How the business runs

Dense parcels, and more than one roof on most of them

We replace roofs in El Monte and the cities around it. That is a deliberate limit, and here it means something specific: this is one of the valley's densest cities, so most properties carry a house plus a garage plus an addition, and pricing them as one roof is how quotes go wrong.

We also take converted garages and accessory dwellings seriously as a distinct problem rather than a small roof. A structure built to shelter a car and now sheltering a bedroom has insulation, ventilation and condensation questions that no amount of new covering will answer.

No doorstep quotes, and no price without a survey
We will not sell a new covering to fix condensation
Every structure on the parcel is its own line, never averaged
If a scope cannot be photographed, it is not invoiced

Exposed timber trusses and roof windows in an attic — **The crew at work**Survey before any price is given

How it runs

Four steps, no surprises

Free inspection of every structure on the parcel, then a written quote. No obligation, no curbside numbers.

Call or message

Tell us which structure is affected - the house, the garage, an addition. On a dense El Monte parcel that answer changes the whole approach before anyone travels.

Free inspection, and a structure count

Roof and attic together, and every roof on the parcel identified. A single figure that quietly decides what it includes is the commonest way an El Monte quote misleads.

Leak or condensation, settled before anything is quoted

On a converted garage this is the whole question. Damp that is worse in dry weather is an assembly problem, not a covering problem, and the fix is a fraction of the price.

Written scope, written quote, then the work

Deck type named, layer count stated, sheathing priced per sheet. The permit through the right city - there are two with almost the same name here.

Before you choose

Five checks worth making on every quote, including ours

There are enough people working this valley with a clipboard and no license number that the checks are worth making on anybody.

Ask for the C-39 number first

Roofing is licensed work in California under classification C-39, and the CSLB register is public. Check it before anyone goes up, and check ours.

Which structures does the price cover

The single most useful question in this city, and the one that explains most of the spread between quotes on the same property. A price for 'the roof' on a parcel with four of them is not a price yet.

Is the permit going to the right city

El Monte and South El Monte are separate incorporated cities with separate building departments. An application filed with the wrong one is a week gone, and it happens constantly because the names are so close.

Are the two quotes specifying the same roof

A tear-off versus an overlay, a sheathing allowance versus a lump guess, and an aged-SRI product versus a cheaper one each move the price by thousands. A lower quote is sometimes a lesser roof rather than a better deal.

Did anybody actually go up

On a parcel carrying four roofs, a price produced at the curb has not seen three of them. Insist that the roof and the roof space are both looked at before a figure is written down -- ours included -- and treat a doorstep number as an opening position rather than a quote.

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