that case we tell you it’s coming rather than inventing a number to sound decisive.
You keep the video either way. If you use it to go back to the first company and ask them to explain the difference, that’s a completely reasonable thing to do with it.
What we look at
What a second opinion actually covers
Same inspection either way — whether you called us first or you’re checking somebody else’s work.
The roof surface
Tile, shingle or membrane. What’s cracked, slipped, blown or worn, and whether the material itself is genuinely at the end of its life or just looks tired.
Under the tile
We lift tile in representative spots. This is the single most common thing missing from the quote you’re holding, and it’s the difference between a relay and a tear-off.
The attic
Stains, rot, daylight, and whether air is actually moving. An attic running 140 degrees is why the last underlayment died early — and why the next one will too if nobody fixes it.
Penetrations
Solar mounts, AC curbs, vents, pipe boots. More of the leaks we fix start here than anywhere else on the roof.
Valleys and flashings
Where the most water moves fastest, and where roofs actually leak. Packed debris and wrong-detail metal show up constantly.
The deck and framing
Soft sheathing, rot, deflection. This is the one thing that genuinely does move a job from repair to replacement, and you’ll see it on video if it’s there.
Verified reviews
Homeowners who got a second set of eyes
4.8 stars across 1,000+ verified Google reviews across four California markets, 1,200+ counting Yelp, Facebook and the BBB. Read every roofing review we’ve earned →
“We had three different roofing companies visit. All were well rated… Two visited both the attic and the roof and one just looked at the roof. Eduardo visited the roof and attic and discovered issues that the other two did not… his video was proof of a wider problem.”
“After having repeat issues with the previous roofing contractor, we reached out to Grandmark based on online reviews and we were not disappointed. The diagnosis and solution were better.”
“Found out our slopes/valleys were compromised along with 25 other roofing tiles that were cracked or completely broken… They lifted tiles and found the compromised areas that were going to soon cause major problems and water damage.”
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Straight answers
Frequently asked questions
Is a second opinion really free?
Yes, for homeowners. No charge, no obligation, and you keep the video whether or not you ever hire us. The one exception is an inspection for a real estate transaction, which is $299 because that’s a written report on somebody else’s deadline.
What if the first company was right?
Then we tell you that. It happens regularly. You’ll have the footage showing why, and you can go back and sign their contract with more confidence than you had before. A second opinion that confirms the first one still saved you from wondering.
Do I have to tell you what I was quoted?
No. It’s useful context, but we’d rather look at the roof first and reach our own conclusion. If you’d prefer not to say until we’ve given you ours, that’s completely fine — arguably better.
How fast can you come out, and when do I get the price?
We estimate same day. You watch the video with us as soon as we’re off the roof, and in most cases you get the quote right there. The exception is work needing specialty materials on special order — we won’t invent a number just to have one ready, so we’ll tell you when to expect it.
Will you badmouth the other company?
No. Most of the time the difference isn’t dishonesty, it’s that nobody went under the tile or into the attic. We’ll show you what we found and what we’d do about it, and leave the conclusions to you.
I already signed a contract. Is it too late?
Depends on the contract and how long ago you signed, and that’s a question for the agreement in front of you rather than for us. What we can tell you is that it costs nothing to find out what the roof actually needs before work starts.
It costs nothing to be sure.
A recorded inspection, the footage watched with you on the spot, and an honest answer about whether the quote in your hand is the job your roof needs.