How the business runs

One kind of building, known well

We work on houses and small residential buildings in Burbank 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
No overlay sold as a replacement, and no coating over a wet deck
Sheathing priced per sheet, never as a lump guess
We will tell you when a relay or a partial is the cheaper right job

A row of new timber roof trusses inside an attic — **On the roof**Survey before any price is given

How it runs

Four steps, no surprises

Free inspection, the cool-roof position settled, then a written price.

Call or message

Tell us the covering, roughly how old, and what prompted the question. Most replacements are scoped from that plus a photograph before anyone travels.

A free inspection, and the deck question

The roof and the attic together. On Burbank's older streets the deck is frequently skip sheathing rather than plywood, and which one you have changes the price before anything else does.

The 50% line, established in writing

Whether the job crosses half the roof area decides what has to comply with current code. That gets settled before the scope is written, not discovered at inspection.

Written scope, written quote, then the work

Covering, underlayment and flashings named. Sheathing priced per sheet. The area left clean and the photographs handed over.

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.

Start with the license

California licenses roofing under classification C-39, and the register is public and searchable in about a minute. Ask for the number before the work, not after it.

Tear-off or overlay, and is it stated

An overlay is cheaper on the day and hides the deck. If two quotes are thousands apart, this is the first place to look, and it should be written down either way.

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.

Are the two quotes specifying the same roof

A fire-rated assembly, a named underlayment and a cool-roof compliant product each move the price. A cheaper quote is sometimes a lesser roof rather than a better price.

Nobody can price a roof from the street

A covering can look sound from the sidewalk and be finished at the laps. Insist that the roof and the roof space are both looked at before a figure is written down, ours included. What you should never accept is a number at the door, because a number at the door has to be padded to be safe.

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