Apartment and multifamily roofing in Los Angeles
The apartment building roofing contractor Los Angeles owners call when the roof is too small for the commercial firms and too big for the house roofers. Repairs, replacements and coatings with your tenants in place, and paperwork your lender and insurer will accept.
License #1131531. Bonded and insured. certificates on request. Our own crew, never a subcontractor.
Get a free multifamily roofing estimate
A crew lead walks the roof, photographs it and prices the options in writing. We call you back within one business hour.
Small buildings, big roofs, and roofers who don't call back
Inglewood and South Los Angeles are full of duplexes, fourplexes and eight unit buildings from the fifties and sixties. Their roofs are big, mostly flat, and mostly overdue. And they fall into a gap.
Too small for the big commercial firms
The companies that roof warehouses and office parks have a minimum job size, and a fourplex roof is usually under it. A quote can take weeks, if it comes at all.
Too big for most residential roofers
A house roofer with a three person crew can do your duplex. The eight unit building with the flat torch down roof and forty penetrations is a different job, and most of them will tell you so.
Right sized for a family crew
This is the multifamily roofing contractor built for exactly these buildings. Big enough for a twenty unit roof, small enough to answer the phone about a duplex.
What we do on multifamily roofs
The same four services as any building, done with the people living underneath in mind.
Repairs and leaks
The apartment complex roof repair that stops the call from unit 3B. Traced to the source, fixed the same visit where we can, documented for your file.
Replacements
Apartment roof replacement Los Angeles owners can schedule around their tenants. Phased by section, watertight every night, nobody moves out.
Restoration and coatings
For a flat roof that's worn but sound. Years added for a fraction of a replacement, with no dumpster in the parking lot.
Maintenance
Drains cleared and penetrations resealed before the rain, so the roof stays out of your tenant messages.
Duplex and fourplex roof replacement
Most of the small multifamily roofs we replace are two to four units on one lot, and they come in two kinds.
Pitched, older
Shingle or tile over two or four units, usually one roof
Flat, newer
Torch down or built up, often ponding, often two layers
Tenants
In place throughout, notices before every stage
Phasing
Front units, then back, never open overnight
Layers
Two already? The next one is a tear off
Title 24
Cool roof rated material on the replacement
Duplex roof replacement is the job that's too small for one kind of roofer and too big for the other. For us it's a week's work with the same crew start to finish, and the fourplex roof replacement next door is the same job with two more front doors to knock on.
Working with tenants in place
Nobody moves out for a roof. Here's how we keep it that way.
A notice for every door
Dates, hours, what they'll hear, where not to park. Delivered before the first day, in plain language, so the calls come to us and not to you.
Hours that fit the building
Later starts on a building full of night shift workers. Earlier finishes where kids come home at three. We ask before we schedule.
One section at a time
We open only what we can close the same day, so a change in the weather never reaches a ceiling.
Walkways, parking and the mail
Access kept clear, the dumpster where you say, and nothing dropped near a doorway. Your tenants should know the roof got done because it stopped leaking, not because of us.
Emergency tarp going on
Leak stopped at the source
Storm damage before repair
Built on family.
Backed by community.
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For owners and investors
A roof on a rental building is a cash flow decision, and a few things about it are worth saying plainly.
Your insurer is looking at the roof
Carriers across California are asking for roof age and condition at renewal, and a roof past its life can mean a non renewal. A dated condition report from us, or a new roof with a warranty, is what they want to see.
A leak costs more than a repair
Water in a unit means a tenant call, a ceiling, sometimes a rent credit, and sometimes a vacancy. The repair that stops it is almost always the cheapest line on that list.
Phase it, or coat it, but plan it
A replacement can be split across two budget years. A sound flat roof can be coated instead. Either way, a replacement you planned costs less than one a storm scheduled for you.
Buying a building? A roof inspection before you close tells you the roof's remaining life and what to ask the seller for. Managing several? See roofing for property managers.
How it works
Four steps, and your tenants only see the last two.
Assessment with photos
A crew lead walks the roof and any accessible attic space, photographs everything, and tells you whether it's a repair, a coating or a replacement.
Written options
Priced side by side, phased if you want it, with the condition report attached for your lender or insurer.
Notices and schedule
Permit pulled where needed, tenants notified, hours agreed, start date set.
The work, then the paperwork
Section by section, watertight every night, then photos, warranty and the guarantee in your hand.
What multifamily roofing costs
Priced by the roof, not the number of units. Here's what moves it.
- Roof area and shape. A fourplex under one roof is one job. Four separate roofs on one lot is four.
- System. Torch down and TPO on flat roofs, shingle or tile on pitched ones. Coatings cost least when the roof qualifies.
- Layers and tear off. Two old roofs means twice the disposal. One means a recover may be possible.
- Penetrations. Every unit adds vents, pipes and sometimes an HVAC unit. They all need flashing.
- Access. A tight lot, a shared driveway, or a building with no side access all shape the crew plan.
Every estimate is free, in writing, with photos, and shows repair, restoration and replacement beside each other when more than one applies.
Multifamily roofing near you
Our office is on La Brea Avenue in Inglewood, surrounded by the duplexes, fourplexes and small apartment buildings we roof most. From there we're the apartment building roofing contractor Los Angeles owners call across South LA, the South Bay and the Westside.
- Inglewood, our home base
- Culver City
- Gardena
Apartment and multifamily roofing questions
Do you roof duplexes and fourplexes, or only big buildings?
Duplexes and fourplexes are much of what we do on the multifamily side. They're the buildings that fall between the big commercial firms and the house roofers, and they're the ones around our office.
Do my tenants have to move out?
No. Every multifamily roof we do is with tenants in place. Notices before each stage, hours agreed for the building, one section open at a time, and nothing left open overnight.
My insurer is asking about the roof. Can you help?
Yes. A dated condition report with photos and a remaining life estimate, or after a replacement, the warranty paperwork. Both are what carriers ask for at renewal.
How much does an apartment roof replacement cost?
It's priced by the roof, not the unit count. Area, system, how many old layers come off, penetrations and access all move it. Every estimate shows the options side by side. Read the cost guide for ranges by system.
How long does a fourplex roof take?
Usually days, not weeks, once the material is on site. The estimate carries the schedule so you can tell tenants what to expect.
Flat roof or pitched, which do you do?
Both. Torch down, TPO and coatings on the flat roofs that most South LA multifamily buildings have, and shingle or tile on the pitched roofs of older duplexes. See flat roofing.
I own several buildings. Can you handle all of them?
Yes. One survey across every roof, one contact, one maintenance calendar. See roofing for property managers and owners.
A tenant says water is coming in right now. What do I do?
Call (323) 338 2878. We stop the water first, then find the cause and price the permanent repair. See emergency roof repair.
A roofer who'll come out for a fourplex
Get a free estimate from the apartment building roofing contractor Los Angeles owners call for a fourplex. A crew lead walks the roof, photographs it and prices the options in writing, with your tenants in place the whole way through.