Clear, useful roofing reads for Pasadena, materials, storm claims, lifespan, gutters, ventilation, and how to hire a roofer.
Pasadena's Greene-and-Greene-era houses set the standard for American Arts-and-Crafts design, and the roof is central to that design. Here is what re-roofing one of these landmark homes really involves, and why the wrong covering can quietly undo a masterpiece.
Read more →Pasadena's heaviest rains often arrive in the dead of winter, when the city is at its most distracted. Here is why the foothills get hit harder than the flats, and how to have your roof ready before the wettest weeks of the year.
Read more →Clay and concrete tile defines the look of countless Pasadena homes, and it can fool an owner badly. Here is why a tile roof that looks flawless from the street can already be failing, and what is really keeping the water out.
Read more →A Pasadena summer punishes a roof and the rooms beneath it, and the energy code now shapes how a re-roof gets built. Here is what a cool roof actually does, what Title 24 asks of a re-roof, and why the attic is where the savings live.
Read more →The grand trees that shade Pasadena's older streets are part of what makes the city special, and they are quietly hard on the roofs beneath them. Here is how the canopy ages a roof, and how to keep both the trees and a sound roof over your head.
Read more →On Pasadena's older homes the leak is almost never out in the open field of the roof. Here is why the trouble hides in the transitions, the flashing, and the chimney, and why complex period rooflines demand a roofer who reads the details.
Read more →Whatever the roof job, our Pasadena-area crew gives you one honest assessment and photos of every job, not a sales pitch.