Roof Inspection
A roof inspection in Oregon is one of ten home inspection categories or a separate single-system report, and that difference changes who may perform it.
Roofing is category 0207 of the Oregon home inspection standards, so a general inspection already reports on the roof. A standalone roof inspection is a single-system report. Under the two-or-more rule, a roof-only inspector may fall outside home inspector certification.
Inside the home inspection, or outside it
Within a general inspection, the roof is category 0207 and the report must address it. The inspection is visual, so the method of observation is the inspector choice within that limit.
A standalone roof inspection reports on one system. Because Oregon certification attaches at two or more categories, that specialist may be a roofing contractor rather than a certified home inspector.
Why Oregon roofs are their own topic
Moss-driven failure on the wet side, ground snow load east of the Cascades, and R327 roofing materials where adopted all land on this one category.
Each has its own issue page on this site, and each cites the rule or agency figure behind it rather than a roofing trade source.
Asked and answered
Oregon names roofing as category 0207 of the ten standards of practice, so the report has to address it. The inspection is visual and not technically exhaustive by OAR 812-008-0203, so the inspector reports observed condition of the covering, flashing, drainage and penetrations. Life expectancy and repair costs are excluded from the report by rule.
Oregon inspections do not pass or fail a roof. The report states observed conditions under OAR 812-008-0207 and is excused by 0204 from stating life expectancy, causes or repair methods. In Oregon the conditions that get reported most are moss and the deterioration it drives, failed flashing, and ponding or drainage faults. Snow load and wildfire materials are separate questions.
No Oregon agency publishes a price. Within a general home inspection the roof is one of ten categories already covered. A standalone roof report is priced by the market. The provider may be a roofing contractor rather than a certified home inspector, since certification attaches at two or more categories. Get quotes and check CCB licensing either way.
Questions are taken verbatim from live Google People Also Ask results for this inspection type. Answers rest on Oregon rule text and the records cited above.