Burbank
Roof Repair and Roofers in Burbank
On the 1950s Burbank tracts a leak usually starts at the ridge or where a back addition meets the main slope. On the pre-war tile houses it is the felt under sound tile. We find which it is, and the written quote is free.
- Free roof inspection
We come out, get on the roof, and tell you what we find.
- The price in writing
A written quote before anyone starts, with nothing to sign on the spot.
- Licensed roofers
Our roofer who comes out holds a current California license.
- Across Los Angeles County
From the Valley and the foothills to the Westside and the South Bay.
Burbank roofs come in two ages, and a leak means something different on each. The 1940s and 1950s tracts are low-pitch composition, much of it on a second or third covering. The pre-war houses carry clay barrel tile over felt that has usually run its course. Tell us which you have and what the ceiling is doing, and we will come out to look.
- Housing stockClay barrel tile on the pre-war quarter, low-pitch composition on the 1940s and 1950s tracts
- Typical hereComp re-roof $9,000 to $25,000
- Watch forOld shake hiding under the later layers on a roof covered more than once
What Burbank's housing means for your roof
Burbank filled up in one go. The city's own housing element puts 54.0% of owner-occupied homes in the 1940 to 1959 band and another 22.8% at 1939 or earlier, so more than three quarters of the houses people own here went up before 1960 (Burbank 2021-2029 Housing Element, Table 1-16, Census ACS 2014-2018). The same table counts 24 owner-occupied units built in 2010 or later, in the whole city.
That shows up as two different jobs on the same street. The houses from 1939 or earlier, 3,961 of the owner-occupied ones by the same table, are where the clay barrel tile and stucco parapets sit, and on those the tile outlives the underlayment by decades. The roof reads fine from the sidewalk while the felt under it has gone to powder, so usually the answer is a lift and relay: sound tile off, new underlayment, the same tile back down. The 1940s and 1950s tracts are the bigger half, 9,374 owner-occupied houses on their own, and Magnolia Park on the west side is the one everybody knows. Those are low-pitch composition, much of it on a second or third covering, and they let go at the ridge, at the plumbing jacks, and where a back addition meets the main slope.
The hillside is a third case. North of Glenoaks Boulevard the streets climb into the Verdugo foothills toward Stough and Brace canyons, and a tear-off up there means narrow roads, short driveways and long carries. More is on the roof repair and roof replacement pages.
What roof work costs in Burbank
Estimate ranges for Los Angeles County, not quotes.
- Small repair (slipped tiles, resealing a vent, clearing a drain): roughly $400 to $900.
- Single-source leak (chimney or skylight flashing, a localized shingle repair, a flat-roof seam): roughly $800 to $2,500.
- Composition shingle replacement: roughly $9,000 to $25,000.
- Tile lift and relay: roughly $12,000 to $30,000.
- New tile throughout: roughly $25,000 to $60,000 and up.
- Flat or low-slope (TPO, modified bitumen, cap sheet): roughly $12,000 to $30,000.
- Solar panel removal and reinstall: roughly $4,000 to $10,000, on top of the roof itself.
Composition replacement at $9,000 to $25,000 is the most common job in Burbank, and a lot of the city sits in the lower half of that band, because much of the valley floor is one story on a plain gable. What pushes a number up is tile and a hillside address with nowhere to put a dumpster. The roofing costs page breaks that down.
Common questions about roofing in Burbank
Should I re-roof before putting solar on a Burbank house?
If the roof is fifteen years or older, yes. Coming back later to lift an array and reset it runs roughly $4,000 to $10,000 on top of the roof.
Book a look at your Burbank roof
Send the address and a line on what the roof is doing, and our roofer will come out to see it. We also work in Glendale, North Hollywood and the Hollywood Hills.
The offer
$500 off a new roof, 10% off any repair
Send your request online from this page and the offer is attached, with nothing to remember.
- We get on the roof, and into the attic if that is where the answer is
- You get photographs of whatever we find
- The price in writing, with nothing to sign on the spot
Tell us what is going on
A description is enough to start. We will come out, look at the roof properly, and give you the price in writing.