Dallas–Fort Worth sits in the heart of hail alley — the metro racks up some of the highest hail and wind-damage claims in the country, year after year. We put an FAA-certified drone over your roof and give you dated, documented condition reporting without a single person setting foot on the shingles or the membrane.
FAA Part 107 Certified · Fully Insured · LAANC Authorized · 5.0★ from 271 Google reviews
Desert Drones is an FAA Part 107–certified drone services company providing aerial roof inspections across Dallas–Fort Worth — storm and hail damage documentation, flat and commercial membrane surveys, residential and multifamily condition reports, and thermal moisture scans. We deliver high-resolution imagery and an annotated report, typically within 48 hours, with nobody walking your roof.
A drone documents an entire roof — ridges, valleys, penetrations, flashing, and seams — at a resolution and completeness a ground inspection can't match.
A report you can hand to an owner, an adjuster, or a roofing contractor — everyone works from the same evidence.
In a hail-alley market, a roof job is usually one of three things — and we document all three from the air.
Full nadir coverage of flat commercial roofs, plus a post-sunset thermal orthomosaic that maps trapped moisture across the whole membrane — with cut-test spots flagged.
THERMAL ORTHO · COMMERCIAL
After a DFW hailstorm we document the full roof at high resolution — dated and geolocated — so an adjuster or contractor can assess damage without anyone climbing up.
DATED · CLAIM-READY
Every building in a community documented to one consistent standard in a single mobilization — a complete, comparable condition record for the board.
MULTI-BUILDING · CONSISTENTWhatever the roof, the deliverable is the same: complete coverage, real documentation, and a report someone can act on — flown by FAA Part 107 pilots on the ground in Dallas–Fort Worth.
Most roofs are a single flight and a next-day report — here's the path.
Address, roof type, and why you're looking — a claim, a sale, a leak, or an HOA audit. We quote it and set a date.
Full nadir coverage plus obliques, LAANC pulled ahead, and an optional post-sunset thermal pass — nobody on the roof.
We stitch the imagery, run the thermal map, and flag every anomaly the day of the flight.
You get the located, numbered condition report within 48 hours, ready for an estimate or a claim.
Flying roofs in hail alley isn't the same as anywhere else. Here's what we plan around.
DFW leads the nation in hail claims. Dated, geolocated aerial documentation gives an adjuster what they need — and a pre-storm baseline is worth even more.
Composition shingle dominates DFW, with tile and standing-seam metal on custom homes. Nadir drone imagery catches damage across all of them at once.
A roof radiating stored heat after dark reveals exactly where water is trapped under the membrane — critical after a Texas downpour.
Most metro roofs sit under DFW International, Love Field, or Addison airspace. We pull the LAANC authorization before every flight.
In hail country, a roof report is only as good as the license, insurance, and documentation behind it.
Roof clients often bundle these — same DFW pilots, same mobilization when it makes sense.
Yes — that's a core specialty here. We deliver dated, geolocated high-resolution imagery, plus a thermal pass when moisture is involved, formatted to support an insurance or warranty claim.
No — the drone captures the entire roof at high resolution without anyone stepping on it, which is safer and catches what a ground walk misses.
Yes — most of DFW is controlled airspace. We hold FAA Part 107 certification and pull the LAANC authorization for each flight.
Yes — every building documented to one consistent standard in a single mobilization, so the board gets a complete, comparable record.
FAA Part 107 certified and fully insured, with a certificate of insurance on request.
Most roof inspections are delivered within 48 hours as an annotated report with located findings and close-up imagery.
Rated 5.0★ from 271 verified Google reviews across our locations.
John and team are the consummate professionals! Very reliable, quick, and high quality deliverables!
Professional, efficient, and easy to work with. The team delivered clean, high-quality aerials and communicated clearly throughout the project.
Needed work done quickly for drone photography. They responded quickly, knew exactly what was required, and explained it well — great customer service.
John was a professional and very knowledgeable. He made the process of getting drone footage seamless and did an exceptional job.
Absolutely amazing experience with Desert Drones. They did a shoot for my business and made my product really speak for itself!
John is a true professional. Every time we need drone photography or videography done, he is excited to take on the project.
Tell us the address and roof type — we'll get you a quote and a flight date, and nobody has to climb up.
