Roofing Contractor in Ladera Heights, CA

Our PCH base is about 18 miles and 40 minutes from Ladera Heights. It is an unincorporated hilltop community between Culver City and Inglewood, built mostly with 1950s and 60s custom homes. Many are long ranch houses with wide, low-slope roofs. On the top of a hill, those roofs are open to Santa Ana winds, which makes ridge lines, edges and skylights the places to check.

What Ladera Heights homeowners ask us for

Four jobs come up most on wide ranch roofs.

Wide low-slope ranch roofs and a hilltop that catches the wind

A low-slope roof does not shed water as quickly as a steep one. That puts weight on the underlayment, the flashing and the seams. Code sets a minimum slope for each material, so a roof that looks like a tile or shingle roof may need extra underlayment or an entirely different system when it is replaced. We measure the pitch before we talk about materials.

The hill adds wind. Dry Santa Ana gusts lift ridge caps and edge tiles and pile palm fronds against skylights and valleys. After a blow, look from the ground for a missing tile or a streak of exposed felt. What to check is listed in our Santa Ana wind guide.

Custom homes often have skylights, chimneys and mixed rooflines from additions. Each penetration is a place where flashing can fail, and we photograph them so you can see the problem yourself.

Long roof planes also send a lot of water to a few places. A wide eave can feed one gutter run and one downspout, and when leaves or palm fronds partly block it, water spills over the edge and streaks the stucco below. Check the gutter outlet and the ground where the downspout lands. Our downspouts and drainage page explains the fixes.

Slauson Avenue, Baldwin Hills and the county permit office

Slauson Avenue runs near Ladera Heights, but the community is not part of Culver City or Inglewood. Los Angeles County Public Works issues roofing permits here because the area is unincorporated. County rules on cool roofs and energy depend on slope and building type, and the roofing page for Los Angeles County explains how that differs from a city counter. Permit work on a re-roof is something we deal with, so check current steps with the county for your address.

Homes near open hillside should also check the Cal Fire maps for their address.

Condon Avenue, La Cienega and a community split in two

Ladera Heights does not sit entirely in one jurisdiction. The first homes went up in 1946 on Condon Avenue, in what is now the Ladera neighborhood of the City of Los Angeles. The community then grew west of La Cienega Boulevard in the 1950s and 60s into the unincorporated area, sometimes called New Ladera, and that is where Los Angeles County issues permits. Two houses a few blocks apart can answer to different offices, so confirm which side of the line your parcel is on before booking a permit.

If the answer is the city side, the City of Los Angeles building department handles it, as described on our Los Angeles page. Neighbors Culver City and Inglewood each have their own city staff.

Planning a Ladera Heights roof visit

Free estimates and roof inspections come with same day or next day service. Driveways on the hill can be steep and street parking tight, so we ask about access and where a truck can stand. Solar panel removal and reset get coordinated around your solar company, landscaping is protected, cleanup is thorough, and we look for the closest match to your existing tile and shingles.

Options run from a small repair to a new roof, and we break each one down. Should a small fix be enough, you hear that from us.