Roof Replacement in Santa Monica — Written Price, Workmanship Warranty

Fast, Reliable Roof Replacement Across Santa Monica

Roof replacement in Santa Monica usually runs $14,000 to $28,000 for a typical single-family home, with coastal-spec materials adding $2,500 to $6,000 over an inland job. We’re Koreatown Roofing, and we work in Santa Monica every week, from Ocean Park up through the north-of-Montana grid and across the 90401, 90402, 90410, and 90411 ZIP codes. If you’re looking at a Roof Replacement and want a straight answer on cost, timing, and what your roof actually needs, call Manny at (866) 974-2271. We’ll give you a written line-item estimate, free, and walk you through which materials make sense for your specific block.

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Why Koreatown Roofing Is Santa Monica’s Preferred Roof Replacement Company

We’re Santa Monica roofing specialists, not general contractors who sub out the roof to whichever crew picks up the phone. Every job we take is a roof, and every crew on your job works for us directly. When you call, you talk to Manny Cordero, not a dispatch center. That distinction matters in Santa Monica because the city’s permitting and coastal review process rewards contractors who know the local inspection quirks, the setback rules, and the neighborhood-specific material guidelines. We’ve pulled permits and passed inspections in every Santa Monica ZIP code, and we know what the city wants to see before we file.

Our reputation here comes from repeat work and referrals. A big chunk of our Santa Monica jobs come from neighbors telling neighbors. That’s the accountability we want. When your name is attached to the block you work, you don’t cut corners on the flashing. You don’t disappear after the final check clears. You answer the phone when a homeowner on 17th Street calls about a leak two winters later.

New Roof Installation in Santa Monica

New Roof Installation in Santa Monica means building the roof from deck up, not just recovering what’s already there. That’s the right call when the old roof is too far gone, when the decking has failed, or when you’re adding square footage and need a clean start. A new roof installation in Santa Monica typically lands between $16,000 and $30,000 depending on the size of the roof, the slope, whether we’re replacing decking, and whether you’re choosing asphalt shingles, architectural shingles, or flat roofing for a mid-century build.

The deciding factor here is usually what we find when we pull the old roof. In the marine-layer zones between Ocean Avenue and Lincoln Boulevard, we routinely find decking that’s soft from years of fog-damp underlayment, fasteners that crumbled on contact, and framing that needs selective replacement before anything new can go down. That’s a Santa Monica pattern, not a Los Angeles one, and you cannot price a new-roof job accurately without opening the roof first.

Full-System Tear-Off and Rebuild

We strip everything down to the rafters or existing sheathing, assess the framing, replace damaged decking, lay new underlayment, install drip edge and flashing suited to the salt exposure, and build the new roof on top. On 1930s Spanish Revival homes in Ocean Park, that often means repairing original rafter tails and re-setting tile on substrate our foreman specified for coastal moisture, not for cost.

New Construction and Additions

When you’re adding a second story or building a detached unit behind a Craftsman on a 90402 lot, the roof gets specified before the walls dry in. We coordinate with the builder, get the underlayment and flashing right at the framing stage, and deliver a completed roof that passes Santa Monica’s coastal inspection the first time. Budget for this as a distinct line item: new construction roofing in Santa Monica starts around $16,000 and moves up with roof complexity and tile or membrane selection.

Reroofing in Santa Monica

Reroofing in Santa Monica means removing the existing roof covering and installing a new one, typically over the original or partially repaired decking. This is the most common roof replacement job we do here because so much of the housing stock is 1920s to 1940s wood-framed with original sheathing still in place. A reroof in Santa Monica generally runs $14,000 to $24,000 for shingle roofs, and $20,000 to $34,000 when we’re re-hanging tile or converting a flat roof to a torched-down or TPO membrane.

The cost difference between a light reroof and a full new roof install is the decking. If the decking is solid, you save real money. If it’s not, you don’t want it hidden under new material. We open it up before we quote anything final.

Tile and Shingle Retrofits on Older Frames

Homes built before 1950 in the north-of-Montana area often have original 1×6 sheathing with gaps. Modern code and modern material warranties expect a solid, flat surface. We sister in framing where needed, lay new CDX plywood over the old boards, and fasten the new roof to a substrate that doesn’t flex when the Santa Ana winds hit the bluff in October.

Flat Roof Replacement for Mid-Century and Apartment Stock

Santa Monica has thousands of mid-century apartments and commercial-residential hybrids with low-slope and flat roofs. Those roofs fail differently: standing water, splitting seams, interior drains clogged with coastal debris. A flat roof replacement in Santa Monica sits between $18,000 and $35,000 based on the system and the parapet condition. We walk every flat roof with you before we quote, because the parapet flashing and drain scuppers are where the salt air does its worst.

Trusted Brands We Service in Santa Monica

We don’t marry a single manufacturer. Koreatown Roofing installs products from seven industry-leading brands, so when you choose a roof, you choose the material that fits your house and budget, not the one we happen to have on the truck. In Santa Monica, we regularly install GAF in Santa Monica and CertainTeed architectural shingles, Owens Corning Duration systems, and Boral tile for Spanish Revival and Mediterranean styles. Because we stock common flashing, ridge caps, and tile profiles locally, turnaround for Santa Monica customers stays tight. Your roof, your material choice, backed by a crew that knows how to install what we quote.

Common Roof Replacement Problems We See in Santa Monica Homes

• Rusted fasteners in the fog belt – In the marine-layer streets between the bluff and around 4th Street, galvanized nails and screws lose their coating fast. We open old roofs on 90401 homes and watch fasteners snap like crackers from corrosion while the shingles above still look fine.
• Corroded valley and penetration flashing – Santa Monica’s onshore wind drives salt and moisture into valleys, vents, and chimney flashings. The standard 26-gauge galvanized flashing used inland fails here in well under a decade. We specify heavier stainless or hot-dip galvanized stock on coastal jobs.
• Soft or rotted decking on pre-1940 wood-framed homes – Ocean Park and the older streets north of Montana hide decking that’s been wet for years under tile that looks intact from the sidewalk. You don’t know until the roof comes off.
• Wind-uplift damage from Santa Ana events – When the winds shift offshore, the roofs near Palisades Park and the beach get gust-driven lift along eaves and ridges. Underlayment that wasn’t nailed to code becomes a liability, and we see ridge-cap failures after the first strong event of the season.

On a 1930s Spanish Revival in Ocean Park, our crew pulled a tile field that looked intact from the street and found corroded valley flashing and rusted-through fasteners staining the decking. We rebuilt the valleys with ice and water shield and stainless fasteners, set new hot-dip galvanized drip edge, and re-hung the tile with marine-grade trim at the fascia and soffit. That’s not a horror story we tell to scare people. It’s what a real coastal roof replacement looks like.

Pricing for Roof Replacement in Santa Monica, CA

We Also Serve Cities Near Santa Monica

Our crews run regularly to Venice, where beach salt does similar work on roof edge flashing; Century City, with its high-rise and townhome mix; Culver City, where the flats get marine moisture without the full salt load; and Beverly Hills, where older tile roofs on larger lots bring different cost variables. If you’re anywhere in the Westside, the same material logic applies, but the spec changes block by block. Check our Roof Replacement in Santa Monica page to see how we price and plan for this specific coastal market, and call us to talk through your property.

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