From a single leak to a full commercial re-roof, Lifetime Roofing does it all — a licensed, insured Owens Corning Platinum Preferred installer serving the Bay Area since 2010.
Lifetime Roofing & Renovation has worked on Bay Area roofs since 2010 — everything from a single slipped shingle to a full commercial re-roof. This page is the map: every service we offer, grouped by the kind of work it is, with a link through to the detail. If you already know something is wrong but not what, an inspection is the right starting point.
From a single leak to a full commercial re-roof, Lifetime Roofing & Renovation does it all. We are a licensed, insured contractor (CA License #1090028) and Owens Corning Platinum Preferred installer serving the Bay Area since 2010. Explore our services below.
Most residential work falls into one of three buckets: a targeted repair, a full replacement, or an inspection that tells you which of those you need. Bay Area homes take their damage from wind-driven winter rain rather than snow load, so the failures we see most are lifted or missing shingles, worn flashing around penetrations, and underlayment that has aged out beneath otherwise sound tile. Age matters less than how a roof has aged — a well-ventilated asphalt roof can outlast a poorly ventilated one by years.
Commercial and low-slope roofs fail differently from pitched residential ones. Ponding water, seam failure, and flashing at parapets and curbs cause most of the leaks we are called out for, and the fix is usually a membrane system — TPO, PVC or EPDM — rather than anything shingle-based. Title 24 cool-roof requirements apply to replacements and major re-roofs, so on a commercial building the compliance path and the material choice often get decided together.
Material choice drives more of the final cost than any other single factor, and in California it also drives code compliance. Asphalt shingle remains the most common choice by a wide margin; concrete and clay tile are widespread on Mediterranean- and Spanish-style homes across the South Bay; metal and synthetic slate cost more up front and last longer. Title 24 energy rules and, in designated wildfire zones, Class A fire ratings can narrow the field before preference does.
Roofs rarely fail in isolation. Gutters that cannot clear debris back water up under the roof edge and rot the fascia; skylights and solar mounts are common leak points because they are penetrations through an otherwise continuous surface; and radiant barrier sheathing changes attic temperatures enough to matter on a re-roof. These are the jobs that usually come up alongside a roof, and doing them at the same time is almost always cheaper than doing them later.
Not sure what you need? Get a free inspection or book online and we’ll help you find the right solution.
Start with the roof rather than the service list. An inspection documents what is actually happening — where water is getting in, how much of the roof is affected, and how much life the existing system has left — and that answer usually decides between a repair and a replacement on its own. If you are already weighing those two against each other, our repair vs replacement guide walks through how age, damage spread and California code should drive the call. If water is coming in right now, emergency tarping buys time before any of that matters.
