ITEL Testing for Flooring, Siding, and Roofing

ITEL provides a complete laboratory report based on comprehensive analysis of flooring, siding, and roofing products to enable a fair settlement on property claims.

Material Pricing

ITEL provides pricing, comparable products, and specification testing on most flooring:

  • Carpet: Residential and light commercial carpet.
  • Pad and Underlayment: Tested free-of-charge when sent with a flooring sample.
  • Ceramic, Porcelain, and Stone Tile: Residential and light commercial ceramic, porcelain, and stone flooring and wall tiles.
  • Sheet Vinyl and Tile Vinyl Flooring: Residential and commercial resilient flooring, including linoleum and vinyl. Additional asbestos testing on the vinyl sample is also available (see Additional Services).
  • Wood Flooring: Solid, engineered and hybrid wood flooring.
  • Laminate Flooring: Residential and commercial laminate flooring.

Material Matching

ITEL matches and locates both discontinued and currently available roofing and siding:

  • Roofing: Asphalt, concrete, clay, wood, slate, metal and composite.
  • Siding: Aluminum, hardboard, fiber-cement, Masonite, steel and vinyl siding.

Find out more about our roofing and siding matching service.

Laboratory Reports

Once the material is analyzed, ITEL quickly returns a comprehensive report by e-mail or fax.

Flooring Pricing

Reports include:

  • The specifications of the flooring sample (construction, fiber, wearlayer, etc.)
  • Up to 3 active styles of flooring available in today’s market that are of like kind and quality to the tested sample
  • An ITEL benchmark settlement price

View a sample carpet, ceramic tile, vinyl, laminate, or wood report (PDF).

Roofing Match and Locate

Reports include:

  • The physical specifications of the roofing sample (product form, warranty, profile, etc.)
  • The manufacturer and line name of the original roofing and availability in the current market
  • Suppliers for current and discontinued roofing when available
  • Comparable roofing products with similar specifications and the names of suppliers (if the original roofing is no longer available)
  • Sources for custom roofing

View a sample roofing report (PDF).

In addition to the lab report, a video can be posted online at the adjuster's request to help resolve questions or disputes on a completed roofing lab report. Click this link to request a video, or call our Customer Service team at 800-890-ITEL (4835).

Siding Match and Locate

Reports include:

  • The physical specifications of the siding sample (profile, projection, height, gauge, etc.)
  • The manufacturer and line name of the original siding and availability in the current market
  • Suppliers for both current and discontinued siding when available
  • Comparable siding products with similar specifications and the names of suppliers (if the original siding is no longer available)

View a sample siding report (PDF).

In addition to the lab report, a video can be posted online at the adjuster's request to help resolve questions or disputes on a completed siding lab report. Click this link to request a video, or call our Customer Service team at 800-890-ITEL (4835).

Sending Flooring, Roofing, and Siding Samples

Sending samples for analysis is easy. Learn how to collect and send samples to ITEL, read a lab report, or find answers to common questions about ITEL.