Roofing contractor in Culver City, CA
The roofing contractor Culver City homeowners call when the Spanish roof in Carlson Park is leaking at the underlayment, or the mid century in Sunkist Park is on its third layer of shingle. Repairs, replacements and tile from a three generation family crew five miles away, with a license, an address and a Culver City roof you can go and look at.
License #1131531. Bonded and insured. 400 S La Brea Ave, Inglewood. 1 year guarantee on our work.
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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 Culver City's roofs are the way they are
Culver City grew up around the studios in the twenties and thirties, then filled in with tracts after the war. The two eras sit a block apart, and they need different roofers.
The Spanish homes
Carlson Park, the streets off Washington and the older blocks near downtown. Clay tile roofs from the twenties and thirties, with the tile intact and the underlayment under it long gone. The leak looks like a tile problem and almost never is.
The mid century tracts
Sunkist Park, Blair Hills and the flats south of the boulevard. Low pitched fifties and sixties homes, comp shingle, many on a second layer, with flat sections over the additions that came later.
The condos and offices
Fox Hills and the corridors along Jefferson and Sepulveda. Flat roofs over townhomes with HOAs, and over the offices, labs and studios that make Culver City a place people commute into.
The hill
Culver Crest and the upper streets of Blair Hills, on the ridge above the Ballona Creek. Steeper roofs, bigger views, and parts of it in the fire zone, where a Class A roof isn't optional.
The neighborhoods, and what's on their roofs
Culver City is its own city, with its own building department and its own rules, bordered on every side by the City of Los Angeles, which has different ones. Knowing which side of the line a house is on is half the job.
The city's showpiece streets, north of Braddock around the park. Spanish, Tudor and English cottage homes from the twenties and thirties, most under original clay tile or steep shingle. The tile is worth keeping. The underlayment beneath it is usually the reason we're there.
The postwar tract on the west side, off Sawtelle and Sepulveda. Single story mid century homes with low pitched shingle roofs, a lot of them on their second layer, and the flat roofed family room out back that leaks first.
The hillside above the creek and the Baldwin Hills. Sixties and seventies homes with views, steeper pitches, tile and shingle, and streets that climb. Parts of it sit in the fire zone, so Class A and the ember rules apply.
The condo and townhome community at the south end, with HOAs, shared roofs and boards that decide when the work happens. Flat and low slope roofs, a lot of them, and a condition report the board can read before it votes.
The blocks around the studios and Washington Boulevard. Older commercial buildings, converted warehouses, restaurants with exhaust on the roof, and the offices that fill in around them. Flat roofs, PVC where there's grease, and work scheduled around trading hours.
The blocks toward La Cienega and the Los Angeles line. A mix of Spanish duplexes, small apartment buildings and postwar homes, some in the city and some just over the line in LA, which changes the permit and the cool roof rule. We check.
Our Culver City project,
before and after
A Culver City home we reroofed, photographed before and after. Ask any site that ranks for roofers Culver City for three things, a license number, an address and a photo of a roof they did here. Here are ours.
Home
Neighborhood, confirm
Old roof
System and age, confirm
New roof
System and color, confirm
The problem
What was leaking, confirm
Days on site
Number, confirm
Guarantee
1 year on the work
Read the full write up in the Culver City roof replacement case study, or ask when you call and we'll tell you the street.
What we do in Culver City
Everything on the services page, and the four jobs a roofing contractor Culver City homeowners call gets asked for most.
The roof repair Culver City homeowners call about is usually a tile roof leaking at a valley or a pipe, or a mid century's flat addition. Leaks traced to the source, fixed with photos, guaranteed for a year, and a straight answer if it's the underlayment and not the tile.
Roof replacement Culver City tracts need is a tear off to the deck, cool roof rated shingle in a color that suits a mid century, a ridge vent, and the flat section redone at the same time. On a Spanish home it's a lift and relay that keeps the tile. Either way, priced side by side in writing.
The clay tile on Culver City's Spanish homes lasts a century. The felt under it lasts thirty years. We lift the tile, replace the underlayment and flashings, and put the same tile back, matched from salvage where one's cracked. The roof looks the same from the street and stops leaking.
