Roofing contractor in Gardena, CA
The roofing contractor Gardena CA homeowners call when the postwar shingle roof is done, the fourplex is leaking into a tenant's kitchen, or the corrugated metal roof over the shop on Rosecrans is rusting through. Repairs, replacements, apartment buildings and warehouses, from a family crew ten minutes up the road in Inglewood.
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A crew lead walks the roof, photographs it and prices the options in writing. We call you back within one business hour.
Why Gardena's roofs are the way they are
Gardena is two cities on one map. A residential one of small postwar homes, duplexes and apartment courts, and an industrial one of warehouses and shops along the boulevards. Our Gardena calls come from one or the other, and the roofs couldn't be more different.
The postwar homes
Small single story houses from the forties and fifties on narrow lots, comp shingle, a lot of them on a second layer, and the flat roofed room added on the back sometime in the seventies. Where the leak usually is.
The duplexes and fourplexes
Gardena has a lot of small multifamily. Two and four unit buildings on one lot, often flat roofed torch down, often owned by someone who lives in one unit and rents the others, and can't have the tenants moving out for a roof.
The metal roofs
Along Rosecrans, Artesia, Vermont and Normandie, the shops and warehouses from the sixties and seventies under corrugated metal. Backed out screws, surface rust, and a roof that can be coated for a fraction of a replacement if somebody gets to it in time.
The big flat roofs
The newer warehouses and distribution buildings toward the 91 and the 110. Built up and single ply roofs measured in acres, with tenants who receive and ship every day and can't close the dock for a roofer.
The neighborhoods, and what's on their roofs
Gardena is one city with one building department, with county pockets around its edges and industrial corridors running through it. The roofs change at each boulevard.
Between the 105 and Rosecrans, closest to our office. The older and denser end, with small homes, duplexes and apartment courts on the side streets and the first of the industrial blocks along Rosecrans. Closest to the shop.
Around Gardena Boulevard, Western and Van Ness, the city's core. Postwar homes on the residential streets, the Japanese American community's institutions, the civic center, and small commercial buildings along the boulevards with flat roofs, a lot of them overdue.
Toward Artesia and the 91, where the lots get bigger and the industrial buildings take over. The big warehouses and distribution centers, the shops along Artesia, and the homes tucked between them.
Toward Hawthorne and Lawndale, off Crenshaw and Prairie. Tract homes from the fifties, a lot of them on their third roof, and the streets we drive through on the way to Torrance.
Rosecrans, Artesia, Vermont and Normandie. Metal and built up roofs over shops, warehouses and workshops, and the commercial roofing Gardena CA businesses call us for most. See industrial and warehouse roofing.
The pockets around El Camino College and Alondra Park never joined the city. They're Los Angeles County, so the permit goes to the county's counter, not Gardena's. Same homes, different paperwork. We check the address before we file.
A Gardena roof, start to finish
One house, one fourplex or one warehouse, the roof it had, the roof it has now, and how many days the crew was on it. This block is a template until Kevin picks the job.
Home
Neighborhood and type
Old roof
System, layers, age
New roof
System and finish
The problem
How the building stayed open
Days on site
Number
Guarantee
1 year on the work
Until then, the nearest finished jobs are four miles away in Inglewood, and you're welcome to drive past them. Ask when you call.
What we do in Gardena
Everything on the services page, and the four jobs a roofing contractor Gardena CA homeowners and businesses call gets asked for most.
The roof repair Gardena homeowners call about is usually the flat addition, a valley on a tract roof, or a seam on a fourplex's torch down. Leaks traced to the source, fixed with photos, guaranteed for a year, and a straight answer if the roof is closer to replacement than repair.
Roof replacement Gardena tracts need is a tear off to the deck, cool roof rated shingle in a color that suits a small postwar house, a ridge vent, and the flat section redone at the same time. On a fourplex it's a new torch down or TPO roof with the tenants in place. Priced in writing either way.
The metal roofs along the corridors get their fasteners replaced, their rust treated and a silicone coating for years more service. The big flat roofs get repairs with the dock open, coatings over sound membranes, and reroofs phased by bay around receiving hours.
Small multifamily is Gardena's roof. Repairs and replacements with the tenants in place, notices before every stage, one section open at a time, and a condition report for the owner's file and the insurer.
