Roofing Contractor in Los Angeles

Most homeowners who call a roofing company in Los Angeles are not sure whether they are buying a repair or a new roof, and the honest answer is that nobody knows until someone gets on the roof. A leak at one chimney flashing on an otherwise sound ten-year-old roof is a repair. Sound tile sitting on thirty-year-old felt is a lift-and-relay: the tile comes off, new underlayment and flashing go down, the same tile goes back. Brittle shingles, widespread granule loss, multiple existing layers or leaks appearing in different rooms point to replacement.

We photograph the roof, the attic side where accessible, the flashings, the valleys and the penetrations, and put the findings in a written report. If a repair buys you several more years, we say so. Read the detail on roof repair in Los Angeles and on roof replacement and new roof installation, then decide with the report in front of you.

Architectural composition shingle is the workhorse of Valley tract housing and the most economical Class A assembly. Concrete and clay tile define the Spanish and Mediterranean homes of Sherman Oaks, Encino and Studio City, and usually the tile itself is fine while the underlayment beneath it is not. Standing-seam metal suits modern and hillside homes and low-maintenance owners. Flat and low-slope sections — common on mid-century houses, additions and carports — take TPO single-ply or modified bitumen rather than anything shingled.

Because we are a general building contractor rather than a roofing-only outfit, the things a tear-off uncovers are handled by the same crew under the same contract: rotted sheathing, damaged fascia and rafter tails, skylight replacement, attic ventilation, insulation and interior leak damage. For apartment buildings, mixed-use and small commercial properties, see commercial roofing in Los Angeles.

Re-roofing in the City of Los Angeles is permitted work, and we pull it under CSLB #1155602 with LADBS or with the building department in Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena, Calabasas, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica or Culver City. Class A fire-rated assemblies are the standard requirement, and properties in Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones — much of the hillside stock above Mulholland and along the canyons — may carry additional vent and material requirements. California Title 24 cool-roof provisions may also apply to a re-roof. These rules change and they turn on your specific address, so we confirm the requirements with the building department before the estimate is finalised rather than after the tear-off.

If you want to read further before you call, our blog covers what roof repair in Los Angeles involves, the signs you need a new roof in Southern California and how to choose a roofing contractor in Los Angeles.

Housing stock, building department and fire-zone rules change from one city to the next, so we keep a page for each of the communities we roof in: Sherman Oaks, Studio City, Encino, Tarzana, Woodland Hills, Van Nuys, North Hollywood, Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena, Calabasas, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica and Culver City.

Each page covers which building department issues the re-roof permit for that city, the roof types common to its housing stock, and whether hillside or canyon parts of it fall in a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone. Fire-zone classification and Title 24 cool-roof requirements are address-specific and change, so we confirm what applies to your property with the building department before the estimate is finalised.