Tile Roof Repair and New Tile Roofs

Concrete and Clay Tile

Most tract homes from Ontario to Eastvale have concrete tile. It is heavy, holds up to the sun and comes in flat and curved shapes. Some older homes in Upland, Claremont and Pomona have true clay tile, which is lighter in color, more brittle and harder to match.

We work on both. Clay takes more care to walk and lift, and we save every good piece we can.

Broken and Slipped Tile

A tile that cracks or slides down leaves the paper under it open to the sun and rain. One broken tile will not flood a house. But the paper under it wears out fast once it is exposed, and then it leaks.

Please do not walk on the roof to fix it. Concrete tile breaks under a boot if you step in the wrong spot. We swap the broken pieces and check the paper under them while they are off.

Ridge and Hip Caps

The caps along the top and the hips are set in mortar or fastened to a board. After 25 summers that mortar cracks and lets go, and a Santa Ana wind can drop a cap into the yard. We reset loose caps and fasten them so the next wind does not take them.

When the Problem Is Under the Tile

The tile sheds most of the water. The paper under it handles the rest, and in our sun that paper usually lasts 20 to 30 years. If a tile roof leaks in more than one place, the paper is often the cause. We cover that job on our tile underlayment replacement page.

New Tile Roofs

Standard concrete tile weighs roughly 9 to 10 pounds a square foot. A house framed for shingles may need an engineer and new framing before it can carry tile. We check that first. Concrete and clay tile both come in Class A fire ratings and cool rated colors.