Roof inspection — every plane, valley, and flashing on camera.
Drone-flown high-resolution imagery on multi-pitch Eden Prairie rooflines. Hail signatures from the 2017, 2019, and 2022 storms. Ice-dam history, ventilation balance, flashing detail. Documented in the same-evening report.
Three storms, complex geometry, and a long ice-dam season.
Eden Prairie absorbed direct hail hits in June 2017, August 2019, and the May 2022 derecho. Many premium rooflines run 9/12+ pitch with multiple hips, valleys, and dormered second floors that should never be walked. Add a five-month ice-dam season and you have a roof that needs aerial documentation, not a casual eyes-on. Bearpath cedar shake, Hennepin Village architectural composite, Mitchell Lake walkouts, Cedar Forest hip-and-valley — every era has its own failure pattern.
What the drone documents.
Six findings drive most post-closing roof surprises in Eden Prairie. Each is photographed in high resolution, severity-tagged, and tied to a recommended action in the report.
Hail bruising
Mat fractures and granule displacement from 2017/19/22 events. We cross-check roof age against storm dates and prior claims.
Ice-dam staining
Sheathing rot at the eave overhang from melt-and-refreeze cycles. Telegraphs as blistered shingles and gutter ice tracks.
Valley wear
Granules scour out where two planes meet. On Eden Prairie multi-hip rooflines, valleys fail 5–7 years before the field shingle.
Flashing failure
Step, counter, and kickout flashing — kickout missing on most pre-2005 EP subdivisions, drives sidewall water entry.
Ventilation imbalance
Mixed exhaust types and undersized soffit intake. Short-circuits airflow and feeds attic moisture in EP winters.
Sealant strip lift
Asphalt-shingle sealant strip degrading near end-of-life. Wind-uplift exposure rises sharply once strips are no longer tacky.
What's likely overhead.
Roof material and geometry by Eden Prairie subdivision. Use this as a pre-offer screen — book the drone scan regardless on anything 15+ years old or post any documented hail event.
| Neighborhood | Build era | Likely roof | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bearpath | 1992–2010 | Cedar shake · architectural asphalt | High |
| Cedar Forest | 1985–2005 | Multi-hip architectural · some shake | Medium |
| Hennepin Village | 1998–2008 | Architectural asphalt · 8/12–10/12 | Medium |
| Mitchell Lake area | 1972–1995 | 3-tab → architectural overlay common | High |
| Round Lake area | 1968–1985 | Original 3-tab · multi-overlay risk | High |
| Eden Prairie Center area | 1975–1995 | Architectural asphalt · simple gable | Low |
Three steps. Aerial-grade documentation.
Site brief and airspace check
We confirm pitch, height, and surrounding geometry. Eden Prairie sits under Class B airspace from MSP — we run the LAANC authorization where required and brief homeowners on flight zones before launch.
Plane-by-plane drone capture
Systematic capture of every roof plane, valley, ridge, sidewall, and penetration. Close-orbit detail of flashings, chimneys, and any hail-damage zone. Attic-side moisture and ventilation review runs in parallel.
Annotated imagery + remaining-life
Same-evening report includes plane-by-plane drone imagery, hail mapping, ventilation analysis, flashing detail, and a bracketed remaining-service-life estimate your agent can use in negotiation.
Add a roof inspection — or run it standalone after a storm.
Two-minute quote. Booking this week. Aerial-grade documentation.