Serving Riverside and the Inland Empire since 1949 from our office at 3369 Chicago Avenue, about 6 to 9 minutes from downtown on a weekday morning by Google Maps' estimate.
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Areas we serve › Riverside
One commercial job in our home city:
Shingle slopes and gravel-surfaced sections around the Mission Inn skylights.
The shingle roof, with the Mission Inn bell tower behind.
Mission Inn trusted Veirs Kluk Roofing with their Re-Roof.
Riverside grew in layers. The city notes that nearly all the homes in the Wood Streets were built before World War II, while Orangecrest began its turn toward suburbs in 1984, when the county adopted the Orangecrest Specific Plan. Census figures put about a quarter of Riverside's housing before 1960 and only about one unit in five after 2000.
If your home is in one of Riverside's historic residential districts, the city's design guidelines say historic tile or slate should be preserved in place or replaced in kind, so check the district before you choose a new material.
Source: City of Riverside, Wood Streets neighborhood, checked Nov 2026
Source: City of Riverside, Orangecrest neighborhood, checked Nov 2026
Source: City of Riverside, Citywide Residential Historic District Design Guidelines, checked Nov 2026
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates, table B25034, checked Nov 2026
The City of Riverside lists re-roofs among the permits that can be issued the same day, over the counter, at the city's One Stop Shop permit counter. When you compare quotes, ask who pulls the permit and whether its cost is included, so nothing is left for you to chase after the crew leaves.
Source: City of Riverside Building & Safety, Permits, checked Oct 2026
All of Riverside is in California building climate zone 10. Under the 2025 Energy Code, replacing half or more of a roof brings in the cool-roof rule: on a sloped roof (2:12 or steeper) the new roofing needs an aged solar reflectance of at least 0.20 with a thermal emittance of 0.75, or an SRI of 16. Exceptions apply, such as R-38 attic insulation, so it is worth checking before you pick a colour.
Source: California Energy Commission, form CF1R-ALT-01-E (2025 code), checked Oct 2026
Parts of Riverside are mapped Very High on CAL FIRE's 2025 fire hazard map. Inside a mapped zone, the state's wildland-urban interface code calls for a Class A roof covering when a roof is replaced, or when half or more of it is replaced within 12 months. Look up your address on the map before you choose materials.
Source: 2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code, sections 504.2 and 507.1, checked Oct 2026
Request an estimate or call the Riverside office. We look at the roof, walk you through what we find and give you a written estimate.
Half of Riverside's homes were built in 1976 or earlier, according to the Census Bureau's American Community Survey for 2020 to 2024. Many roofs here sit on houses around fifty years old, where a re-roof is also the moment to look at the decking and attic ventilation underneath, not only the shingles or tile on top.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates, table B25035, checked Oct 2026
A shingle or tile re-roof on a single-family home typically takes around 2 to 4 days, depending on size and scope.
Most last 20–30 years, but intense sun and heat can shorten that.
A 10-year workmanship warranty and up to 50 years on materials, varying by roof type.
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