Fox Hills boards, the townhome rows, and the offices and restaurants along the corridors. Condition reports written for a board, repairs done with the building open, replacements phased around residents and trading hours. Roofing for HOAs and commercial roofing
Lift and relay in Carlson Park
A Sunkist Park reroof
A Fox Hills
flat roof
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Culver City runs its own building department at City Hall on Culver Boulevard, with its own process and its own timeline. It isn't the City of Los Angeles, so the LA cool roof ordinance doesn't apply. The state's Title 24 does. We've pulled permits here, and we plan for the timeline. How the cool roof rules work
Culver City is an island inside the City of Los Angeles. Palms, Mar Vista, Del Rey and the streets east of La Cienega are LA, with LA permits and the LA cool roof ordinance. A Culver City address on the mail doesn't always mean a Culver City permit. We check the parcel before we quote.
Culver City has a historic preservation program, and some Carlson Park and downtown properties are on its list, which can shape what the roof can look like from the street. Up on Culver Crest and in parts of Blair Hills, the fire zone applies instead, with Class A and ember rules. We check both before we quote.
How it works, five miles from the office
Four steps, and on a tile roof the first one involves lifting a few tiles, because you can't judge one from the street.
A crew lead inspects the roof and the attic, lifts tiles if it's tile, checks the flat section if there is one, photographs it all, and tells you what's a repair and what isn't.
Two or three options priced in writing, the tile relay beside a new roof if the tile is borderline, and the cool roof colors that suit the house.
Permit pulled at Culver City Hall, or LA's if the parcel is over the line, the work done in days for most homes, the roof watertight every night.
Inspection passed, photos in your hand, warranty registered and our guarantee in writing.
What a roof costs in Culver City
A mid century tract reroof and a Carlson Park tile relay are very different numbers, and here's what moves each.
- Tile relay.Priced by roof area, a fraction of new tile because the tile is reused. Broken tile and deck repair as allowances.
- Shingle replacement. Layers to remove, the flat addition, the shingle grade and any soft plywood. Single story tracts are the most affordable roofs in the city.
- Steep and hillside. Blair Hills and Culver Crest roofs are steeper and harder to reach, and the estimate says so.
- Historic and fire zone. A rated Class A assembly is standard for us. A historic review, if one applies, is time rather than money.
- What doesn't move it. The drive. Culver City is priced the same as Inglewood.
Every estimate is free, in writing, with photos. Read roof replacement cost in Los Angeles for the ranges by material.
Nearby, and the way to the office
Our office is on La Brea Avenue in Inglewood, five miles south of downtown Culver City, fifteen minutes down La Cienega or Sepulveda. If you searched roofers Culver City or roofing company Culver City CA and got a list of companies you couldn't visit if you wanted to, we're the roofing company Culver City can, with a license number on every page and a finished roof in the city.
- Culver City
- Westchester and Playa del Rey
- Palms, Mar Vista and Del Rey, City of LA
- Inglewood, the office
- Ladera Heights and Baldwin Hills
- Hawthorne
Questions from Culver City homeowners
1. How close are you to Culver City?
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. My Spanish home's tile roof is leaking. Do I need a new roof?
Almost never. The tile is fine and the underlayment under it has failed, which on a twenties or thirties house is decades overdue. A lift and relay replaces the underlayment and flashings and puts your tile back. See tile roofing.
3. Is my house in Culver City or Los Angeles?
Depends on the parcel, not the mailing address. Culver City is surrounded by LA, and Palms, Mar Vista and the streets east of La Cienega are LA even when the mail says Culver City. It matters for the permit and the cool roof rule. Tell us the address and we'll check.
4. Does the LA cool roof ordinance apply in Culver City?
Not inside the city limits. Culver City is its own city, so the state's Title 24 applies instead. We install cool roof rated material as the baseline anyway. If the parcel turns out to be LA, the ordinance applies and we spec for it.
5. Is Culver City hard to get a permit in?
It's thorough, and the timeline is part of how we plan the job. We've pulled permits here before, and we tell you up front how long it usually takes.
6. Do you work with our HOA in Fox Hills?
Yes. We write the condition report and the proposal for the board, present it if that helps the vote, and phase the work around the residents. See roofing for property managers and HOAs.
7. My house is in Blair Hills. Does the fire zone apply?
Parts of Blair Hills and Culver Crest are in the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, which requires a Class A roof assembly and the ember rules under Chapter 7A. We check the map for your address, and we install Class A everywhere anyway.
8. How much does a roof cost in Culver City?
A single story tract reroof is one of the more affordable roofs in the city. A Carlson Park tile relay is priced by area and reuses your tile. A hillside roof costs more for the pitch and the access. Every estimate is free, in writing, with photos.
A license, an address, and a roof in Culver City you can go and see
Call or request a free estimate. A crew lead walks the roof, lifts a few tiles if it's tile, photographs it all, and prices the options in writing before you decide anything.