Irvine roofing,
done the careful way.
Irvine is a city of master-planned villages, and in ZIP 92620 the rules about your roof can be as detailed as the roof itself.
CSLB Lic. #1137536 (C-39) · Licensed · Bonded · Insured · 5.0★ on Google, 72 reviews
A roofer you can actually reach.
Everything here is something you can check in five minutes — on Google, on the CSLB site, or by calling the number above.
- Our office is at 4464 Vista Del Monte Ave, #202 in Sherman Oaks — and we work across Greater Los Angeles, Irvine included.
- You talk to Sam, the owner — not a call center. We still answer our own phone.
- Every roof is documented by drone, before and after. The full set is yours to keep.
- Written, itemized pricing — materials, scope, and timeline in writing, never a verbal number.
- A 10-year workmanship warranty, in writing, on every job.
Roof repair, replacement, and inspection in Irvine.
Roof repair
Leaks, lifted shingles, cracked tile, failed flashing, skylight curbs. Fixed where the roof actually failed, with photos of the repair.
Roof repair in IrvineRoof replacement
Full tear-off to the deck, new underlayment, and a shingle, tile, or flat system chosen for your roof — with the deck-repair rates written into the agreement before we start.
Roof replacement in IrvineRoof inspection
A free, drone-documented look at what your roof actually needs, and an honest repair-vs-replace answer in writing. No pressure either way.
Roof inspection in IrvineWhat Irvine roofs are up against.
Irvine has a mild inland-coastal climate — warmer and drier than the immediate coast, but spared the harshest beach salt and the most extreme inland heat. That moderation is easy on roofs in one sense, but it also means homeowners often delay maintenance until an aging underlayment finally gives way. South- and west-facing slopes still take real UV that ages tile underlayment over the decades, and the marine layer keeps north-facing slopes in villages like Quail Hill and Turtle Rock damp enough to grow moss and trap moisture. Winter rain bursts are the main test, finding worn underlayment and tired flashings on tile roofs that have quietly reached the end of their service life beneath tile that still looks new. Because so much of Irvine's housing was built in a few decades, whole villages tend to reach that point around the same time.
Irvine is overwhelmingly a concrete-tile city. The villages built from the 1970s through the 2010s — Woodbridge, Northwood, Turtle Rock, University Park, Westpark, Quail Hill, and the newer Portola Springs and Great Park Neighborhoods in 92602 and 92618 — were designed around concrete tile in association-approved profiles and colors. That uniformity is the whole point of an Irvine village, and it shapes every re-roof: the new roof has to match the approved spec, not just perform. There are flat and low-slope sections on some contemporary homes in the Great Park Neighborhoods and on the office buildings near the 405 and the Irvine Business Complex in 92612 and 92614, off Jamboree and Culver Drive. We work across all of them: tile underlayment renewal with HOA-matched profiles using systems, and modified-bitumen on the flat sections.
Roof repair in Irvine usually means tile work — resetting or replacing cracked concrete tile and rebuilding tired valley flashing in villages like Woodbridge and Northwood off Jeffrey Road — done to the association's approved profile so the repair blends in. We document before and after for the board.
Roof replacement is the village-scale job: across University Park, Turtle Rock, and Westpark, underlayment fails beneath sound tile around the same time. We lift and store the tile, re-deck where needed, install a fresh underlayment system and new flashings, and reset the tile to match the approved spec — with materials and a written roof report for HOA records.
Every stage of our work is photographed by drone so you can see the deck before it's covered. That documentation isn't an extra — it's how we work on every roof.
See more before-and-after drone photosTitle 24, fire zones, and old decking — what applies to your house.
We check what applies to your parcel before we quote, and we'll confirm it with the permitting authority for you.
Energy / cool roof (Title 24)
Irvine sits in California Energy Commission Climate Zone 8. Under Title 24, Part 6, a low-slope or flat roof here must use a cool-roof product (aged solar reflectance of at least 0.63 and thermal emittance of at least 0.75 — roughly SRI 75) when you replace 50% or more of the roof or about 1,000 sq ft or more. Steep-slope (pitched) residential roofs in Climate Zone 8 are exempt from the cool-roof requirement, so standard shingle or tile is fine. Small like-for-like repairs generally don't trigger it. See the California Energy Commission standards and the CRRC directory for rated products.
Fire — hillside parcels
Irvine's eastern foothill villages (near the Cleveland National Forest and Limestone Canyon) include Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone parcels, where Chapter 7A requires a Class A roof assembly and ember-resistant construction; the flat central city generally isn't. You can check any parcel on the CAL FIRE hazard-zone viewer.
Decking / sheathing
Many older Irvine homes were built with spaced 1×6 “skip” sheathing under the original roof. For a modern shingle or tile system — and for a Class A assembly — that decking often has to be overlaid with solid sheathing, and any rotted boards replaced. We confirm exactly what your roof needs with a deck inspection at tear-off, not a guess.
Color & materials
Roof color isn't regulated by code. Where a cool roof is required you need a CRRC-rated product that meets the SRI — and those come in a wide range of colors, not just white.
Full code notes for Irvine: Title 24, fire, decking, color
Energy / cool roof (Title 24)
Irvine sits in California Energy Commission Climate Zone 8. Under Title 24, Part 6, a low-slope or flat roof here must use a cool-roof product (aged solar reflectance of at least 0.63 and thermal emittance of at least 0.75 — roughly SRI 75) when you replace 50% or more of the roof or about 1,000 sq ft or more. Steep-slope (pitched) residential roofs in Climate Zone 8 are exempt from the cool-roof requirement, so standard shingle or tile is fine. Small like-for-like repairs generally don't trigger it. See the California Energy Commission standards and the CRRC directory for rated products.
Fire — hillside parcels
Irvine's eastern foothill villages (near the Cleveland National Forest and Limestone Canyon) include Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone parcels, where Chapter 7A requires a Class A roof assembly and ember-resistant construction; the flat central city generally isn't. You can check any parcel on the CAL FIRE hazard-zone viewer.
Decking / sheathing
Many older Irvine homes were built with spaced 1×6 “skip” sheathing under the original roof. For a modern shingle or tile system — and for a Class A assembly — that decking often has to be overlaid with solid sheathing, and any rotted boards replaced. We confirm exactly what your roof needs with a deck inspection at tear-off, not a guess.
Color & materials
Roof color isn't regulated by code. Where a cool roof is required you need a CRRC-rated product that meets the SRI — and those come in a wide range of colors, not just white.
Source: the City of Irvine Building & Safety, the California Energy Commission, and CAL FIRE. Roofing codes change and are parcel-specific — confirm with the City of Irvine Building & Safety before your project, or call us at (866) 685-3889 and we'll confirm it for you.
You'll deal with Sam.
Nearly a decade of hands-on roofing experience, a C-39 license, and an office in Sherman Oaks. Sam walks the roof, flies the drone, writes the itemized price, and answers the phone afterward. His answers to the five questions homeowners ask before hiring a roofer are on our homepage.
Book your free inspection in Irvine.
We come out, walk the roof, take drone photos, and send you a written assessment within 48 hours. No pressure, no theater.
CSLB Lic. #1137536 · C-39 Roofing · Bonded · Insured
Financing available for qualified Irvine homeowners
You don't have to pay for a roof all at once: financing is available for qualified homeowners, subject to qualification — written itemized pricing first, financing second, never any pressure. And because Title 24 cool-roof products are qualifying energy improvements, a Irvine re-roof that needs one may also qualify for PACE-style energy financing — ask us and we'll confirm what applies to your property. How roof financing works in Los Angeles →