Richmond Roofing Pros: Roof Replacement, Leak Repair & Gutters
Expert residential and commercial roofing services. Free inspections across the North East Bay, with wind-rated fastening on every roof we install.
- Licensed, insured and bonded California roofing contractor
- Free roof inspection with photographs, no obligation
- Every scope names the wind class and the fastening pattern
- Written workmanship warranty on every roof we install
Our Roofing Services in Richmond, CA
Roof Replacement & Reroofing
A replacement on exposed bay frontage is sold on the field of the roof and fails at the perimeter. So we price the rake, the eave and the first course as the expensive part of the job, and treat the wide-open field as the easy part.
Roof Leak Repair
Water does not arrive straight down in Richmond. It arrives at forty degrees off the horizontal with a gust behind it, which means it can climb a shingle course, cross a headlap and enter a roof at a point well above the stain on your ceiling.
Storm Damage Roof Restoration
A storm here is not a hailstorm. It is an atmospheric river landing between November and March: forty to sixty miles an hour of frontal gust arriving with several inches of rain, sometimes for two days together without the wind ever dropping off.
Hail Damage Assessment
Here is the page where we talk you out of something. Hail is uncommon on this side of the bay.
Wind Damage Roof Repair
Wind does not push a roof down. It pulls a roof up, and it pulls hardest where the airflow separates: the corners, the rakes and the first few feet of the eave.
Roof Inspections & Condition Reports
An inspection that ends in a verbal opinion and a quote is a sales call. Ours ends in photographs and numbers: fastener count, nail placement, starter presence, underlayment spacing, drip edge order, gutter hanger spacing and a remaining life we are willing to put in writing.
Asphalt Shingle Roofs
Asphalt shingles cover most of Richmond and they are the right answer on most of it. The interesting question is not which brand.
Standing Seam & Metal Roofing
A metal roof on bay frontage lives or dies on its clip spacing, not on its panel. We install 24-gauge standing seam on concealed clips, and we tighten that clip spacing through the eave, rake and corner zones where the uplift pressure is highest.
Concrete & Clay Tile Roofing
On a tile roof the tile is not the thing keeping water out. The underlayment is.
Flat & Low-Slope Roofing
Low-slope roofs on exposed frontage fail by flutter long before they fail by wearing out. Wind lifts the membrane between fastening rows, the sheet works against its plates, and the seams and plates give up years ahead of the membrane itself.
Roof Coatings & Sealing
Coatings are the most oversold product in this trade, so let us be clear about where they belong. A coating is a maintenance layer for a low-slope membrane, a metal roof or a parapet wall.
Attic & Roof Ventilation
A ridge vent is the default answer everywhere, and on exposed bay frontage that default needs one modification: an external baffle. Without it a strong onshore gust drives rain straight through the vent slot into the attic, and the stain it leaves looks exactly like a roof leak.
Skylights & Sun Tunnels
On a wind-exposed slope we fit curb-mounted skylights on a four-inch curb rather than deck-mounted units set flush. The curb lifts the glass above the drainage plane and above the sheet of water a gust drives up the slope during a winter front.
Gutters & Downspouts
A gutter on exposed frontage has two jobs, and the second one is the job that gets forgotten. It has to carry the water.
Fascia & Soffit Repair
The fascia board is not trim. It is the structural member your gutter hangs from, and once it has gone soft the gutter leaves in the first real gale with the hangers still screwed firmly into a piece of rotten wood.
Chimney & Wall Flashing
A chimney is flashed correctly with two pieces of metal, not with sealant. Step flashing woven into the shingle courses on each side, and counterflashing let into a cut reglet in the mortar joint and folded down over the top of it.
Emergency Roof Tarping
The hard part of an emergency tarp on this frontage is not getting it on. It is keeping it on.
Commercial Roofing
Richmond's commercial stock is mostly low-slope: warehouses and light industrial along the Richmond Parkway, offices out at Marina Bay, small retail through Point Richmond. Almost all of it is a membrane behind a parapet, and almost all of the failures start at that parapet.
Insurance Claim Documentation
Almost every roof claim on this side of the bay comes down to one argument: wind, which your policy covers, against wear, which it does not. Our job is to document the roof precisely enough that the argument gets settled on evidence rather than on opinion.
Richmond Roofing Pros handles roof repair, roof replacement, leak repair and gutter work across Richmond, California. We install architectural asphalt shingles, 24-gauge standing-seam steel, concrete and clay tile, and TPO or EPDM membrane on low-slope decks. Every proposal names the fastening pattern, the underlayment and the wind class the finished assembly is rated to. Residential and commercial, targeted repair through full replacement.
