Roofing for San Gabriel Valley homes, a short drive from El Sereno
The San Gabriel Valley starts just east of our office. Its older cities are full of Spanish revival and Craftsman homes under clay tile, and its post-war suburbs are shingle tracts now reaching replacement age.
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- Minutes from El Sereno
- Tile and shingle
We roof across the western and central San Gabriel Valley, including Alhambra, San Gabriel, Monterey Park, El Monte, Arcadia and West Covina. That means tile repairs and underlayment replacement on older homes, shingle re-roofs on 1950s tracts, flat roofs on commercial strips and 24/7 leak calls, each with its own city's permit.
Mission tile, Craftsman eaves and 1950s tracts
The valley's oldest neighborhoods grew around the mission and the early towns along the rail lines, so clay tile, low-pitched Spanish revival roofs and deep Craftsman eaves are everywhere from Alhambra to San Gabriel. Those roofs usually need their underlayment replaced long before the tile itself is finished.
Further east, the suburbs that filled in after World War II are mostly composition shingle over plywood or old skip sheathing. Many are on their second or third roof now, and valley summer heat ages them faster than roofs near the coast, so balanced attic venting and cool-rated shingles matter on a re-roof.
Mission San Gabriel Arcangel was founded in 1771 and gave the valley its name, and the Mission revival style it inspired still shapes rooflines here. Clay tile, stucco parapets and low pitches are common across the valley, and each needs care: tile cracks underfoot, parapet walls need proper caps, and low slopes depend on good underlayment more than steep roofs do.
What valley homeowners call us for
Tile Roof Underlayment Replacement in San Gabriel Valley
Lift-and-relay jobs on 1920s tile roofs where the paper underneath has given out.
Architectural shingles
Re-roofs on post-war shingle tracts, with cool-rated colors where the rule applies.
Roof Flashing Repair
Chimney and wall flashing on older homes, where most valley leaks start.
Commercial Roofing
Flat roofs over the shops and offices along the valley's main boulevards.
A different building office in nearly every city
The San Gabriel Valley is a patchwork of cities, each with its own building division, plus unincorporated pockets handled by Los Angeles County. A re-roof in Alhambra is permitted by Alhambra, one in Arcadia by Arcadia, and so on down the valley.
We pull the permit wherever the job requires one and schedule the inspections, so the paperwork follows the address rather than the other way around.
There's more detail in what flat roof replacement costs.
Other areas we cover close by
San Gabriel
Clay tile, parapets and flat sections on Mission-style homes.
El Monte
Older homes and flat commercial roofs in El Monte.
Arcadia
New construction and tile roofs on Arcadia's larger homes.
West Covina
Shingle re-roofs and venting on West Covina's tract homes.
San Gabriel Valley roofing questions
Short answers for homeowners and owners in San Gabriel Valley.
Other ways to reach usThe western and central valley: Alhambra, San Gabriel, Monterey Park, South Pasadena, El Monte, Arcadia and West Covina, plus the neighborhoods between them.
Usually. Many classic profiles are still made, and for discontinued colors we look for salvage or borrow tiles from a hidden slope.
Most are. We check whether the old skip sheathing needs solid plywood before the new roof goes on.
Yes, including flat roofs on strip centers, offices and apartment buildings.
