Roof inspection and expertise
Independent expert — no roofing work sold. Roof thermography for commercial, industrial, and institutional buildings.
Schedule a roof inspectionAn independent diagnostic, before committing to costly work.
Redoing a commercial roof is a major expense. We carry out no corrective work and sell no roofing: our only role is to establish the assembly's real condition and its remaining service life, so the decision to repair or replace rests on facts.
What happens beneath the membrane
A flat roof is an assembly. Click a layer to discover its role and what Boreon detects there.
Axonometric cutaway of a flat roof assembly, from ballast to load-bearing structure.
Select a layer to explore its role, its failure modes, and what Boreon detects.
Gravel / protection
Protects the membrane from UV rays and impacts.
What deterioratesBallast displacement, water retention, blocked drainage.
What Boreon detectsBare zones and water pooling, identified during the survey.
Waterproofing membrane
The waterproof barrier: the most critical component of the roof.
What deterioratesCracks, open seams, blisters, perforations at penetrations.
What Boreon detectsWater entry points, often invisible to the eye, confirmed by thermography.
Cover board
Rigid, continuous base that receives the membrane.
What deterioratesSoaked or delaminated board, or misaligned joints.
What Boreon detectsMoisture above the insulation and weakened zones under the membrane.
Insulation
Ensures energy performance and manages the dew point.
What deterioratesSaturated, compressed insulation losing its R-value.
What Boreon detectsMoisture trapped in the insulation, mapped by thermography.
Vapour barrier
Prevents interior vapour from condensing inside the assembly.
What deterioratesDiscontinuous, punctured, or poorly connected membrane at flashings.
What Boreon detectsCondensation and abnormal moisture migration within the assembly.
Load-bearing structure
Receives and transfers all roof loads.
What deterioratesCorrosion, overloading, deflection, and differential movement.
What Boreon detectsStructural sagging and water retention, before failure occurs.
Detecting moisture through thermography
Water retained in the insulation changes the roof's surface temperature. Captured by drone, the thermal camera reveals these variations invisible to the eye and delineates their exact extent, making it possible to target a repair instead of replacing the entire roof.
Survey performed per the ASTM C1153 practice, the infrared imaging standard for locating moisture trapped in roofing systems.
Schedule a thermographic survey
Your roof deserves an independent diagnostic before you commit to costly work.
Schedule a roof inspection
Repair or replace: what a roof diagnostic must settle
A roof is an assembly
A flat roof is not a surface, it's a stack of six distinct functions: ballast, waterproofing membrane, cover board, insulation, vapour barrier, and load-bearing structure. Each can deteriorate independently of the others, and a defect in one often shows up at the location of another.
Where the water hides
The most costly item isn't the membrane, it's the saturated insulation beneath it: it loses its R-value, compresses, and adds weight to the assembly. This trapped moisture stays invisible to the eye, but it changes the roof's surface temperature — and that is exactly what a thermographic survey reveals.
Delineate before deciding
Knowing there's water isn't enough: you need to know its exact extent. This delineation is what makes a targeted repair possible instead of replacing the entire roof, turning a major expense into a proportionate intervention.
Why choose Boreon?
Independent expert — no roofing work sold, no conflict of interest
Drone thermographic survey per ASTM C1153 practice
Roof sections inspected on major projects across Quebec
Full assembly reading, from ballast to load-bearing structure
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