Your request is in.
We are matching it now against roofing contractors working in Long Beach and the surrounding area.
- Today, usually within the hour. The first contractor calls or texts the number you gave us. ASAP requests go out first.
- Up to three of them, no more. We cap it at three so you can compare without your phone melting.
- They come and look. Estimates are given after somebody has been on the roof, not over the phone.
- You decide, or you do not. There is nothing to cancel and nothing to pay us.
If you do not hear anything today, check your voicemail and spam folder — contractors often call from a mobile number.
Stop guessing what your Long Beach roof costs — free, no obligation
Free, no obligation, and capped at three contractors so your phone stays usable.
The short version
What a good job looks like
What to compare, once the estimates land
Three estimates will differ, and rarely for the reason printed at the bottom. These are the four places the difference usually is.
Who is actually on the roof
Most roofs that fail early were installed badly, not made badly. Every contractor here gives a licence number and current insurance before they get a single request.
Materials chosen for here
The right covering for Long Beach is not the cheapest one on the truck. Ask what each quote is proposing and why.
What it costs to cool afterwards
Heat trapped under the deck cooks the shingles from below and shortens their life. Ventilation is cheap during a re-roof and expensive afterwards.
Two warranties, not one
Manufacturer cover and workmanship cover are two different promises with two different lengths. Get both on the estimate before you sign anything.
Illustrative photographs of roofing work in general. Not photographs of jobs arranged through this site.
Three steps, about a minute
The whole thing is a form and a routing rule. What happens after it is contractors, on the phone, today.
Answer three questions
What kind of home it is, when you want the work done, and how you are hoping to pay. Then the address, and how to reach you. That is the whole thingvolved. No essays.
Matched to nearby contractors
Independent local companies, chosen on where they work and what they specialise in. Emergencies go out first.
Real numbers, then your call
Contractors contact you directly and quote after seeing the roof. There is no fee and nothing to cancel.
Illustrative photographs of roofing work in general. Not photographs of jobs arranged through this site.
Three, and no more. Enough to compare properly, few enough that your phone stays usable.
Not sold as a list. Your information goes to the contractors quoting your job, and to nobody else.
Licensed and insured. Checked before a contractor can receive requests.
It costs you nothing. The contractors pay for the introduction. There is no bill at any point.
Roofing in Long Beach: the local picture
At roughly 6 miles from open water, salt is in the air on most days. There is space between houses, which helps access and hurts nothing except the total area to cover. Roughly 450,901 people, 150 square miles, and one county line: that is Long Beach.
What actually takes roofs out here is slow corrosion of the fixings, unhurried but certain. Far enough back that the covering wears out normally, close enough that the fixings do not. That mismatch is the local problem.
Behind it: morning fog that sits on the roof until mid-morning. Damp that arrives every morning and leaves by lunchtime is worse for a roof than rain, because nothing ever fully dries between one and the next.
That is the context every quote you get should reflect, and the reason a national price calculator will be wrong for your house.
Illustrative photographs of roofing work in general. Not photographs of jobs arranged through this site.
Illustrative photographs of roofing work in general. Not photographs of jobs arranged through this site.
Salt air and coastal corrosion
Far enough back that the covering wears out normally, close enough that the fixings do not. That mismatch is the local problem.
Marine layer damp and slow drying
Damp that arrives every morning and leaves by lunchtime is worse for a roof than rain, because nothing ever fully dries between one and the next.
Offshore wind events
These winds are not constant, which is the problem. A roof gets nine quiet months and then one night at fifty miles an hour, and whatever was marginal goes.
Common questions
I rent. Can I use this?
Only the owner can approve roofing work. If you are renting, the fastest route is to send this to your landlord or property manager rather than gathering quotes nobody can act on.
Do you handle commercial buildings?
We do. It is a different set of contractors — commercial and low-slope work is a separate trade from residential re-roofing — so answering the property question accurately matters.
How much deposit is normal?
A third at most, and never the full amount. Pay the balance when the job is finished and you have walked it. Some states cap the deposit by law.
Can I stay in the house while it is done?
Yes, though it is loud, and things will fall off shelves in the garage. Move cars out of the driveway and take anything fragile off the walls of the top floor.
Are you a roofing company?
No. Lighthouse Roofing & Exteriors of Long Beach is a free matching service. We do not hold a roofing licence, we do not employ crews, and we never come to your house. We pass your request to independent local contractors who do the work and who you hire directly.
Should I take the cheapest quote?
Only if it is the same roof. Most large gaps between quotes are scope gaps. Ask the cheapest contractor which of the other quotes items they have left out, and why.
Around Long Beach
Coverage does not stop at a boundary line — the ZIP on your request decides who receives it.
Roofing work we match on
Every one of these goes through the same three questions. The answers decide which contractors see it.
- Metal roofing in Long Beachmetal roofing
- Tile and slate roofing in Long Beachtile and slate
- Storm damage repair in Long Beachstorm damage
- Flat and low-slope roofing in Long Beachflat roofing
- Roof repair in Long Beachrepair
- Roof replacement in Long Beachreplacement
- Roof inspection in Long Beachinspection
- Gutters and drainage in Long Beachgutters
Is your roof due? A two-field check
When it was last done and what it is made of gets you most of the way to the answer. No contact details, nothing sent anywhere — the arithmetic happens in your browser.
Do not know? Use the year the house was built. That is what a roofer assumes until they get up there.
Not sure between shingle types? Architectural is the thicker, layered-looking one and is the usual answer.
What to look at, from the ground and from the attic
A guide from rated material life, not an inspection. Nothing here has seen your roof. Two roofs of the same age on the same street routinely need different things, and only somebody up a ladder can tell you which yours is.