Bakersfield Roofing Company Protect Your Home or Business
What you can’t see is what costs you later. We record it, show you, price it once in writing, and install it to last.
1,200+ reviews · 4.8★ on Google Licensed & insured · CSLB #1030917
Bakersfield, Delano, Shafter, Wasco, Tehachapi, Taft, Arvin and Lamont.
Calls answered 24 hours. Free inspection for homeowners.
- FreeInspection, recorded
so you can see it - $800+Most single-issue
repairs - $14–20kTile relay, instead of
$25–40k tear-off - Same dayEstimate, and a person
answers at 2am
- You watch the footage of what’s failing before you’re asked to pay
- Damage under the surface gets shown to you, not covered over
- One written price, our own crew, and the yard swept before we leave
Tell us what’s happening
Two minutes, three questions. We’ll send the nearest Kern County crew out to look.
Free · No obligation · We route you to the nearest crew
Before you call anybody
The six things people are actually worried about
Nobody googling a roofer is enjoying it. Here is what usually goes wrong with a roofing job, and what we do about each one.
“They’ll sell me a roof I don’t need”
We record what’s failing and show you before quoting anything, and the footage is yours whether you hire us or not. If a repair is the answer we say so, even though it’s the smaller invoice.
“The price will change”
One written flat-rate price agreed before anyone starts, and the same price whoever is standing in the driveway. If we open the roof and find something nobody could have seen, you get shown it and you decide.
“Nobody will answer once they’ve been paid”
The number on this page is answered around the clock by a person, in English and Spanish, and it’s the same number after the job as before it.
“Who’s actually going to be on my roof?”
Our crews, not brokered out to whoever was free that week. The crew that starts your roof finishes it, so nobody can point at somebody else if a detail was missed.
“They’ll leave nails all over my yard”
A tear-off makes an enormous mess — old material, tar, and thousands of nails. Clearing it is part of the job, not a favor. Walk the property with us before the crew leaves.
“If it leaks again I’ll be on my own”
Ten-year workmanship warranty as standard, with extended coverage up to 25 years depending on the system. If something we installed was installed wrong, we come back.
Why this matters here
In Bakersfield, what you can’t see is usually the problem
We work four California markets. Bakersfield is where we open up the most roofs and find work that should never have passed.
Not worn out. Not old. Done wrong the first time, by somebody who knew the homeowner would never get up there to look.
That’s the entire reason every inspection gets recorded. You shouldn’t have to take a stranger’s word for what’s happening eighteen feet above your head — and in this market the gap between what people were told and what’s actually up there is wider than anywhere else we work.
Here are three things we’ve found on Bakersfield roofs. None of them are unusual.
What we found
Not one bad contractor. A pattern.
Shingles laid over insulation
This roof had no solid deck under it. The material was installed over insulation, which is not a roof deck and was never going to hold fasteners or carry a load.
There’s no version of this that passes inspection. Whoever did it either never pulled a permit or knew nobody was coming to look. Either way the homeowner paid for a roof and received a covering.
When we tear one of these off, everything goes — down to a proper deck, then built back correctly.
An air conditioner set down and left
A rooftop unit needs to be roofed in — flashed, curbed, tied into the system around it so water runs past it instead of into it.
This one was set on the roof and sealed around the edges with mastic. That’s a repair material being used as a permanent detail, and it fails, because sealant isn’t flashing and never was.
We handle rooftop units and their ductwork ourselves, which is why this gets found and priced rather than worked around.
The worst one
350 broken tiles, hidden under solar panels
Bakersfield is hot, so it has a lot of solar. And solar goes on whatever roof is already there, including roofs that had no business taking an array.
On one house we took the panels off and counted roughly 350 broken tiles underneath. Not weathered. Broken — walked on, levered, cracked during an installation, and then covered over by the panels that caused it.
The homeowner had no idea. You can’t see under an array from the ground, from a ladder, or from anywhere except by removing it.
We removed the array, repaired the roof properly, and reinstalled the panels with the electrical handled in-house, so one company was responsible for the whole thing rather than a roofer and a solar company pointing at each other.
If you have solar on an older roof in Kern County, that’s worth an inspection before it becomes a twenty-five thousand dollar problem. Here is how removal and reset works.
If you’re collecting quotes
Comparing roofing companies in Bakersfield
Most people looking at roofing companies in Bakersfield are holding one quote and trying to work out whether it’s honest. Here is what separates them, and all of it works on us as well as on anybody else.
Ask them what’s under the covering
This is the Bakersfield question. Not what the shingles look like — what they’re fastened to. We have found material laid straight over insulation with no deck at all. If a company quotes your roof without telling you the condition of what’s underneath, they haven’t looked.
