Roofing in Van Nuys, California
Apartment buildings, commercial strips and postwar houses — three different roofing problems inside one ZIP code.
Van Nuys has the widest range of roof types of anywhere we work. Dingbat apartment buildings from the 1950s and 60s with flat roofs and carports underneath. Commercial frontage along Van Nuys Boulevard and Sepulveda. Single-family neighborhoods with everything from original shingle to concrete tile added in the 1990s.
KAT ROOFING CO, CSLB #857967, C-39 Roofing, 12348 San Fernando Rd H, Sylmar, CA 91342.
Apartment and multi-family roofs
The classic Van Nuys apartment roof is low-slope, has been re-covered at least once, and has a wall of HVAC or cooler units on it. The two decisions that matter are whether the existing assembly is dry enough to restore with a silicone system or has to be torn off, and how the roof drains — many of these buildings drain to interior drains or through parapet scuppers that were undersized to begin with.
For owners with multiple buildings, we handle them as a program with scheduled inspections rather than as a series of emergencies.
Commercial frontage buildings
Retail and office along the boulevards are typically low-slope behind a parapet, with signage, awnings and older equipment penetrating the roof. The parapet-to-roof transition and the scupper detail are where those buildings leak, and the leak usually shows up inside a tenant space, which makes it a business problem before it is a roofing problem.
- Silicone restoration over sound existing membranes
- TPO and modified bitumen replacement
- Parapet wall and scupper detailing
- Interior drain and overflow correction
- Carport and stair-tower roof repairs
- Tenant-space leak tracing
Houses in Van Nuys
On the residential side the common jobs are shingle tear-offs on 1950s tract homes and underlayment replacement under concrete tile installed a few decades ago. Rear additions with a flat or nearly flat roof are extremely common here, and the tie-in between that addition and the main house is the detail we inspect first.
Van Nuys Roofing Questions
KAT ROOFING CO · 12348 San Fernando Rd H, Sylmar, CA 91342 · (818) 744-5551 · CSLB #857967, C-39 Roofing · Sole Ownership · In business since 2005. See all service areas
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