Seal Beach, CA
Find out what you are actually dealing with
Buying a house, selling one, or planning the next ten years — all three go better with a written roof report in hand.
Describe the inspection job
Three questions, then the address. Up to three Seal Beach contractors who do this work.
You are on the list.
No provider in Seal Beach is taking requests through this service yet. We are lining them up, and yours is kept until one can.
- Nobody gets your details yet. Your request stays with us and is not passed to any company.
- One email when someone can help. When a provider covering your area can take it on, we email you once and ask whether you want that company, by name, to contact you.
- Deleted after 90 days. If nobody can take it on, or you do not say yes, your contact details are deleted 90 days after your request.
- You decide, or you do not. There is nothing to cancel and nothing to pay us.
Nobody will call you about this request unless you say yes to a company by name.
Before you let anybody on the roof
The things worth pinning down on a inspection job. A contractor who has not raised them has not looked properly.
- Photographs of anything they flag
- An estimated number of years left in the covering
- Whether the fee comes off the job if you proceed
- A written report, not a verbal summary
- Whether the inspection includes going into the attic
Twice a year is the standard advice, and almost nobody does it. Once after the worst weather of the year is a reasonable compromise.
Free inspections are tied to an estimate, which is fine as long as you know that going in. Paid inspections buy you a written report that is not attached to somebody wanting the work.
Ask for an estimated remaining life in years, and what would extend it. That answer is the useful part.
Locally
Close behind that: shaded slopes that never really dry out. The north side of a house here ages years faster than the south side, and almost every roof gets replaced because of it.
About inspection here
Do you cover the whole Orange County area?
Yes. The contractors we match on cover Seal Beach and the surrounding towns, so if you are just outside the city limits it still works.
Can I just put a new roof over the old one?
Codes in most places allow two layers. That does not make it wise. You lose the chance to see the deck, and the next roofer has twice as much to remove.
Are the contractors licensed and insured?
Contractors have to give us their state licence number and proof of liability and workers compensation cover before they can receive requests. You should still ask to see current certificates yourself before work starts — a licence can lapse between checks.
What time of year is best to re-roof in Seal Beach?
Here, the long dry run from May to October is the easy window. November through March is when the phone rings hardest, which means less flexibility on dates and less room on price.
What is it going to cost?
Free, no obligation, and your details go to no company until you say yes.