A Gardena fourplex reroof
Coating a metal roof on Rosecrans
A postwar home reroof
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Gardena runs its own building department at City Hall on 162nd Street, with its own forms, fees and inspectors. It isn't the City of Los Angeles, so the LA cool roof ordinance doesn't apply. The state's Title 24 does, and we install rated material anyway. We've pulled permits here. How the cool roof rules work
Alondra Park, El Camino Village and the streets around the college are unincorporated Los Angeles County, with county permits and county inspectors. Filing with the city by mistake can cost you weeks. We check the parcel first.
A lot of the roofs we do in Gardena have someone under them who can't leave, a tenant in a fourplex or a forklift in a warehouse. Notices before the work, hours agreed with whoever runs the floor, nothing left open overnight, and a report afterward for the owner's file.
How it works, ten minutes from the office
Four steps, and the drive is the short part.
A crew lead inspects the roof, the flat section, the attic if there is one, and the drains if there aren't, photographs it all, and tells you what's a repair, what's a coating and what's a replacement.
Two or three options priced in writing. On a metal roof, coat beside replace. On a fourplex, the tenant plan on the same page.
Permit pulled in the right office, city or county, the work done in days for a house and phased by section for a building, watertight every night.
Inspection passed, photos in your hand, warranty registered and our guarantee in writing.
What a roof costs in Gardena
A small postwar house, a fourplex and a warehouse are three different numbers. Here's what moves each.
- The house. Layers to remove, the flat addition, the shingle grade and any soft plywood. Gardena's small single story homes are among the most affordable roofs in the South Bay to replace.
- The fourplex. Priced by the roof, not the unit count. Torch down or TPO, how many old layers, penetrations, and access on a narrow lot.
- The warehouse. Per square foot. A coating over a sound metal or built up roof costs a fraction of a membrane, and on a big roof that fraction is real money.
- What doesn't move it. The drive. Gardena is priced the same as Inglewood.
Every estimate is free, in writing, with photos. Read roof replacement cost in Los Angeles for homes and commercial roofing cost in Los Angeles for buildings.
Nearby, and the way to the office
Our office is on La Brea Avenue in Inglewood, four miles north of Gardena City Hall, ten minutes down Crenshaw or Western. If you searched roofers Gardena CA or roofing company Gardena and got a page of directories, we're the roofing company Gardena can drive to, with a license number on every page and a crew that works the corridors every week.
Questions from Culver City homeowners
1. How close are you to Gardena?
Five miles. The office is on La Brea in Inglewood, fifteen minutes from City Hall, which makes us about the closest roofing contractor Culver City homeowners will find, and one with a finished roof in the city you can drive past. A crew lead can usually be on a Culver City roof the same day for a leak.
2. I own a fourplex. Do the tenants have to move out for a new roof?
No. Every multifamily roof we do is with the tenants in place. Notices before each stage, hours agreed for the building, one section open at a time, and nothing left open overnight. See apartment and multifamily roofing.
3. My warehouse's metal roof is rusting. Coat it or replace it?
If the panels are sound and the rust is surface, a coating with the fasteners replaced and the rust treated buys years for a fraction of a replacement. If panels have rusted through, it's a reroof. The assessment tells you which, with photos. See industrial and warehouse roofing.
4. Does the LA cool roof ordinance apply in Gardena?
No. Gardena is its own city, so the state's Title 24 applies instead. We install cool roof rated material as the baseline anyway, because a cooler attic in a fifties house is worth having, and a white roof on a warehouse cuts the cooling bill.
5. I'm near El Camino College. Is that Gardena?
Probably not for permits. Alondra Park and El Camino Village are unincorporated Los Angeles County, so the permit goes to the county, not Gardena City Hall. Tell us the address and we'll check the parcel.
6. Can you fix a warehouse leak without stopping operations?
Almost always. We work around receiving hours, phase by bay, cover or clear the racking under the work, and never leave a section open overnight. The dock stays open.
7. My house has two layers of shingle. Can you add a third?
No, and neither can anyone else. Code allows two layers. If you have two, the next roof is a tear off to the deck, which is also the first chance in decades to see what the plywood looks like.
8. How much does a roof cost in Gardena?
A small postwar house is one of the more affordable roofs in the South Bay to replace. A fourplex is priced by the roof, not the units. A warehouse is per square foot with coat and reroof side by side. Every estimate is free, in writing, with photos.
Houses, fourplexes and warehouses, ten minutes from the office
Call or request a free estimate. A crew lead walks the roof, photographs it, and prices repair, coating or replacement in writing before you decide anything.