Straight Answers for Santa Ana’s Oldest Roofs.
Mars Roofers is the roofing contractor Santa Ana homeowners call for roofs with real age on them — replacement, tear-off, and repairs done right on historic homes, postwar tracts, and everything between. Licensed CSLB #1138550.
Call 310.880.9718
Roofs We Work On In Santa Ana
Santa Ana holds some of the oldest housing stock in Orange County, and its roofs show it. The Floral Park and West Floral Park historic districts carry vintage homes with original clay tile, aging composition shingle, and surviving wood shake on the oldest properties. The postwar tracts that spread across the rest of the city are mostly dimensional composition shingle, many roofs deep into their second or third decade, with concrete tile in the later subdivisions. Downtown and the mixed-use corridors add flat and low-slope sections.
That range is our daily work. On the historic homes, we replace deteriorated shake and shingle, rebuild flashing details from an earlier construction era properly, and tear off layered re-roofs to expose and repair the deck damage hiding underneath. Across the tracts, the calls are granule loss, brittle and curling tabs, failed seal strips, and underlayment aging out beneath 1980s- and 1990s-era tile. Rental and investment properties — where maintenance gets deferred between tenants — come to us with clogged gutters, debris-packed valleys, and penetrations patched with sealant instead of flashing. We fix them with flashing. Failed pipe boots and skylight curbs are the most common sources of active leaks citywide, and they’re the first things we check.
How A Santa Ana Roof Job Runs
- Inspection — We walk every slope and check the attic where there’s access. Standard inspections are $300, photo-documented.
- Written proposal — Scope, materials, and deck terms in writing. Combined pricing — no games.
- Build — Our own crews. On historic-district homes, materials and visible details are matched to the home’s character.
- Walkthrough — Photos and documentation handed over with the finished roof.
Roofing Services In Santa Ana
- Roof replacement — complete new systems for roofs at the end of their service life
- Tear-off & re-roof — layered roofs stripped so deck damage gets repaired, not buried
- Roof repair — pipe boots, skylight curbs, flashing, and leak tracing
- Tile roofs — clay and concrete tile, including the historic districts’ original tile
- Shingle roofs — architectural shingle for the postwar tracts
- Flat & TPO roofs — downtown and mixed-use low-slope sections
- Gutters — replacement gutters and drainage cleanup for tree-heavy streets
- Emergency leak repair — active leaks: call 310.880.9718
What Drives The Cost In Santa Ana
Age is the variable that moves a Santa Ana price most. Layer count at tear-off, deck repairs hiding under old re-roofs, and flashing rebuilds on early-era details all belong in the number — which is why we inspect before we quote and put deck terms in writing in every proposal. The standard drivers apply too: size, pitch, material, underlayment system, and access. Our roof cost guide explains each factor, the roof cost estimator gives a planning range, and sample estimates shows the exact format your proposal will follow.
Summer heat is the main aging force in Santa Ana’s flat inland position — it breaks down shingles, underlayment, and sealants year after year, heaviest on southern and western exposures. The Santa Ana winds, named for the canyon just east of the city, arrive each fall and work every loose tab and weakened ridge line. The mature tree canopy sheds into valleys and gutters, and standing moisture from clogged drainage accelerates deterioration at eaves. A re-roof here has to be specified for heat first — ours are.
Santa Ana Roofing Questions
My Floral Park home has a historic roof. Will replacement change how it looks?
Visible roofing changes in the historic districts can be subject to architectural review, so we match materials and profiles to the home and document what we’re installing. Original clay tile in sound condition can often be lifted, re-underlayed, and reset — keeping the look while replacing the waterproofing.
There are already two layers on my roof. Can you add a third?
We don’t bury failing roofs under more weight. Our practice is to tear off, inspect and repair the deck, and install one complete system — it’s the only way to see the deck damage layered roofs hide.
Buying or selling in Santa Ana?
If you need a certified roof report for a transaction or an insurer, our sister company Get Your Roof Certified handles NRCIA certification inspections in Santa Ana. If the roof needs work first — or instead — that’s Mars Roofers.
Call 310.880.9718 for a Santa Ana roof inspection and a proposal in writing.