Twenty minutes in March saves thousands in July.
Walk the yard
Granules on the lawn (look directly under the downspout outlets and at the splash blocks). Pieces of asphalt or shingle tabs. Dented gutter aprons from late-season ice falls. Any of these triggers a free inspection.
Walk the perimeter
Look up at the eaves. Sagging gutters, separated joints, missing downspout straps, exposed nail heads on shingle tabs, lifted ridge cap, displaced or missing flashing at chimneys.
Open the attic hatch
Look for water staining on the underside of the deck, on rafters near the chimney, and at any roof penetration. Look at insulation — if it is matted down or visibly wet at the eaves, ice-dam water made it in.
Clean the gutters
Or schedule it. The maple seed pods are coming in April and they will clog any unguarded gutter within a week.
Schedule
Any concerns, schedule a free spring inspection in March before the schedule fills. We book out 4–6 weeks by mid-May.