Every Era of Riverside Roof, One Contractor.
Mars Roofers is the roofing contractor Riverside homeowners call from the Wood Streets to Orangecrest — replacement, repair, and tear-off by licensed in-house crews. CSLB #1138550.
Call 310.880.9718
Roofs We Work On In Riverside
As the county seat and the Inland Empire’s oldest major city, Riverside has the region’s most varied roofing stock. The historic Wood Streets neighborhood holds early-20th-century homes where original wood shake has often been replaced with composition shingle or concrete tile, and Spanish Colonial revivals wear clay tile. Mid-century tracts, the UC Riverside rental areas, and planned communities like Orangecrest, Canyon Crest, and Mission Grove add every era of composition shingle and concrete tile. Our Riverside crews read a roof’s era as fluently as its condition — because in this city, the era usually explains the condition.
Findings follow the neighborhoods. In the Wood Streets and other historic areas: aging composition replacements nearing end of life, clay tile with worn underlayment beneath, and flashing details on complex older rooflines that have been patched more than repaired. In the 1970s-90s tracts, the familiar catalog: granule loss, curling, brittle shingles, tired underlayment. On newer tile in Orangecrest and Mission Grove, slipped or cracked tiles and valley underlayment wear. We repair what can honestly be brought to standard — with materials appropriate to the home — and report plainly on what can’t. In the historic districts, that means replacement materials chosen to respect the home’s character, documented in the proposal.
Roofing Services In Riverside
- Roof replacement — complete systems for historic homes, tracts, and planned communities
- Tile roofs — clay tile on the revivals, concrete tile in Orangecrest and Mission Grove
- Shingle roofs — architectural shingle across the mid-century and tract stock
- Tear-off & re-roof — layered older roofs stripped and rebuilt on repaired decks
- Roof repair — flashing rebuilds on complex older rooflines, valley work, leak tracing
- Flat & TPO roofs — low-slope sections downtown and over additions, with real drainage
- Gutters — hillside and tract drainage corrections
- Emergency leak repair — call 310.880.9718 when the storm gets in
What Drives The Cost In Riverside
Riverside’s range is the cost story: a Wood Streets tear-off with deck repairs and character-appropriate materials, a mid-century tract re-roof, and a valley-underlayment renewal on newer Mission Grove tile don’t share a price structure. Size, pitch, and material sit underneath each. Deck condition is the wildcard on the oldest stock, so our proposals state deck terms up front — before tear-off, not after. Inspect first ($300, photo-documented), then decide with the photos in front of you. The roof cost guide explains the factors and the roof cost estimator gives you a planning range from your desk.
Riverside sits at the western edge of the valley where Santa Ana winds accelerate, lifting shingles and shifting tile citywide — wind damage is a frequent finding across all neighborhoods. The Box Springs Mountain and Sycamore Canyon edges bring hillside exposure and drainage complexity. Summer heat bakes the broad tract roofs, and downtown’s older commercial-adjacent residential stock carries low-slope sections that need dedicated drainage attention. Our specifications are written neighborhood by neighborhood, because Riverside’s roofs don’t share one climate.
Riverside Roofing Questions
Our Wood Streets home has had roof work patched for years. Where do we start?
With an inspection that treats the flashing as the main event. Complex older rooflines fail at the details — chimneys, dormers, transitions — and those details have often been patched more than repaired. We document each one and price the real fixes in writing.
Do you work on rental properties near UC Riverside?
Yes — landlords and property managers are regular Riverside clients. We schedule around tenants, document everything with photos, and write proposals you can approve from wherever you are.
Buying or selling in Riverside?
For a certified roof report for a transaction or an insurer, our sister company Get Your Roof Certified handles NRCIA certification inspections in Riverside. For repair and replacement work, call Mars Roofers.
Call 310.880.9718 — Mars Roofers, licensed CSLB #1138550.