How the business runs

One kind of building, known well

We work on houses and small residential buildings in Glendale and the areas around it. That is a deliberate limit: the housing here is a known quantity, and knowing it is most of the job.

Every survey covers the attic as well as the roof, because the entry point and the stain are rarely in the same place. Every job is photographed slope by slope. Every price is against a written scope, with sheathing priced per sheet.

No doorstep quotes, and no price without a survey
Design review filed before the permit, never the other way round
Original tile salvaged wherever it can be, not replaced by default
No modern covering specified on a designated property without review

Pine boards lining the slope of an attic ceiling — **Up there**Survey before any price is given

How it runs

Four steps, no surprises

A free inspection, the design-review position checked, then a written quote.

Call or message

Tell us the covering and the address. On a period Glendale property the address is the important part, because it decides whether design review applies before anything else does.

A free inspection, and a salvage count

Roof and attic together, and on tile the salvageable pieces counted. That count is the difference between a relay and a replacement, which is roughly half the job.

Design review FIRST, then the permit

On a designated property the Design Review Exemption has to be approved before a building permit application is accepted. Filed in that order, it is four to eight weeks. Filed the other way round, it is a month wasted.

Written scope, written quote, then the work

Profile, color and texture matched to what is there. Eaves and rafter tails documented before and after, which is what a review wants to see.

Before you choose

Five things worth checking on every replacement quote you get

Including ours. There are enough door-knockers working this valley that the checks are worth making on anybody.

C-39, and check it yourself

Roofing is licensed work in California under classification C-39. Do not take the number on trust or off a van door -- the CSLB register is public and it settles the question in a minute.

Have they counted your tile

On a clay roof this is the difference between $8,000 and $60,000. A quote for a full replacement written without a salvage count is not a high price, it is a price for a different job.

Do they know the review comes before the permit

On a designated Glendale property the Design Review Exemption has to be approved before the permit application is accepted. A contractor who plans to file them the other way round will cost you a month.

How is sheathing replacement priced

Nobody can know how much decking needs replacing before the covering is off. It should be a rate per sheet in the scope, not a lump guess and not a change order.

Priced from the roof, or from the sidewalk

On a canyon lot a good part of the roof cannot be seen from the street at all, and on a designated property the detailing that costs money is the detailing you cannot make out from below. A figure offered before anyone has been up is not a price yet.

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