Roofing Service in Cerritos
Alpha & Omega Roofing has been roofing Southern California properties since 1960, and Cerritos sits a short drive from our Whittier office. We are locally owned and locally operated, licensed, bonded and insured. Cerritos is a planned city with an unusually uniform housing stock, and its roofing rules are just as deliberate: the City looks at the material, the color and even the vents before a new roof is approved. We handle that paperwork as part of the job, so the roof you choose is the roof that gets signed off. We also serve nearby Artesia and Norwalk.
Residential Roofing Services
Roofing Options for Every Style & Budget
Tile
Concrete Tiles
Concrete tile is a common choice on Cerritos tract homes that were built for it. It is dense, holds up to sun and wind for decades, and a cracked piece is swapped on its own rather than in sections.
Clay Tiles
Clay tile carries its color through the body of the tile, so it does not chalk or fade. Mission-profile clay is also the profile the City asks to see finished with bird stops at the eaves, which we include as a matter of course.
Lightweight Tiles
Lightweight tile gives a 1970s house framed for shingles a tile look without the load. Cerritos asks for engineering calculations once a roofing material reaches six pounds per square foot, and a lighter tile can keep a project under that line.
Shingles
Dimensional Shingles
Dimensional shingles are laminated in layers, which gives the roof depth from the street and longer manufacturer coverage than a flat three-tab. They come in a wide color range, which matters in a city that reviews roof color.
Asphalt Shingles
Asphalt shingles remain the most economical full replacement. They install quickly, repair easily, and a cool-roof rated asphalt line meets the Title 24 requirement the City attaches to every reroof.
Fiberglass Shingles
Fiberglass shingles are built on a glass mat, which keeps them light and gives them a strong fire rating. They are a practical choice for residential roofing on houses whose original framing was sized for a light covering.
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 Cerritos Homeowners Should Know Before a Reroof
Cerritos handles re-roof permits through the Department of Community Development at the Civic Center, 18125 Bloomfield Avenue. The Planning Division reviews the job first, then the Building and Safety Division issues the permit. A residential re-roof needs both a Planning Residential Roofing Application and a Building Permit Application, submitted together through the City’s online plan submittal form. If the house is in a homeowners association, written HOA approval goes in with them.
Cerritos sets conditions most cities never mention. The material has to meet Title 24 Tier I cool-roof requirements, and the City may ask for a sample of a product it has not approved before. Engineering calculations are required when the roofing material weighs 6.0 pounds per square foot or more. Before final inspection, roof vents and turbines must be painted to match the new roof, edging and flashing must match the roof or fascia color, unpainted fascia needs its own Paint Color Permit, and mission tile needs bird stops. The re-roof application also limits work to 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on weekdays and 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturdays, with no work on Sundays or holidays, so a Saturday start begins later here than in neighboring cities.
Cerritos was built out in a single burst. Census figures for 2020 to 2024 give a median year built of 1974 across 16,343 housing units, with 55.1 percent of them built in the 1970s and 83.2 percent standing before 1980. Most of those houses are on their second roof, and a tear-off often shows the original skip sheathing and ventilation that was never brought up to date.
Cerritos, ZIP 90703, falls in California Building Climate Zone 8 under Title 24, according to the Energy Commission’s ZIP code table. La Mirada, ZIP 90638, is Zone 9, so a cool-roof product that qualifies there should be checked again for a Cerritos job.
Trusted Across Southern California Since 1960
We roof houses across Cerritos and the surrounding cities, and our crews have also worked on institutional buildings elsewhere in Southern California. Those clients hired us for the reason homeowners do: the detail work holds and the crew finishes when it says it will. A single-family re-roof gets the same crews and the same license as a large contract.
We’ve earned the business of:
Property Management Services
Azusa Pacific University
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mt. San Antonio College
And More!
Professional Roofing Solutions
Roof Maintenance in Cerritos, CA
A Cerritos roof sees steady sun far more than storms, and that shows up as cracked tile, lifted shingle tabs, split pipe boots and granules collecting in the gutters. Our maintenance visits put a roofer on the roof on a schedule to fix those small items before they turn into leaks. Every visit is photographed, so you can see the roof change year to year and plan a replacement on your own timeline.
Roof Repairs in Cerritos, CA
The stain on a ceiling is rarely under the leak. Water runs along underlayment and rafters before it finds a way in, so your roofer traces it back to the source. On Cerritos houses of this age that is usually a hardened vent boot, a slipped tile, a worn valley or a wall flashing that was never replaced at the last re-roof. We open the area, repair what the water reached, rebuild the detail and photograph it before closing up.
Roof Inspections in Cerritos, CA
An inspection tells you how many years a roof has left before you buy, refinance or renew a policy. Your roofer walks the surface, checks it from the attic and photographs underlayment, flashing, valleys and penetrations. The report is written for an owner to read, and buyers and insurers use it as it is.
Re-Roofing in Cerritos, CA
A Cerritos re-roof starts with the City paperwork and ends with the vents and edging painted to match, because the final inspection checks both. A full roof replacement from Alpha & Omega Roofing strips the roof to the deck, repairs any sheathing that has softened, installs new underlayment and flashing, and lays a cool-roof rated covering the City has approved. The permit is closed out properly when we leave.
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.
