Installing a new roof or repairing an existing leak requires trusting the roofing contractor who you have chosen to do the job. That’s not easy since if you don’t know what questions to ask or truly understand the roofer’s capabilities. Here are tips for screening contractors and how we present our qualifications at Garvey Roofing.…
DetailsLook at the variety of commercial roofs in this one picture–if you live or work in the San Gabriel Valley can you guess where it was taken? The answer is at the end of the post. Types of Commercial Roofs A church along Sierra Madre Boulevard has something in common with a manufacturing facility…
DetailsYou want the best roofing material to cover your home with a roofing contractor who’s going to install the material properly. For existing homes throughout the San Gabriel Valley, your choices come down to selecting tile or asphalt shingles. Both can last for decades and there are myths surrounding the products. So how do you…
DetailsIf you live in a historic bungalow-style home in a city like Pasadena or Monrovia or want to install solar panels then you can appreciate the variety of roofing systems in the San Gabriel Valley. Expertise is needed to install and repair homes and buildings that are now over one hundred years old to today’s…
DetailsDo you want a solar roof to power your home’s energy usage in the San Gabriel Valley? California now has one million solar roofs installed as noted in a celebration in December 2019. Let’s take a closer look at what’s happening with solar roofing in the state and what solar roofs mean for homeowners in…
DetailsYou can appreciate how a properly installed roof protects your house, but it can also serve as a source of water that can be saved for the driest months. If you’re concerned about your roof and the environment, read on to see how your roof can collect rainwater for your yard and fruit trees during…
DetailsWhen the Santa Ana winds blow through the San Gabriel Valley, you can see leaves, limbs and roofing shingles scattered down the streets and in your yard. It’s understandable that you could think about how well your roof will do when those windy gusts blast through. Guess what? A roof that’s installed properly will…
DetailsHey everyone! Been a while! Like… two years a while… There, sadly, is not much to say in roofing. It’s a pretty straightforward thing. But, thankfully, now there IS something to talk about! It’s called Title 24, or “The California Title 24 Building Energy Efficiency Standards” or TCT24EES for short! EDIT – Nevermind that last…
DetailsGreetings, oh so few of you! Been a while, as usual. Not much interesting or ground breaking stuff going on really, other than the usual fixing/replacing of roofs and other things related to roofs. Speaking of- We were called in for an estimate to re-roof a house that was being remodeled maybe a month ago…
DetailsHey everyone! Been a while… as there hasn’t been much to say really. We’ve been plodding along… until… RAIN! Torrential downpour rain. Noah’s Flood rain. Waiting-for-that-mudslide rain. Tons of people calling us because their roof is leaking… rain. Yeah, we’re busy. And no, we can’t come out RIGHT NOW. Sorry… really. If you (probably don’t)…
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