Plain roofing guidance from our Lakewood desk, the signs of trouble, the claim process, material trade-offs, and smart hiring.
Here is what can you put a metal roof over shingles really means for a Lakewood home, in plain terms.
Read more →Lakewood went up almost overnight in the early 1950s as one of the country's largest planned communities. That history is the single most useful thing to understand about your roof.
Read more →Almost every original Lakewood home has grown over the years, and the low-slope roofs on those additions and converted garages are where a disproportionate share of leaks begin.
Read more →Lakewood sits far enough from the coast that the summer sun does most of the damage to a roof, and a lot of that damage happens in the attic rather than on the shingles.
Read more →A roofing permit protects the homeowner more than anyone, yet it is the first thing a corner-cutting contractor skips. Here is what permitted roofing work means for you in Lakewood.
Read more →Lakewood goes months without meaningful rain, then takes a season's worth in a few storms. That pattern is exactly why so many roofs here leak with the very first downpour.
Read more →When a storm rolls through southeast LA, out-of-town crews follow it door to door. Here is how to tell a roofer who lives here from one who is just passing through.
Read more →Whatever the roof job, our Lakewood-area crew looks at the whole roof, documents the condition, with no manufactured urgency.