Ask whether they’ll pull your solar
With as much solar as there is on roofs here, this eliminates most companies fast. If they won’t take panels off, nobody is inspecting the roof under your array — and that’s exactly where the expensive surprises live.
Run the license
Ours is CSLB #1030917. Put it into the state’s Check A License tool and you’ll see status, bond and workers’ compensation in about thirty seconds. Do the same to everyone else who quoted you, and check the manufacturer claims too — we’re listed on GAF’s contractor directory and Owens Corning’s.
Make them show you the failure
Not the roof — the failure. The specific detail letting water in. We record every inspection and hand over the footage without being asked, because a homeowner who can see the problem doesn’t have to trust anybody about the fix.
Ask about the permit
A permitted roof gets inspected by somebody who doesn’t work for the contractor. That’s the only independent check in the whole process, and skipping it is how a roof over insulation happens in the first place.
Any company worth hiring answers all five without hesitating. That’s the real difference between roofing companies in Bakersfield, and it has very little to do with which one came in cheapest.
Coverage
Kern County, crews dispatched daily
We don’t have a storefront in Bakersfield. Plenty of contractors list an address they don’t occupy, and we’d rather tell you what we actually are: a company with crews working Kern County out of the Valley, every day.
The phone is answered around the clock, in English and Spanish. Estimates are same day on most jobs, and if water is coming into the house we’ll do an emergency temporary repair to stop the damage while the real repair gets scheduled.
Phone
(661) 493-8595
Answered 24 hours
Coverage
Bakersfield, Delano, Shafter,
Wasco, Tehachapi, Taft,
Arvin and Lamont
Hours
Open 24 hours, seven days
Same-day estimates
Not sure you’re in range? Put your address in the form and we’ll tell you straight away.
What we do here
Roofing services in Bakersfield
Roof repair
Leak diagnosis and repair. Most single-issue repairs land at $800–$1,500. Same-day estimates, and emergency temporary repairs when water is coming in.
How we track down a leak →Roof replacement
When there’s nothing sound left underneath — which here often means no proper deck at all. Three days on a standard roof, written flat-rate price.
When replacement is right →Solar removal and reset
Panels off, roof put right, panels back. Electrical handled in-house. The most common thing we find under an array here is damage nobody knew about.
Solar removal and reset →Tile roof restoration
Sound tile, finished underlayment. Lift the tile, replace what’s under it, put the same tile back. $14,000–$20,000 instead of $25,000–$40,000.
What a lift-and-relay involves →Second opinion inspections
Holding a quote you’re not sure about? We’ll go up, record what’s there, and watch it with you. Free, and no obligation.
Get a second opinion →Leak detection
Moisture meters, thermal imaging, and both the roof and the attic. The stain is rarely above the failure.
How we find it →Verified reviews
What Kern County homeowners say happened
Every review below is from a Kern County customer. 4.8 stars across more than a thousand Google reviews in California. Read the reviews →
“I hired them for a full roof replacement on a single-story home. The crew worked in a very structured way, laying out materials neatly and keeping the site organized… The final result looks clean and even, and the house feels noticeably cooler during the afternoon heat compared to before.”
“David was fantastic! He provided an honest assessment of our issue & we were able to get it repaired quickly! We will definitely use his services again, especially for large projects!”
“David provided me with an estimate & video of tile roof issue… David did a good job of explaining the situation.”
Straight answers
Bakersfield roofing questions
Do you have an office in Bakersfield?
No, and we’re not going to pretend otherwise. We cover Kern County with crews dispatched daily from the Valley. Our offices are in Fresno, Visalia and Sacramento. Plenty of contractors list a Bakersfield address they don’t occupy — if an address matters to you, ask any company you’re considering to show you theirs.
My roof was done a few years ago and it’s already failing. Is that normal?
It isn’t normal, but it’s common here. A roof that fails early was usually built wrong rather than worn out. We’ll show you exactly what’s under there on video, so you know whether you’re looking at a repair, a rebuild, or a claim against whoever did it.
I have solar. Can you tell if the roof underneath is damaged?
Not fully without lifting panels, and that’s the point — nobody can, which is why damage under an array goes unnoticed for years. We can inspect everything around it, look in the attic, and tell you whether removing panels is worth doing. We handle removal and reset ourselves, electrical included.
How fast can somebody get here?
We estimate same day on most jobs. If water is actively coming into the house, say so when you call — that moves you up the schedule and we’ll do an emergency temporary repair to stop the damage.
Do you cover Delano, Tehachapi and Taft?
Yes, plus Shafter, Wasco, Arvin and Lamont. Same crews, same pricing, same standard as everywhere else we work.
Find out what is actually on your roof.
Free inspection, video proof, written flat-rate price. Call any hour or book online.