Roofing Service in Glendale
Alpha & Omega Roofing has been roofing houses and commercial buildings in Glendale since 1960. The company is locally owned and locally operated, licensed, bonded, and insured, and you deal with the same people from the estimate through the final inspection. Glendale runs from flat blocks near the river to hillside streets under the Verdugos, and the roof that suits one does not always suit the other, which is why the estimate starts with a look at your building rather than a price list. We also serve nearby Los Angeles and Pasadena.
Residential Roofing Services
Roofing Options for Every Style & Budget
Tile
Clay Tiles
Clay tile is fired through, so a chip exposes the same color as the face and the roof does not fade into a different shade at year fifteen. On the Spanish Colonial and Mediterranean houses common in Glendale it is the covering the architecture was drawn for. Alpha & Omega Roofing installs it over the underlayment the manufacturer requires, because the underlayment is what actually keeps water out.
Lightweight Tiles
Lightweight tile carries the same profile at a fraction of the weight, which makes tile workable on a house whose framing was sized for composition. That matters on residential roofs in older Glendale tracts where a structural upgrade would cost more than the roof. The reduced weight also shortens the install, and the finished roof reads the same from the sidewalk.
Concrete Tiles
Concrete tile is heavy, dense, and long-serving, and it comes in flat, medium, and high-barrel profiles. It handles heat and wind well, and a tile cracked by a falling branch is replaced on its own rather than triggering a section repair. The framing needs to carry the load, and we confirm that before quoting a change from composition.
Shingles
Asphalt Shingles
Asphalt shingles cover more Glendale roofs than anything else. They are affordable, quick to install, and reliable when the nailing pattern, the starter course, and the ridge detail are done to the manufacturer instruction, which is what keeps the warranty alive.
Dimensional Shingles
Dimensional shingles are laminated, so the surface carries shadow and depth that flat shingles cannot. On a Glendale hillside house where the roof is the first thing visible from the street below, that texture changes how the whole building reads. They are heavier and longer-lived than three-tab, with manufacturer coverage to match.
Fiberglass Shingles
Fiberglass shingles use a glass-mat base rather than organic felt. The result is lighter, better rated for fire, and more stable through a hot Glendale summer, since there is no felt to absorb moisture and curl. For most owners they are the practical middle ground between cost and service life.
Professional Roofing Solutions
Roof Repairs in Glendale, CA
A Glendale roof usually fails at a joint before it fails in the open field. The failure is generally wall flashing at a second-story tie-in, a skylight curb, the collar around a furnace flue, or a tile ridge whose mortar has cracked in the heat. Our roofers find where the water enters, which is rarely directly above the stain on your ceiling, and repair that detail with material matched to the rest of the roof. On apartment and commercial roofs we patch single-ply membrane with the manufacturer system so the existing warranty survives the repair.
Roof Inspections in Glendale, CA
An inspection turns the condition of your roof into something you can act on. We document the covering, the flashing, the drainage, and the penetrations, photograph the defects, and give you a written summary of what is failing now and what has service left. Where a roof still has years in it, the report says so and gives you a horizon to budget against.
Roof Maintenance in Glendale, CA
Maintenance is what keeps a warranty enforceable. Most manufacturer coverage assumes the roof is cleared and inspected, and a clogged scupper or a split sealant joint left for three years is what a manufacturer points to when a claim is questioned. Our annual agreements in Glendale schedule the visit, clear the drains, renew the sealants, reseat what has moved, and record the condition so there is a paper trail.
Re-Roofing in Glendale, CA
Planning a full roof replacement in Glendale starts earlier than most owners expect, because the City can require an approval before the permit application is even accepted. Once the paperwork is in order the work itself is straightforward: tear off to the deck, repair the sheathing, install underlayment, flashing, and edge metal, then lay the new covering to the manufacturer specification so the warranty registers. Our roofers stage the material and the debris bin to keep your driveway and the street clear.
License and Manufacturer Certifications
Alpha & Omega Roofing, Inc. holds California contractor license #C39-857106. We hold current manufacturer certifications with GAF, Malarkey, Owens Corning, CertainTeed, Versico, FiberTite, and DOW, covering steep-slope shingle and tile work as well as single-ply commercial systems. Those certifications let us register manufacturer-backed warranties of up to 20 years on material and workmanship. We carry workers’ compensation and liability insurance, and our customer reviews are published on the site.
We specify cool-roof rated products that meet the Title 24 aged solar reflectance and thermal emittance values, from the manufacturer lines we are certified to install.
What Glendale Homeowners Should Know Before a Reroof
Glendale issues its own permits through the Building and Safety Division of the Community Development Department. The Permit Services Center is at 633 E. Broadway, Room 101, and a re-roof is a permitted scope of work, with a current contractor business license required before the application will be accepted. A C-39 roofing, B general building, or A general engineering license qualifies to pull it.
Glendale adds a step ahead of the permit application. The City states that where a re-roof involves a change in the type of material, for example from Spanish tile to asphalt shingle, or where the building is identified as historic, a Design Review Exemption application has to be approved before the building permit application is submitted, and the approved exemption number is required for the permit application to be accepted at all. That application asks for the manufacturer, product and color of the proposed material, plus photos of the building and of the roofing already on it. Glendale Municipal Code Section 8.58.050 separately requires covered projects to divert and document 65 percent or more of project debris through a certified mixed debris recycling facility, and Section 8.58.070 holds the permit until the building official approves the construction waste management plan. Under Section 8.58.010 an alteration to an existing non-residential building is a covered project regardless of its construction value, so a commercial reroof sits inside that program.
Glendale housing spans a long period. Census figures for 2020–2024 give a median year built of 1966, with 19.9 percent of units dating from 1939 or earlier, 68.8 percent standing before 1980, and 15.6 percent added in the 1980s. A single street can hold a 1920s bungalow next to a 1985 condominium, and the two need different answers.
Every Glendale ZIP code in the California Energy Commission table, 91201 through 91208 plus 91214, 91020 and 91046, falls in California Building Climate Zone 9 under Title 24, so the cool-roof values are consistent citywide. Los Angeles next door spans four zones, with its Sunland and Tujunga ZIP codes, 91040 and 91042, in Zone 16.
Trusted Across Southern California Since 1960
Alpha & Omega has roofed houses and commercial buildings throughout Glendale, and elsewhere in Southern California we have held contracts with large organizations. Those jobs are staffed from the same crews and specified from the same certified product lines as a single-family reroof. Scale changes the scheduling and the equipment on site. Working for homeowners, property managers, and local businesses in the same week is what has kept the company running since 1960.
We’ve earned the business of:
Property Management Services
Azusa Pacific University
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mt. San Antonio College
And More!
Reach out to Alpha & Omega Roofing at (562) 693-4532 or 1-888-847-ROOF today to schedule your roofing service or learn more about how we can protect your home or business.
