Chico roofers, licensed since 2003

Roofing for Chico, Paradise and Oroville.And up the hill to Lake Almanor.

Boe Roofing is a C-39 roofing contractor based in Chico. Roof replacement and repair, composition shingle, metal, tile and flat roofs, skylights and gutters, for homes and businesses across the North State.

Serving Chico, Paradise, Oroville, Magalia, Durham and 12 more towns.

License
CSLB #1002430, C-39, bonded and insured
Reviews
5.0 on Google, 14 reviews
Since
2003, father and son

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Water coming through the ceiling right now?

  1. Catch it

    Move what is under the drip and put a bucket down. If the ceiling is bulging, poke a small hole at the low point so it drains into the bucket instead of coming down in a sheet.

  2. Stay off the roof

    Not in the rain, not in the dark, not on a ladder you had to borrow. A wet roof is how people get hurt, and nothing can be sealed while it is raining anyway.

  3. Call

    Say that water is actively coming in and we put you first. A tarp goes on as soon as it is safe to be up there; the repair follows when the roof is dry.

(530) 514-7454

Calls answered evenings and weekends

Services

A roof, layer by layer

A roof is built from the deck up and read from the top down. Every job we do belongs to one of its layers.

Layer 1

The covering

What you see from the street and what the weather hits first: composition shingle, standing seam and screw-down metal, concrete and clay tile, and membrane on the flat parts.

Layer 2

Edges and openings

Where roofs actually leak. Flashing at chimneys, walls and skylights, the pipe boots and vents, and the eave with its drip edge, gutters, fascia and soffit.

Layer 3

Underneath

Decking, underlayment and the air moving through the attic. The part of the job you never see and the part that decides how long the covering lasts.

Layer 4

Looking after it

Repairs, inspections, cleaning, and the call when water is already coming in.

A shop, a storefront, a rental or a multi-unit building? Commercial roofing
Local conditions

What a roof is up against here

A roof in Chico, a roof in Paradise and a roof at Lake Almanor have different enemies. These are the ones that decide what goes on the house.

Valley sun

A hundred days over ninety

Chico summers cook the oil out of asphalt. Shingles here curl and shed granules years before their rating says they should, and the attic under them runs 140 degrees. Ventilation and a rated cool roof shingle are what push the life back out.

The cool roof rule in Chico
Fire

Embers, not flame

The Camp Fire, the North Complex, the Park Fire. Roofs catch from embers landing on needles in the valleys and blowing in through quarter-inch vent screens. The wildland code asks for Class A, listed vents, closed eaves and gutter guards, and so do the insurers.

Fire-resistant roofing
Snow

Thirty pounds a square foot

Paradise designs its roofs for a 30 psf snow load; Magalia, Stirling City, Butte Meadows and the lake see more. Snow sits on shingle and slides off metal, which is why the roofs change as the road climbs, and why snow guards go above the doors.

Metal roofing
Trees

Oaks below, pines above

Chico oaks drop leaves into the gutters every fall. Ridge pines drop needles into the valleys all year, where they hold water under the shingles and dry into tinder by August. A roof under trees needs clearing twice a year.

Roof and gutter cleaning
Wind

The north wind takes the ridge

Winter north winds down the valley lift ridge caps and the first course at the eaves, and push rain up under flashing that sheds a plain rain fine. Storm damage is usually the ridge, the edges and the flashing, and usually an insurance claim.

Storm and emergency repair
Permits

Four building departments

Chico, Oroville and Paradise each issue their own reroof permits and the county covers everything else, each with its own inspector and its own fire and energy rules. A bid without a permit on it is leaving out the only independent check on the work.

Reroof permits, by town
Reviews

What customers have said

Rated 5.0 on Google across 14 reviews.

