Our Completed Roofing Projects — Bay Area

A 20-year-old shingle roof came off along with both of its aging skylights; new OSB went over the deck, two new skylights were flashed in, and Owens Corning shingles in Sierra Gray finished it under a city permit that passed final inspection.

Instead of painting old shingles white, the roof was torn to the deck and re-shingled in solar-reflective Owens Corning Duration COOL, with new gutters and a chimney cricket.

About three squares of clay tile lifted, the failed underlayment and battens replaced, and the original tile relaid. The rest of the roof was left alone.

Only the worn section of about nine squares came off: torn to the deck, sealed with self-adhered underlayment, re-shingled, and the solar array reset.

A 20-year-old shingle roof stripped to the deck, re-sheathed in OSB, re-shingled and the solar array put back on new brackets.

A worn wood shake roof with a failed valley replaced with Presidential shingles, new plywood and flashings, and a city-inspected final.

Concrete tile stripped by hand, new plywood deck, synthetic underlayment and architectural shingle, with county inspections.

We lifted 27 squares of 50-year-old concrete tile, added a plywood deck and new underlayment, and re-laid the same tile.

A hillside roof patched in half a dozen places had reached the end of what repairs could do, so it came off entirely: full tear-off, a new OSB deck, synthetic underlayment and Owens Corning TruDefinition Duration COOL shingles.

The covering came off to reveal spaced plank sheathing and daylight in the attic; the planks were overlaid with plywood and 22 squares of shingle went back down.

A leaking low-slope roof stripped back to bare structure, re-sheathed across its whole area, and finished with a new mineral-surfaced cap sheet and two new skylights.

Moss hid the real problem: the concrete tile was still sound but the underlayment beneath it had failed, so the tile was lifted, the deck replaced and the original tile relaid.

Thirty-six squares of clay barrel tile lifted, the failing underlayment replaced, and the same tile relaid on a San Jose home.

Tile lasts 50+ years but the underlayment beneath it lasts 20 to 30 — the maintenance schedule that follows from that, and what fails first.

Tear-off on a Santa Clara ranch found split boards and spaced planking. Why the whole deck was replaced, not patched.

A San Mateo reroof rebuilt as two systems on one house: a torch-applied membrane over the low-slope field and Class A shingles on the pitched slopes, with the deck stripped back to its original board sheathing.

A full tear-off and re-roof of a Victorian in Alameda: 26 squares at an 8/12 pitch, old roofing stripped to the original spaced plank sheathing, the whole deck re-sheeted in plywood, and finished in Shasta White architectural shingles.

A first-time buyer's shingle re-roof in Fremont, written as the guide we wish every homeowner had before their first conversation with a roofer: what to settle, what to ask, and what a straight bid looks like.

The largest job on our books: concrete tile lifted and reused across 26 units, old underlayment stripped, rotted fascia and decking rebuilt, TileSeal HT installed, flat sections rebuilt and new gutters community-wide.

Two Santa Cruz Mountains replacements under redwoods: new CDX decking with full peel-and-stick underlayment on a steep mountain home, and a smaller house with its low-slope section rebuilt.

A Corte Madera solar reroof with Presidential shingles, full plywood overlay and new gutters, alongside a Mill Valley house and backyard studio done together.

A Saratoga cedar shake conversion: full tear-off, OSB overlay across the original skip sheathing, a custom chimney cricket and flashing, and Owens Corning architectural shingles.

A failing cap-sheet roof in Los Gatos overlaid in dark gray TPO with welded seams, a new skylight curb and new edge metal — built for a site under heavy oak cover.

Twenty-two panels detached and reset around a full half-inch OSB deck overlay, Owens Corning shingles, new skylight flashing and white gutters.

A 23-square Mountain View reroof documented day by day from tear-off to finished cool roof, with the city permit finaled the day after completion.

Rotten rafters found at tear-off turned a Piedmont re-roof into a structural job: sistered framing, a new deck, architectural shingles and a cap-sheet flat section.

A Palo Alto cedar shake conversion: full tear-off, plywood overlay over the skip sheathing, Title 24 cool-roof shingles, new gutters and a full R-38 attic restoration.

A complete shingle roof replacement in Livermore, followed through so you can see where the days actually go on a job of this size.

Three layers of asphalt stacked on framing sized for one, with tar smeared over the failures. Full tear-off to the original decking, new OSB sheathing, 25 squares of Duration COOL and an R-38 attic — permitted and signed off in a week.

25 squares of shingles, about 290 feet of gutters and downspouts, leaf guards, and the rotted fascia behind them — handled as one April project, because the fascia the gutters hang from is only reachable while the roof is off.

A nine-year-old Sunnyvale skylight leaking around its edges. The whole assembly came out: new underlayment around the opening, metal step flashing woven into the shingle courses, new pipe boots, and shingles cut tight to the curb.

A 21-square full tear-off in the Oakland Hills with the real number attached: synthetic underlayment, new architectural shingles, and how it compares to what homeowners report paying.

Full OSB re-deck, ProArmor underlayment and Owens Corning Duration COOL shingles, with the solar array detached and reset.

Water at the front entry of a 35-year-old tile roof, traced and repaired in days. No tear-off, no dab of sealant.

Tiles lifted, the worn underlayment beneath replaced, then the same tiles relaid.

Four panels detached, the Presidential-style shingle roof beneath repaired, and the array reset.

One leak over the garage fixed with a one-square tile reset and new underlayment: $3,500 in 4 days, no tear-off.

A Christmas Eve tree branch: same-day tarping, new decking and battens, and Owens Corning Title 24 shingles.

Wet attic insulation led to a same-day inspection, a section tear-off, new plywood and Forest Brown shingles for $14,000.

Full tear-off of a worn wood-shake roof, new decking and charcoal-gray flat tile, on budget in about 8 weeks.

Owens Corning Title 24 cool roof shingles, HOA-approved and city-permitted, passed final inspection.

Presidential shake-profile shingles in the "Altum Blend" color — a 24-square full reroof for a Marin County classic.

Complete shingle reroof with a full solar panel detach-and-reset in Oakland.

Heavy tile traded for architectural shingle: less weight on the structure, a cleaner modern profile.

A complete Almaden Valley project: full replacement with solar panels handled end to end.

How an insurance letter turned into a $48,000 roof replacement — documented from notice to final walkthrough.

Full replacement with Duration COOL reflective shingles — the Title 24-friendly cool-roof pick for San Jose.

A fresh start in Watsonville with CertainTeed shingles in Heather Blend.

A classic Bay Area ranch reroofed for the long haul.

A complete premium re-roof, built for Saratoga hillside weather.

A stately Atherton home brought up to modern roofing standards without losing its character.

A Sunnyvale flat roof rebuilt with a durable single-ply membrane: materials, timeline, and what the work involved.

A San Francisco transformation: a persistent flat-roof problem ended with a TPO system.