Walk the blocks off Myrtle and Lime north of Old Town and you're looking at the oldest roofs we touch anywhere — Victorians, Craftsman bungalows and Spanish Revival houses, plenty still wearing original clay barrel or slate. Steep pitches, stacked hips, hand-cut valleys. That's not a shingle crew's job.
Above Foothill it changes. Those lots back up toward the Hillside Wilderness Preserve and sit in mapped fire hazard zones, and since the Eaton Fire in January 2025 the homeowners up there ask sharper questions than most contractors expect — Class A assembly, ember-resistant venting, what's actually under the tile. Fine by us. Leaks, wind damage, insurance work, full replacement: we start with the roof you already have.
Old roofs above the 210 — what we run into in Monrovia
Can you repair my original clay tile, or does the whole roof come off?
Usually repair. The tile outlasts the underlayment beneath it, so we lift and stack the sound pieces, replace what's failed underneath, and set the original tile back down with matched replacements for the cracked ones.
Do I need a Class A roof in North Monrovia?
If you're above Foothill near the Preserve, you're likely in a mapped fire hazard zone, and that drives the assembly, the venting and the edge details. We'll confirm your parcel's designation before quoting rather than guess.