Roof repair and replacement in Long Beach, CA

Denco Roofing Company is a Long Beach roofing contractor with our own crews, our own trucks and a downtown office at 421 E 1st Street. We fix leaks, repair storm and wind damage, relay tile, replace worn-out shingle roofs and install new flat roof systems on homes, apartment buildings and commercial properties across the city. When you call (562) 414-1770, a person answers, day or night, and the roofer who comes out works for us.

Roofing here is not one job repeated. A Belmont Shore cottage a few blocks from the sand fights salt air and corroded flashing. A Los Altos ranch house a few miles inland deals more with summer heat and UV that bakes shingles dry. A Bixby Knolls Spanish Revival home may have clay tile that is fine on top and failing underneath. We start every job by working out which of those stories your roof is telling, then we price the fix that matches it.

Most of our work falls into three groups. Repairs: leaks, slipped tile, torn shingles, failed flashing around chimneys, skylights and vents, and rotted fascia. Replacements: full tear-offs and new roofs in shingle, tile, metal or low-slope membranes, plus tile lift and relay jobs where the old tile goes back on over new underlayment. Ongoing care: inspections for escrow and insurance, seasonal maintenance, and solar panel removal and reinstall when a roof under panels needs work.

Roof types by part of Long Beach

The older core of the city, including Bluff Park, Belmont Heights, Bluff Heights, California Heights, Wrigley, Los Cerritos and much of Bixby Knolls, was built mostly between the 1910s and the 1930s. Here you see Craftsman bungalows with composition shingle over old plank decking, Spanish Revival homes with clay barrel tile and flat sections behind parapet walls, and Tudor cottages with steep gables and tight valleys. Several of these areas are historic districts, so visible changes to roofing material can need extra review before a re-roof.

East Long Beach and the north side grew fast after World War II. Los Altos, the Plaza, Lakewood Village, El Dorado Park Estates and large parts of North Long Beach are filled with 1950s ranch homes: low to medium pitch, wide footprints, composition shingle or concrete tile, and flat-roofed garages, patios and additions that are often the first place a leak shows up. Rancho Estates stands apart, with Cliff May ranchos whose low-slope roofs and deep eaves need low-slope roofing systems, not shingles. Park Estates adds larger custom homes with big, many-sided roofs.

Along the water, Naples, Belmont Shore, Alamitos Beach and Ocean Boulevard mix beach cottages, rebuilt modern homes, condos and apartment towers, many with rooftop decks. Downtown and near the port, a lot of buildings have flat commercial roofs with TPO, torch-down, built-up hot mop or coatings, plus rooftop equipment that needs proper curbs and flashing. Our neighborhood pages cover each of these areas in more detail, from Naples and Bluff Park to North Long Beach and Rancho Estates.

Roof problems we see most in Long Beach

Permits, weather and getting to your roof in Long Beach

The City of Long Beach requires a building permit for re-roofing, and we pull it as part of the job. Homes inside historic districts such as Bluff Park, Belmont Heights, California Heights, Bluff Heights and Rose Park can need extra review before visible material changes, so we sort that out before any tile or shingle is ordered. California's Title 24 energy code can call for cool-rated roofing on some re-roofs depending on slope and climate zone, and we check what applies to your roof before we order material.

Weather sets the calendar. Winter atmospheric-river storms bring several days of heavy rain, mostly between November and March, and that is when our phone is busiest. Fall and winter Santa Ana winds lift loose tiles and shingles, and the occasional earthquake can shift old tile and crack chimney mortar. The long dry summer is the best time for re-roofs, tile relays and flat roof replacements. Our downtown office puts most Long Beach addresses within a short drive, and our La Mirada office covers the north and east edges of the city.

Long Beach neighborhoods we cover

• Los Altos
• Bixby Knolls
• Lakewood Village
• Belmont Heights
• Belmont Shore
• Naples
• Park Estates
• California Heights
• Wrigley
• North Long Beach
• El Dorado Park Estates
• The Plaza
• Rancho Estates
• Alamitos Heights
• Bluff Park
• Los Cerritos