Roofing Contractor in Lakewood, CA

Seventy-year-old ranch framing under today's shingles

Most Lakewood homes have low-pitch gable or hip roofs, short overhangs and simple layouts. After 70-plus years, many are on their third or fourth roof, and some carry two shingle layers. Under the shingle we often find the original board sheathing, which can be soft at the eaves, and rafters sized for a light roof.

• Layered shingle that hides soft or rotted sheathing along the eaves.
• Additions and family rooms tied into the original roof at shallow pitches.
• Patio covers attached to the fascia that pull it loose and let water in.
• Pipe boots and vents cracked by summer sun on low-slope roofs.

Speed explains the sameness. Developers Louis Boyar, Mark Taper and Ben Weingart turned empty fields into about 17,500 houses in less than three years, at one point finishing a house roughly every 7.5 minutes. Production framing on that scale repeated the same details on block after block, including short eaves, shallow valleys and minimal flashing at walls. When one house on a street shows a soft eave or a leaking valley, its neighbors usually have the same weak spot.

How a Lakewood roof visit runs

Phone (725) 745-8803 or use the online form to pick a visit date. On site we inspect the roof surface, flashing, any addition or patio roof, and the attic. Afterward you get a photo set and an itemized written quote where tear-off, sheathing repair and permits each have their own price.

Because the homes are single-story with simple roofs, most reroofs here are finished in a few working days, weather and inspections permitting.

Which roof services fit a 1950s Lakewood house?

For a leak, our roof repair service usually finds it at a boot, a valley or the joint over an addition. When the shingles are worn across the roof, a roof replacement with full tear-off is the better choice on these homes, since it exposes the sheathing and lets us add plywood where the old boards are gapped or soft.

Under Title 24, a reroof covering half the roof or more may need a rated cool product depending on the climate zone, and many dark shingles age to low reflectance. The city confirms whether it applies, and if so we quote a CRRC-rated shingle.

Permits in a contract city

Lakewood incorporated in 1954 and became known for the Lakewood Plan, contracting many services instead of building its own departments. Ask the city who reviews and inspects roof permits today, and confirm current rules before a reroof. Whichever office it is, we file the permit and book the inspection when the job calls for one.

Lakewood Blvd is State Route 19, the same highway as Rosemead Blvd outside our base, so the drive is one road for much of the way. Bellflower Blvd, Del Amo Blvd, Carson St and South St carry most local trips, the 605 runs through the east side, and Lakewood Center, opened in 1951, sits where Lakewood Blvd meets Del Amo Blvd. Long Beach wraps the west and south, with Bellflower, Cerritos, Cypress and Hawaiian Gardens on the other sides. The 2020 Census counted 27,931 housing units, about 71% owner-occupied, so most roofs here are maintained by the people living under them.

Storm leaks or a limb through the roof go to our emergency roof repair service, where a tarp and insurance photos come first. Lakewood calls from the blocks off Lakewood Blvd and Del Amo Blvd get the same written quote and photo report as our roofing work in Rosemead.