Roofer Before-and-After Generator

Re-roof concepts from the street: keeping vents, valleys and flashing true

Take the before shot from across the street or the far side of the yard, where the client stands when they look at the house, with the whole roofline and part of the sky in frame. Overcast light shows shingle color more honestly than low sun, which turns every roof orange. If two slopes face different streets, photograph both, because a single elevation may hide the worst section.

Paint only the roof planes with Refine area manually so siding, gutters and windows stay as photographed. Then check the details a roofer would: plumbing vents, ridge vents, skylights, chimneys, satellite dishes and solar panels should all still be there, and valleys should still meet where they met. A generated metal roof sometimes gains seams that run the wrong way or loses a dormer.

For storm and insurance work, keep the concept out of the claim file; the adjuster needs the damage as photographed. Clients who want to try colors on their own house can use the roof color preview, and a before and after slider makes the color choice easy to show from a phone on the driveway.

Roof items to confirm in the concept

• Same number of vents, skylights and chimneys
• Gutters and downspouts unchanged
• Dormers and valleys in the same places
• Any visible damage left visible in the before image