Roofing in Littlerock, CA

Littlerock is east of Palmdale along Pearblossom Highway, out where the lots get bigger and the houses sit further apart. It is unincorporated Los Angeles County, so roofing permits here are county permits, handled by Public Works through the Antelope Valley Building and Safety office in Lancaster.

One question we get on bigger properties out this way is whether to switch to a metal roof. In unincorporated LA County that is not only a building decision. The county's reroofing manual says that if a reroof changes the existing material to metal, the Department of Regional Planning approval must be obtained. Allow for that before you order panels.

Gutters are the other thing to get right. Where a county home sits in a fire hazard severity zone, the county's construction notes call for noncombustible gutters and downspouts, and an approved way to keep leaves and debris out of the gutter. A vinyl gutter or an open trough full of tumbleweed scraps is exactly what those rules are written against.

Most roof problems out here are simpler than either: a roof that leaked in the last storm, a gutter that pulled off the fascia in the wind, or shingles that need replacing before a sale. We come out, look at the whole roof and tell you what it needs.