Aerial · Roof & exterior · Demonstration capture
See your roof in detail and decide what it needs, without anyone on a ladder. High-resolution imagery of every slope, valley, ridge, flashing, and gutter across the South Okanagan, for you and your roofer to sit down and review together. The flight is usually over in under an hour.
What you get
A drone sees a roof the way you can't from the ground: straight down on every slope, in tight on the details, and over the parts you can't reach safely at all. You walk away with high-resolution imagery of the roof and exterior, ready to review. It's the look a roofer wants before they quote, and the look an owner wants before they decide.
Sharp, full-coverage frames of every slope and the exterior walls around it. You see the overall condition from angles no ground-level photo reaches. This is the wide read of the whole roof, before you zoom in on the detail.
You receive: high-resolution roof & exterior frames · shared client folder
A single straight-down image of the whole roof, stitched into one frame from a nadir mapping grid. Every slope, valley, and edge sits in one view. It's a clean reference for seeing the roof as a whole and pointing to exactly where something is.
You receive: top-down roof orthomosaic · shared client folder
Tight, high-resolution frames of the details that matter: shingles, flashing, valleys, ridges, penetrations like vents and stacks, chimneys and skylights, and the gutters. These are the spots a roofer wants to look at first, captured up close without anyone climbing to them.
You receive: close-up frames of shingles · flashing · valleys · penetrations · gutters
If you want it, we can build an interactive 3D model of the roofline from the same flight. Orbit the roof, look at a slope from any angle, and see how the planes meet. It's handy for measuring, planning a re-roof, or showing a roof to someone who isn't on site.
Optional add-on: interactive 3D roofline model · interactive 3D via Sketchfab
Everything lands in a shared client folder for you and your roofer to review. This is high-resolution visual condition imagery, a clear look at the roof and exterior from the air. It is not a structural, engineering, or insurance assessment.
No ladder, no lift
Some of the closest looks come without flying close. The mapping drone carries a 7× optical / 16× hybrid zoom and a laser rangefinder, so it holds a safe standoff distance and still pulls in tight, high-resolution detail on roof edges, flashing, and the façade. Those are the spots you'd otherwise reach only with a lift, or a risky climb.
From a comfortable standoff, the zoom lens reaches in on flashing, ridge caps, fascia, soffits, and façade detail, including high upper storeys, parapets, and tight corners. It's a close, steady look at the parts that are hardest and least safe to reach, and nobody has to climb anything.
The laser rangefinder lets the drone keep a sensible standoff from the building and still frame detail cleanly. That helps around steep slopes, tall walls, and tight sites. Any distance or height it reports is a planning-grade reference figure to help frame the work, not a certified measurement.
This is strictly visual imagery, a close look at the roof and façade from a safe standoff for the property owner and their qualified roofer or contractor to review. It is not a structural, engineering, or insurance assessment.
Who it's for
Getting eyes on a roof usually means a ladder, a steep climb, and real risk. Or it means not looking at all. A drone gets the look safely in one short flight. The imagery serves four very different people who all need the same thing: a clear view of the roof.
A clear look at your own roof. Check it before you buy, before you list, or after a storm to see how it came through. You get imagery to share with a roofer so you can decide what, if anything, needs doing. And you're never the one putting yourself on the roof.
Quote without climbing. High-resolution imagery of every slope, valley, and flashing detail lets you size up a roof, scope the work, and price a job from the ground. That means fewer trips up, faster quotes, and a clear visual record of the roof as you found it.
Show a listing's roof condition up front, or get a look before an offer. Clean roof and exterior imagery for the listing and the conversation, so the roof is something everyone has actually seen, not a question hanging over the deal.
Capture the roofs across a whole portfolio or a strata complex in one visit. Every building's roof is imaged the same way, for review and records. It's a practical, repeatable way to keep an eye on the roofs you're responsible for without sending anyone up.
Straight talk on what this is
This is high-resolution visual condition imagery of your roof and exterior. A clear look from the air, captured from above and up close, for the property owner and their qualified roofer or contractor to review. It shows you and your roofer what the roof looks like in detail you can't get from the ground, so the people who make the call can make it with their own eyes on the roof.
What it is not is a structural, engineering, or insurance assessment. We capture and deliver the imagery. We don't diagnose, certify, or detect moisture or leaks, and we don't assess or adjudicate anything. Reading the roof and deciding what it needs is your roofer's call. Our imagery gives them a clear, detailed view to work from. It doesn't replace their judgement.
How it runs
A roof capture is one of the quickest things we do. A short scoping call, an on-site flight that's often over in under an hour, then the imagery is processed in-house and sent to your folder. It follows the same five steps every Kendal Ventures project runs on, whether you want it once or as an ongoing program.
Questions & answers
No. This is high-resolution visual condition imagery of your roof and exterior, a clear ladder-free look for you and your roofer to review. It is not a structural, engineering, or insurance assessment, and we don't diagnose, certify, or detect moisture or leaks. We capture and deliver the imagery. Reading the roof and deciding what it needs is your qualified roofer's or contractor's call, and our imagery gives them a detailed view to work from.
No, we fly it. The whole capture is done from the air, so there's nothing to climb and no one ever sets foot on the roof. That's the point of doing it with a drone. You get a close, detailed look at every slope, valley, and flashing detail without the ladder, the risk, or the wear that climbing a roof causes.
Quickly. Every inquiry gets a reply within one business day, and because a roof flight is short and low-disruption, we can usually schedule it soon after we've talked. The on-site capture is often over in under an hour. We process the imagery in-house, so there's no long outside queue between the flight and the imagery landing in your folder.
We provide high-resolution visual imagery of the roof that you can share with your roofer or your insurer. We do not assess or adjudicate claims, and this is not an insurance assessment. What you get is a clear, dated visual record of the roof that you and the qualified professionals involved can look at. How it's used in a claim is between you, your roofer, and your insurer.
Part of the bigger picture
The same drone that captures your roof also images the rest of the property, whether that's the home and grounds or a whole commercial site and its building envelope.
Interactive 3D twins, cinematic listing media, and dated property records. Roof imagery is one part of the residential capture.
Visual inspection imagery for commercial roofs and the building envelope, plus orthomosaics and asset records, for managers and contractors.
Request a quote
Every job starts with a short scoping conversation: the property, what you want to see, and whether you want it once or on a schedule. Nobody climbs anything.
Every inquiry gets a reply within one business day.