CertainTeed Roofing in Lakewood, CA

CertainTeed Roofing in Lakewood, CA | Van Nuys Roofing Co

We provide independent CertainTeed roofing service across Lakewood, CA for homeowners who want straight answers about repair versus replacement on their 1950s tract homes. Our crews work with CertainTeed Landmark, XT 25, XT 30, Presidential Shake, and Flintlastic systems every week here. The one thing that sets our CertainTeed work apart in Lakewood is that we check the deck before we quote, because on most of these 70-year-old ranch roofs the sheathing fails before the shingle does. Call (866) 321-6172 for a free estimate.

Why Lakewood Residents Choose Us for CertainTeed Service

Most roofing companies in the Lakewood area push one brand and call it a day. We don’t. Our crews are fluent in seven major manufacturers, GAF, CertainTeed, Owens Corning, IKO, Atlas, Tamko, and Boral, which means when we recommend CertainTeed for your Lakewood roof we’re doing it because it fits the house and the budget, not because we have a trailer full of one product to unload. Seven leading brands, one crew that knows them all.

Rick Dominguez runs our operation. He grew up in the San Fernando Valley, learned the trade through the construction technology program at Los Angeles Valley College, and spent close to two decades on rooftops before starting this company. His dad was a finish carpenter, so working with his hands was never a question. Rick says it plainly: if it doesn’t need replacing, he’s not going to tell you it does.

Common CertainTeed Roofing Problems We Solve in Lakewood

Here’s what we actually see when we get up on roofs across Lakewood’s 90711, 90712, 90713, and 90714 neighborhoods:

• Sun-baked and brittle three-tab shingles. Lakewood’s long, dry summers bake CertainTeed XT 25 and XT 30 three-tabs until the tabs snap instead of flex. By the time a winter rain hits, the field has cracks running through it. We replace these with Landmark architectural shingles that handle the heat far better.
• Soft original 1x sheathing under multiple re-covers. A lot of Lakewood ranch homes have been re-roofed two or three times over the original 1950s decking. The shingles on top might be only ten years old and look decent from the curb, but the deck underneath has gone soft. The shingle isn’t the problem. The deck is.
• Leaks at flashing and vent boot collars. The coastal-influenced heat in Lakewood dries out flashing sealant and cracks vent boot collars around chimneys and plumbing stacks faster than the shingle field fails. Most leaks we trace here start at a penetration, not in the middle of the roof.
• Flintlastic seam failures on low-slope sections. Attached garages and shallow-pitch sections on Lakewood’s original ranches often have CertainTeed Flintlastic membrane. Years of ponding water and heat-stressed underlayment cause seam and edge failure where the 1950s deck has sagged.
• Re-nailed decking that won’t hold a nail. On many Lakewood Park originals the sheathing has been re-nailed so many times that new fasteners have nothing left to bite into. You can’t put a new CertainTeed field over that. It needs decking replacement first.

CertainTeed Service in Lakewood: What Local Conditions Mean for Your Equipment

Lakewood was built as one of America’s first planned post-war subdivisions. Whole blocks in 90713 and 90714 were roofed within a couple of years of each other in the early 1950s by Lakewood Park and Lakewood Village developers. That means aging doesn’t arrive here one house at a time. It arrives in neighborhood-wide waves. When three-tab CertainTeed shingles on your block start failing, they’re likely failing on your neighbor’s roof too, because the original sheathing and roof structures are hitting end of life together.

What this means for CertainTeed owners specifically is that a quote that skips the deck check is setting up a mid-job surprise. The original 1x sheathing on these low-pitch ranches has often been re-nailed and re-covered twice already. If a contractor quotes you a new CertainTeed Landmark field without walking the attic or lifting a few shingles, you’re going to find soft decking after tear-off, and the price is going to jump. We inspect first, recommend second. That’s the only way to handle a 1950s Lakewood roof honestly. On one Lakewood Park ranch off Clark Avenue, our crew tore off three stacked layers of old shingle and found the original 1x sheathing re-nailed twice and going soft in the walks. The CertainTeed three-tabs above it were sun-cracked and brittle. We replaced the decking, then laid CertainTeed Landmark architectural shingles with new vent boots and flashing, and the homeowner finally had a roof that shed the winter rain instead of feeding it into the attic.

