Guides

Roofing guides for North State homeowners

Straight answers to the questions that are specific to roofs here: the fire rating, permits, the cool roof rule, metal or shingle, and how to read a bid.

What a Class A roof is, and who needs one in Butte County

The fire rating explained, the zones where it is required, and the 50 percent rule that turns a repair into a reroof.

What a Class A roof is, and who needs one in Butte County

Do you need a permit to reroof in Chico, Paradise or Butte County?

Yes. Who issues it, what the inspector checks, and why a bid without one is a warning.

Do you need a permit to reroof in Chico, Paradise or Butte County?

Cool roof rules for a reroof in Chico (Climate Zone 11)

What Title 24 asks of a replacement roof in the valley, which shingles qualify, and the exceptions.

Cool roof rules for a reroof in Chico (Climate Zone 11)

Repair or replace: how to tell where your roof is

The signs that mean a repair, the signs that mean a new roof, and the math in between.

Repair or replace: how to tell where your roof is

Metal roof or shingles? What makes sense in the valley and on the Ridge

Cost, life, snow, fire, heat and noise, compared for the places we actually work.

Metal roof or shingles? What makes sense in the valley and on the Ridge

How to read a roofing bid

The lines a complete bid has, the ones a cheap bid leaves out, and the questions to ask any roofer.

How to read a roofing bid

Services

What we do

Roof replacement

Tear-off to the deck, new underlayment, a Class A composition shingle roof, permitted and inspected.

Roof replacement

Roof repair

Leaks found and fixed: valleys, flashing, pipe boots, blown-off shingles and ridge caps.

Roof repair

Metal roofing

Standing seam and screw-down metal, new or over an existing roof, built for snow, fire and sun.

Metal roofing

Tile roofing

Concrete and clay tile installed, and old tile lifted and relaid over new underlayment.

Tile roofing

Flat and low-slope roofing

TPO, torch-down and rolled roofing on flat roofs, patio covers and additions, for homes and businesses.

Flat and low-slope roofing

Commercial roofing

Reroofs and repairs for shops, storefronts, rentals and multi-unit buildings in Chico and Oroville.

Commercial roofing

Fire-resistant roofing

Class A roofs, ember-resistant vents and closed eaves for homes in the fire hazard zones of the Ridge and foothills.

Fire-resistant roofing

Skylights and flashing

Skylights installed and replaced, and chimney, wall and skylight flashing rebuilt in metal.

Skylights and flashing

Gutters, fascia and soffit

Seamless gutters and downspouts, rotted fascia and soffit replaced, gutter guards for the fire zones.

Gutters, fascia and soffit

Attic ventilation

Ridge vents, soffit vents and ember-resistant vents that cool the attic and lengthen the life of the roof.

Attic ventilation

Roof inspections

A walk of the roof and the attic with a written report and photos, for buyers, sellers, insurers and anyone who wants to know.

Roof inspections

Roof, gutter and solar panel cleaning

Needles, leaves and moss off the roof, gutters cleared, solar panels washed, before the rains and after the fire season.

Roof, gutter and solar panel cleaning

Emergency and storm repair

Tarps on the day, a documented repair after, and the photos your insurer will ask for.

Emergency and storm repair

Get a bid

Have a question about your own 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.

Call

(530) 514-7454

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