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Shingle Roof Replacement in Magnolia Park

Shingle Roof Replacement in Magnolia Park from $7. Composition shingle, torn off to the deck rather than layered over. Free inspection and a written quote.

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Local crewMagnolia Park and the streets around it, not a call center
Local knowledgeHouse and garage roof looked at on the same visit
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Magnolia Park

Shingle Roof Replacement in Magnolia Park: what actually fails

Check the layer count at the rake edge before anything else on these houses. A 1945-to-1950 roof has very likely been re-covered at least once, and if it has already been overlaid then another layer is not on the table -- which turns what you were told was a cheap job into a tear-off, and it is better to know that before the deposit than after.

Composition shingle is the most common covering on Burbank houses and it is the one where corners get cut, because it is cheap enough that the temptation is to go fast. The two places that happens are the tear-off and the flashings.

  • Layer count at the rake edge, before an overlay is even discussed
  • The detached garage roof, priced alongside the house
  • Condition of the original 1945-50 framing and sheathing
  • Whether neighboring roofs of the same age have already gone

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Shingle Roof Replacement in Magnolia Park — rows of roofing shingles casting shadows in low sun
ShingleThe work itself
Shingle Roof Replacement in Magnolia Park — new roof framing behind scaffolding
Where it startsThe detail worth paying for
Shingle Roof Replacement in Magnolia Park — a crew of roofers working across a tile roof
The inspectionWalked, photographed, then priced
What it costs

Shingle roof replacement cost in Magnolia Park

Composition shingle runs $7 to $11 per square foot in Los Angeles, with about $8.50 being typical. National figures put it nearer $4, which is why an online estimate and a local quote look like they are describing different work. They usually are. Two roofs, one mobilization. On these lots the house and the detached garage are separate roofs of the same age, and doing both on one visit is materially cheaper than doing them two years apart. The layer count at the rake decides whether a tear-off is optional.

Typical$7 - $11 per sq ft
From$7
Pricedaround $8.50 in LA
Time on site3 - 5 days on site
01

What makes it cheaper

A single-layer tear-off onto sound plywood, a simple roof with few penetrations, and a covering choice at the standard end of the architectural range.

02

What makes it cost more

A second or third existing layer, skip sheathing, a lot of valleys and hips, steeper pitch, or a designer-profile shingle.

03

The corner not to cut

Flashings. Reusing old step flashing or bedding new shingles into old mastic will leak within a few seasons no matter what the shingle cost.

Buildings in Magnolia Park

Roofs in Magnolia Park, and what that means for shingle roof replacement

The detached garage is the thing people forget. It is a separate roof, usually on a shallower pitch than the house, and it is often a decade or more behind the house in condition because it was never included last time. Getting both priced at once is cheaper than mobilizing twice.

Magnolia Park's housing went up between 1945 and 1950, which puts most of its original roof structures at seventy-five years and counting.

Roof Replacement in Magnolia Park

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.

01

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.

02

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.

03

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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Other roof replacement work in Magnolia Park

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Roof Replacement in Magnolia Park

The whole grid here went up between 1945 and 1950, which means your neighbors' roofs are a fairly reliable forecast of your own.

Tile Roof Replacement in Magnolia Park

Magnolia Park went up as a composition-shingle tract in the late forties, so a tile roof on one of these houses is almost always a later re-cover.

Flat Roof Replacement in Magnolia Park

On these lots the only low slope is usually the detached garage, and on its own it is a small job.

Apartment Roof Replacement in Magnolia Park

Magnolia Park is overwhelmingly single-family, so the multi-unit work here is the small blocks along the boulevard.

Partial Roof Replacement in Magnolia Park

The common Magnolia Park version is house now, garage later, or the reverse.

Nearby

Shingle Roof Replacement in neighboring cities

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Shingle Roof Replacement in Burbank

Laid out 1887. Mixed-era streets, often three roofs a lot.

Shingle Roof Replacement in the Media District

Studio quarter. Controlled parking, managed loading.

Shingle Roof Replacement in Burbank Hills

Verdugo slopes. Fire zone at the margins, hard access.

Shingle Roof Replacement in the Rancho Equestrian District

Horse country. Outbuildings, and Griffith Park litter.

Shingle Roof Replacement in Chandler Park

Half lots. All junction, no side yard.

Shingle Roof Replacement in Toluca Lake

Heavy canopy, high tile share, LADBS permits.

Shingle Roof Replacement in North Hollywood

Dense. Small apartment blocks and LADBS permits.

Questions

Before you book shingle roof replacement

What is worth knowing before you book this.

Questions

What homeowners here ask

Can I just have new shingles laid over the old ones?

It is allowed up to a limit and it is usually the wrong call on a roof this age. An overlay hides the deck, adds weight, and sits on a surface that is no longer flat, which shortens the life of the new covering. On Burbank's older skip-sheathed houses it is worse again, because there is no solid deck to nail into.

How do I know if my shingle roof is actually finished?

Look at the field rather than the failure. Composition here tends to go across a whole slope at once -- granules gone, tabs brittle, seal lines broken -- rather than in patches. A bald section on an otherwise sound slope is a repair; a whole slope like that is a replacement.

Do I need a full replacement, or would less do?

Sometimes less would do, and we will say so. A tile roof is very often a lift and relay at roughly half the price. A confined failure on a separate structure is a partial. The test is whether the covering away from the failure still has life in it, and you should be shown the evidence either way.

Why is Los Angeles more expensive than the figures I found online?

Because most online figures are national. Asphalt shingle is about $8.50 per square foot here against roughly $4 nationally. A quote that matches a national average is usually missing something -- most often the tear-off or the sheathing allowance.

How long does a replacement take?

A typical single-family Burbank house is a three to five day job once it starts: tear-off and dry-in first, covering after. Tile takes longer than composition, and a lift and relay longer again because the tile is handled twice. Weather moves it, and we will not dry-in a roof we cannot finish.

Need shingle roof replacement in Magnolia Park?

Free inspection, and a written quote against a written scope. Every slope photographed before and after - the set is yours.

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