CertainTeed Models & Products We Service in Lakewood

We install, repair, and replace the CertainTeed products most common on Lakewood roofs. That includes Landmark architectural shingles, the workhorse for full replacements on 1950s ranches when the deck is sound or has been re-decked. We also service XT 25 and XT 30 three-tab shingles, still found in scattered sections across older Lakewood neighborhoods. Presidential Shake luxury shingles show up on some of the larger 1960s and 1970s additions near the east side. And for low-slope sections and attached garages, we handle Flintlastic self-adhered membrane, including seam and edge repairs.

We use genuine CertainTeed shingles and membranes so the material warranty stays intact. But we never sell a fresh shingle field over a failing deck. If tear-off reveals soft sheathing or skip boards, we re-deck before anything goes down, and we tell you plainly whether repair or full replacement actually makes sense for the remaining roof life. Your roof, your material choice. We just make sure the deck under it will hold. For broader CertainTeed work, see our CertainTeed sales & service page.

CertainTeed Service Pricing in Lakewood

FAQs – CertainTeed Roofing in Lakewood

My Lakewood Park ranch has what looks like three layers of shingle. Can you just put CertainTeed Landmark over the top?

No. Lakewood building code generally limits roofs to two layers of shingle, and three stacked layers on a 70-year-old 1x deck is already pushing the structure past what it was designed to carry. More importantly, the original sheathing under all those layers is almost certainly soft in places. Tearing off to the deck and re-decking before laying CertainTeed Landmark is the honest fix, and it’s what protects the manufacturer’s material warranty. Call (866) 321-6172 and we’ll walk the attic first to see what you’re actually dealing with.

Why do so many roofs on my street need replacement at the same time?

Lakewood was built as a planned post-war subdivision, so entire blocks in 90713 and 90714 were constructed within a few years of each other in the early 1950s. The original roofs were installed on the same schedule, and they’ve aged on the same schedule. When CertainTeed shingles and the original decking hit end of life together, it shows up street by street, not house by house. We’ve worked multiple homes on the same block in Lakewood where the failure pattern was nearly identical.

Is CertainTeed Landmark rated for the low-pitch sections on my ranch’s attached garage?

CertainTeed Landmark shingles are rated for slopes as low as 2:12, which covers most of the attached garage sections on Lakewood’s original ranches. But if the slope drops below that, or if you have a flat section with ponding, shingles won’t do the job. That’s where Flintlastic self-adhered membrane comes in. We’ll measure the pitch on your garage and tell you which system fits. Your roof, your material choice, but it has to match the slope or it’ll leak.

My leak showed up after the first winter rain. Why now, and where is it coming from?

The leak didn’t start with the rain. It started months earlier, during Lakewood’s long dry summer, when flashing sealant around your chimney or vent boot dried out and cracked. The rain simply exposed a breach that had been quietly developing since spring. On older CertainTeed three-tab roofs, the leak almost always traces back to a penetration, not a mid-field failure. We’ll find it, patch it with genuine CertainTeed materials, and tell you if it’s a quick fix or a sign the whole roof is done.

How do I know whether my 70-year-old Lakewood roof needs a full re-roof or just a patch?

It comes down to the deck. If the original 1x sheathing is still sound and the shingle damage is localized, a targeted CertainTeed patch makes sense. If the sheathing has gone soft in the walks or has been re-nailed to the point where it won’t hold fasteners, a full re-roof with decking replacement is the only repair that won’t fail within a few years. We inspect first, recommend second. Repair or replace, we’ll tell you which one actually makes sense.

Service Areas Near Lakewood

We handle CertainTeed roofing work throughout Lakewood and the surrounding Los Angeles County neighborhoods. That includes Lakewood service area coverage across 90711, 90712, 90713, and 90714, plus nearby Van Nuys, Valley Glen, Sherman Oaks, Encino, Studio City, and North Hills. For CertainTeed work farther east, see CertainTeed service in Irwindale and CertainTeed service in West Covina.

Book Your CertainTeed Service in Lakewood Today

If your Lakewood roof is showing sun-cracked CertainTeed shingles, failing flashing, or soft decking beneath multiple re-covers, get it looked at before the next winter rain. Call (866) 321-6172 to schedule your free estimate, and we’ll give you a straight answer on what your roof needs.

Written by Rick Dominguez, Owner at Van Nuys Roofing Co, serving Lakewood and the San Fernando Valley.