Six in ten Valley Village homes are in buildings of five units or more.
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If the roof still has good years left, the report tells you.
Roof replacement and free written roof inspections across Valley Village, for homeowners, building owners and condo boards. More than a third of the homes in ZIP code 91607 went up between 1960 and 1979, and most homes here share a roof with their neighbors.
Deck, underlayment, then shingles or tile. The underlayment keeps the water out, and you can only check it from up on the roof.
What we check on a Valley Village roof
Apartment roofs from the 1960s and 70s, condo buildings with many owners, and the houses on the streets between them.
Flat roofs from the building boom
A low-slope roof does not shed water, it drains it. We walk the whole surface for soft spots, blisters and low areas where water sits after a rain.
Parapets and roof edges
On a stucco apartment building the parapet walls, copings and edge flashing are where most leaks start. We check every wall the roof meets, not just the open field.
One roof, many owners
In a condo building the roof belongs to the association. A written report with dated photographs gives the board something specific to vote on instead of a guess.
Before the rain in Valley Village
Flat apartment roofs and shared buildings. In a strong El Niño winter, the time to agree on repairs is before the storms.
Ponding after long storms
Low spots on a flat roof hold water for days after a storm. Every day it sits there is a day it can find a seam.
Scuppers through the parapet
Many buildings here drain through openings in the parapet wall. One clogged scupper can back water up against the wall and into the unit below.
Decide before December
A board that needs a vote to approve repairs needs time. Getting the roof inspected in the fall means the work can happen before the wet months, not during them.
Before the first big storm: book the free roof check, or read our winter storm roof guide.
From our roofs
Recent MAMOS roofing work: shingle re-roofs, flat ADU roofs and tile.
The rules that apply to a Valley Village roof
Valley Village is part of the City of Los Angeles. These come from LADBS, the LAFD and the community’s own plan.
Replace more than half of a roof and the new covering must be a cool roof product certified by the CRRC. On a flat apartment roof that usually means a light, reflective surface.
Since 1989, repairs that replace more than a tenth of the roof covering within twelve months bring the whole roof up to current code.
Valley Village has its own Specific Plan on top of the city code. A like-for-like re-roof rarely touches it, but anything that raises a roofline should be checked against it first.
We get on the roof, photograph what we find and write it up.
Get my free reportOne written report for everyone who shares the roof.
Whether you own the building or sit on the board, the questions are the same: how much life is left, what needs fixing now, and what can wait. The report answers them in writing, with dated photographs.
of the homes in ZIP code 91607 are in buildings of five or more units, according to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020 to 2024.
Roof questions in Valley Village
Repair or replace?
Usually the underlayment decides it, and you have to get on the roof to check that. The report gives you the answer, with photos.
What does a new roof change for my insurer?
Most letters name roof age. The permit and completion papers show the new roof’s date; what the carrier does with them is its decision.
Can you inspect the roof for our whole condo building?
Yes. We inspect the full roof, including parapets, drains and equipment curbs, and write it up so the board and every owner can read the same report. If the roof has years left, the report says so.
Give your building a clear answer on its roof.
The report covers roof condition, drainage, flashing and remaining life in writing. Often it comes down to targeted repairs and a plan, and sometimes a new roof.
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Roof condition, drainage and remaining life, for a house or a whole building, in writing. We call back within 15 minutes: 8am to 5pm Monday to Thursday, 8am to 2pm Friday.
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