“Bobby assessed my roof, gave me a bid and was able to begin working on my new roof quickly and on budget.”
Google review · Roof replacement, Chico
“Our experience with Boe roofing was entirely positive.”
Google review · Chico
“I called Bobby on a Monday evening and he picked up his phone straight away.”
Yelp review · Roof repair
“They did an excellent job of cleaning up before they left.”
HomeAdvisor review · Roof replacement
Recent roofs

Roofs we have put on

From Chico ranch houses to cabins on the lake. More are added as jobs finish.

About

About Boe Roofing

Boe Roofing is a father and son company. Robert Boe took out the first Boe Roofing contractor license in 2003; Bobby Boe runs the crew and the phone today and holds the current C-39 license with him. It is a Chico company, based on the north side of town, that has put roofs on everything from downtown rentals to lakefront homes at Almanor.

Most of the work is residential: tear-offs and reroofs in composition shingle, metal roofs for the hills, tile relays, repairs and leak calls. The same crew does commercial flat roofs, skylights, gutters, fascia and soffit, and roof, gutter and solar panel cleaning.

Estimates are free and written. The license, the bond and the workers' compensation policy are on the record at cslb.ca.gov, where you should look up anyone who bids on your roof.

A new charcoal composition shingle roof on a green ranch house under pines, one of Boe Roofing's jobs

On the record

License
CSLB #1002430
Classification
C-39 Roofing
Licensed since
2003 (current license issued March 2015)
Bond
$25,000 contractor bond on file with the CSLB
Workers' comp
Workers' compensation on file with State Fund
Based in
Chico, CA
Service area
Chico, the Ridge, Oroville and the North State

You can look up any California contractor at cslb.ca.gov.

Where we work

From the valley floor to the lake

Each town below has its own page with who issues the permit, which fire and snow rules apply, and what the roofs there need.

Somewhere else in the North State? Call and ask. All service areas
Before you call

Common questions

Chico is home, and most of the work is in Chico, Paradise, Magalia, Oroville, Durham and the towns around them. We also go up the hill to Forest Ranch, Butte Meadows and Lake Almanor, and out to the coast for the right job. Every town we work in regularly has its own page here. If yours is not listed, call and ask.
Boe Roofing holds California contractor license #1002430, classification C-39 Roofing, current through April 2027, with a $25,000 bond and workers' compensation on file with State Fund. The first Boe Roofing license was issued in 2003. Look any contractor up at cslb.ca.gov before you sign anything, including us.
Yes. For a repair, describe the leak by phone and send a photo if you have one. For a replacement, we walk the roof, measure it, check the decking from the attic where we can, and give you a written bid that lists the materials by name.
Move what is under it, put a bucket down, and if the ceiling is bulging with water, put a small hole in the low point so it drains into the bucket instead of bringing the drywall down. Do not go on the roof in the rain. Call, and we will get a tarp on it and come back for the repair when it is dry.
Sometimes, and usually not. California allows at most two layers of asphalt shingles, so if there are two up there now the old roof comes off. Even with one layer, a tear-off lets us see and fix the decking, which is where most of the trouble in an older Chico roof is. We will tell you which you have before the bid.
Yes, in Chico, Oroville, Paradise and unincorporated Butte County a reroof needs a building permit and an inspection. We pull it as part of the job. The permit is also how the cool roof and fire rating requirements get checked, which is why a bid without one should worry you.
Composition shingle is most of the work in Chico. We also install standing seam and screw-down metal, concrete and clay tile, and single-ply membrane on flat and low-slope roofs, plus skylights, gutters, fascia and soffit. Roof and gutter cleaning and solar panel cleaning are on the list too.
Get a bid

Tell us about the roof

Say what the roof is doing, what kind of roof it is if you know, and which town you are in. We call back to talk it through and set a time to look at it. If water is coming in right now, skip the form and call.

Hours
Open every day, calls answered evenings and weekends
Service area
Chico, the Ridge, Oroville and the North State
Contractor license
CSLB #1002430 · C-39 Roofing

A photo from the ground or the attic helps. Have one ready when we call back.

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