Lifetime Roofing & Renovation is a Sunnyvale-based, Owens Corning Platinum Preferred contractor. For larger commercial, multi-property, and specialty roofing projects, our crews travel to the Los Angeles region — we are not a local LA storefront, and we tell you honestly whether your project is a fit.
Los Angeles County is not one permitting jurisdiction — it is 88 cities plus the unincorporated areas. A re-roof inside city limits goes through LADBS. The same building a mile away in an unincorporated pocket is permitted by LA County Public Works. Pasadena, Santa Monica, Burbank, Glendale and San Marino each run their own plan check and their own inspection calendar. On one building that is paperwork. On a portfolio spanning three jurisdictions, it is the schedule.
We are a Sunnyvale-based commercial and specialty roofing contractor, and we mobilize to the LA region for work that justifies the trip: multi-building portfolios, low-slope commercial systems, and specialty residential roofs in clay tile, slate and standing-seam metal — the assemblies local generalists most often subcontract out anyway. We are not your 2am emergency call. We are the crew you bring in when the roof is a capital project with a drawing set and a budget line.
Because we mobilize a crew from the Bay Area, the projects that make sense are ones with the scope to warrant a specialist. Every project starts with a thorough assessment so we recommend the most durable, cost-effective system for your LA-area building.
TPO, PVC and modified-bitumen systems on warehouses, retail pads and mixed-use podiums across the LA basin, including tie-ins over occupied floors.
Commercial roofing →Apartment and multi-site portfolios sequenced building by building, with one submittal package per jurisdiction instead of one per address.
Learn more →Clay and concrete tile, natural slate and standing-seam metal — including lift-and-relay where the original tile is worth saving and no longer manufactured.
Roof replacement →Reflective membranes and cool-rated tile and shingle selected to clear both the state energy standards and the City of Los Angeles cool-roof requirement.
Cool roofing →Class A assemblies with ember-resistant venting and fire-blocked eaves for properties inside the Santa Monica Mountains, Hollywood Hills and Sylmar fire zones.
Fire-zone roofing →A measured roof survey, moisture probing on low-slope decks, and a fixed written scope before we mobilize — so travel is priced once, not discovered later.
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Our honest differentiator isn't a storefront in Los Angeles — it's the kind of work that justifies bringing a certified crew down from the Bay Area. Large commercial flat roofs, multi-building portfolios, and specialty systems (tile, standing-seam metal, Title 24 cool roofs, Class A fire-zone assemblies) are where our manufacturer certifications and specialized crews earn the mobilization. Here is how that works for a larger LA-region project:
Phone consultation first — describe the building, scope, and timeline; we assess whether a Bay Area crew is genuinely the right fit before anyone travels.
On-site assessment — for qualifying projects we arrange an evaluation, measurements, and moisture/deck checks on larger flat roofs.
Itemized written proposal — materials, scope, and mobilization stated transparently, so there are no surprises.
Dedicated crew & warranty docs — a specialized team completes the work with full manufacturer warranty registration.
California's Title 24 energy standards set minimum solar reflectance and thermal emittance for most re-roofs, and the City of Los Angeles adopted its own cool-roof requirement for residential re-roofing ahead of the statewide rules. Inside city limits the compliant product list is narrower than owners expect, and compliance is checked at inspection — not at bid.
Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones cut through the Santa Monica Mountains, the Hollywood Hills, Sylmar and Sunland-Tujunga. Inside them the roof is treated as one system under Chapter 7A: a Class A assembly, ember-resistant venting, fire-blocked eaves, and no unsealed gap at ridge, hip or valley. A Class A shingle over a non-compliant eave detail does not pass.
We don't claim local coverage of every LA neighborhood. These are the broad areas of the Los Angeles metro our crews will travel to for larger commercial, multi-property, and specialty roofing work — each with roof types where an out-of-area specialist makes sense.
Low-slope membrane over occupied floors, with crane picks, lane closures and night work booked around tenants rather than around our crew.
Long, hot summers age asphalt fast and push owners toward tile or cool-rated systems; the north and west edges of the valley also sit inside mapped fire zones.
Marine air corrodes fasteners and flashings long before the membrane itself fails, so we specify coastal-grade metal and detail the terminations for it.
Pasadena, San Marino and the streets around them hold some of the region's best original clay tile and slate. Most of it wants lift-and-relay and design review, not replacement.
Direct ocean and harbor exposure through San Pedro, Wilmington and the port. Salt spray and wind-driven rain attack fasteners, vents and low-slope terminations well before the field of the roof gives up.
Real roof replacements completed by our teams — the commercial, flat, tile, and specialty systems we bring to larger LA-area projects.
Headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA and available for larger commercial and specialty roofing projects across the greater Los Angeles area — including these regions and zip codes. These are areas we mobilize to for qualifying projects, not a claim of local branch coverage.
We hold a California C-39 roofing license (#1090028) and carry the insurance an institutional owner's risk team asks for before a crew reaches the roof.
Every LA-region project is priced from a measured survey rather than satellite imagery, and the written scope is fixed before we mobilize.
The crew that bids the specialty scope is the crew that performs it. The difficult part is not handed to a subcontractor after award.
And when a project is not a fit for an out-of-area contractor, we say so on the first call — before anyone has paid for a trip.
No — our office and yard are in Sunnyvale, and we would rather say so plainly. We travel to the LA region for commercial and specialty projects large enough to justify mobilization, and the travel appears as a visible line item on the proposal instead of being buried in the square-foot price.
Commercial and multi-property work, plus specialty residential roofs in clay tile, slate or standing-seam metal. A single-family asphalt re-roof is almost never worth an out-of-area crew; a portfolio of buildings often is. Send the roof area and we will give you a straight answer before anyone spends time on it.
Yes, and it is stated separately rather than folded into the unit price. On a project of the size we take on it is a small percentage of the total; on a small repair it would dominate the number, which is precisely why we decline that work instead of quoting it.
Yes, and the answer depends on where the building sits. LA County spans 88 cities plus unincorporated areas: LADBS permits inside the City of Los Angeles, LA County Public Works covers unincorporated pockets, and Pasadena, Santa Monica, Burbank, Glendale and San Marino each run their own plan check. We pull the permit and meet the inspector.
Both — and on many LA roofs they apply at once. Fire-zone work follows Chapter 7A as a complete assembly: Class A rating plus ember-resistant venting and eave detailing, not simply a Class A shingle. Title 24 sets the reflectance and emittance minimums, and the City of Los Angeles adds its own cool-roof requirement on residential re-roofing.
Send the address, the roof area and a photo or drawing set. We will tell you within a day whether it is a fit for an out-of-area crew and what mobilization would add to the number.