Onshore wind is the design load here, not snow and not hail. A roof on exposed frontage fails at its edges first, at the rake, the eave and the first course, so we specify six-nail fastening, factory-adhesive starter strip at rakes as well as eaves, and cap-fastened synthetic underlayment tightened to six-inch spacing right around the perimeter. That is where the money belongs on this side of the bay.
We work on 1940s wartime tract houses, mid-century ranches, hillside contemporaries and flat-roofed commercial buildings, and we will tell you when a targeted repair beats a full tear-off. Free inspection, a written scope, photographs of what we found, and a written workmanship warranty on the labor. We cover San Pablo, El Cerrito, Pinole, Hercules, Albany, Kensington and across the bridge into Marin.
What Richmond Customers Say
They pulled a shingle up at the rake on the first visit and showed me four nails where there should have been six. Nobody else who quoted the job got on the roof at all. The reroof came in mid-range rather than cheapest, and the photographs of the bare deck answered a question I did not know to ask.
Two companies told me I needed a full replacement. These guys re-fastened the perimeter courses, added the starter strip the original crew had skipped and replaced eleven creased shingles for a fraction of that price. Two winters later the roof is fine and I still have all the photographs.
Our gutter came off the fascia in a January storm. They found the hangers screwed into rotten wood at thirty-six inch spacing, replaced the fascia board, primed the back of it and re-hung the run on hidden hangers at twenty-four. It has held through everything since.
I asked about a coating for our shingle roof because a door-knocker had pitched it. They talked me out of it, explained why it would trap moisture in the mat, then sold me two flashing repairs and a baffled ridge vent instead. Refreshing to be argued out of spending money.
Why Richmond Chooses Richmond Roofing Pros
- ✓Every proposal names the fastening pattern, the starter strip and the ASTM wind class, not just a shingle brand
- ✓We lift a shingle at each rake during the inspection, because the fastening is the one thing you cannot see
- ✓Perimeter first: cap-nail spacing tightens to six inches around the whole edge before a field shingle goes on
- ✓We hand-seal rake courses rather than trust factory adhesive to bond on a fog-cooled Richmond afternoon
- ✓If a targeted repair is the better purchase than a reroof, we put that in writing and we price it
- ✓Photographs of the bare deck before anything covers it, so you see what you paid to have fixed
About Richmond Roofing Pros in Richmond, CA
Richmond Roofing Pros is a roofing contractor working Richmond and the North East Bay, from the shoreline blocks at Point Richmond and Marina Bay out to San Pablo, Pinole and Hercules, and across the bridge into Marin. We install asphalt shingle, standing seam metal, concrete and clay tile, and low-slope membrane, and we repair all four.
What we argue about internally is edges. Onshore wind is the load that governs roofs here, and it works on the rake, the eave and the first course long before it ever touches the middle of a roof. So our specifications run heavier at the perimeter than most quotes you will read, and lighter on upgrades that address problems this frontage does not actually have.
Do not hire us if you want the cheapest number on the street. We will not install a four-nail pattern, we will not skip rake starter strip to match somebody's price, and we will not sell you a coating over shingles or an impact-rated upgrade you have no use for. If a repair beats a replacement we will tell you, quote the repair, and let you keep the difference.
How It Works
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Free Inspection, and We Lift a Shingle
We walk every plane, then lift a shingle at each rake and one eave to see the actual fastening: four nails or six, in the nailing zone or high in the laminate, and what is holding the underlayment down near the edge. Everything else in the report follows from those facts.
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A Scope That Names the Pattern
You get a written scope naming the shingle and its ASTM wind class, the underlayment and its fastener spacing, the starter strip at rakes and eaves, the flashing metal, the ventilation plan and the gutter details. If a targeted repair beats a replacement, that option is priced alongside it.
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Tear-Off, Deck Check, Perimeter First
Every layer comes off, the deck gets walked and re-nailed, and you see photographs of it bare before anything covers it. Then the edges go on ahead of the field: membrane at eaves and rakes, drip edge in the correct order, starter strip, and cap fasteners tightened around the whole perimeter.
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Clean Site, Photos, Written Warranty
We magnet-sweep the drive and the beds, haul the debris the same day, and hand over a photographic record of the deck, the perimeter details and the finished planes, along with the manufacturer's material warranty and our written workmanship warranty on the labor.
Commercial Roofing in Richmond & Across the North East Bay
We roof and maintain the low-slope stock this city actually has: distribution and light-industrial buildings along the Richmond Parkway, offices and mixed-use blocks at Marina Bay, small retail and restaurant space through Point Richmond, and apartment buildings across the flats.
Systems are TPO, EPDM and two-ply modified bitumen over a half-inch high-density cover board, fully adhered or induction-welded on exposed frontage, with ANSI/SPRI ES-1 rated edge metal and the fastening density concentrated at the parapet where uplift pressure is highest.
We work nights and weekends on occupied buildings, stage material so loading docks stay usable, and never leave a section open overnight in the wet season. Property managers get a daily photographic update and a written maintenance log.
- ✓TPO, EPDM and two-ply modified bitumen over high-density cover board
- ✓Fully adhered and induction-welded attachment on exposed frontage
- ✓ANSI/SPRI ES-1 rated perimeter edge metal and coping
- ✓Parapet base flashing, termination bars and counterflashing rebuilt
- ✓Tapered insulation, crickets behind curbs and overflow scuppers
- ✓Roof-mounted equipment curbs, line sets and walkway pads
- ✓Night and weekend work on occupied buildings
- ✓Twice-yearly maintenance agreements with photographic logs
Service Areas
Richmond Roofing Pros serves Richmond, CA and surrounding communities including:
Recent Projects Across the North East Bay
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need impact-rated Class 4 shingles in Richmond?
Almost certainly not. UL 2218 Class 4 shingles are built to survive hail, and hail is uncommon on this side of the bay. The load that takes roofs off here is uplift from onshore wind.
Put the same money into the wind side of the specification instead: six nails per shingle in the manufacturer's nailing zone, factory-adhesive starter strip at the rakes as well as the eaves, cap-fastened underlayment tightened to six-inch spacing around the perimeter, and an architectural shingle carrying an ASTM D7158 Class H rating.
That package usually costs less than the Class 4 upgrade and addresses the failure you will actually see.
What wind rating should a Richmond roof be built to?
Ask for two numbers rather than one. ASTM D3161 Class F is a 110-mile-an-hour sealed-shingle rating and ASTM D7158 Class H is 150, but the number on the bundle is only reachable if the installation follows the manufacturer's enhanced pattern.
That means six nails, placed in the nailing zone above the sealant strip and not driven high into the laminate, plus a starter strip with factory adhesive at every rake and eave. A Class H shingle fastened with four nails and no rake starter is not a Class H roof.
Our scopes name the product and the pattern so you can check.
Some shingles lifted along one edge but the roof is not leaking. Can it wait?
Usually not as long as you would like. When a rake course lifts, the shingles either side of it have generally broken their sealant bond as well even though they are still lying flat, and they go in the next front.
There is also a good chance the ones that folded back and settled down again are creased, which means a fracture line through the mat that will pass water inside a season or two. The fix at this stage is small: re-fasten the perimeter courses to six nails, add the starter that is missing, replace what is creased and hand-seal.
Can you roof over the existing shingles instead of tearing off?
We do not recommend it on any roof that faces the water. A layover leaves you fastening new shingles through old ones into a deck you have never seen, which is exactly the wrong compromise where uplift is the governing load, and it hides the delaminated plywood and skip sheathing that turn up under older roofs here.
It also gives you no chance to re-nail the deck, install self-adhered membrane at the eaves and rakes, or correct the drip edge order. On a detached garage on a sheltered lot we will talk about it. On a main roof, tear off.
When is the best time of year to reroof in Richmond?
May through October is the working window, because the rain is concentrated between November and March and you do not want a roof open when an atmospheric river arrives. Wind, though, is a year-round factor, and summer brings a quirk of its own: marine fog keeps roof surfaces cool enough that factory shingle sealant can be slow to bond.
That is not a reason to wait for autumn. It is a reason to insist the rake and eave courses are hand-sealed at installation rather than left for the weather to finish.
Do you install gutters at the same time as the roof?
Yes, and it is the better way to buy both. The drip edge, the gutter apron, the first shingle course and the trough all have to overlap in a particular order, and that order is far easier to get right on the day the roof goes on than by retrofitting a gutter under somebody else's finished edge.
It also lets us size the trough to the catchment, which matters here: a five-inch gutter on a long slope overshoots in a heavy front, and that water sheets back under the first course and rots the sheathing at the eave.