Garden Grove neighborhoods we cover
- West Garden Grove
- Historic Main Street
- Little Seoul
- Little Saigon
- Sun Gardens
- Garden Grove Boulevard
- Christ Cathedral area
- Orange County Plaza area
What's hard on roofs around Garden Grove
1950s tracts showing their age
Much of Garden Grove went up in the 1950s boom. The city’s housing element notes that buildings over 50 years old that haven’t been updated can show decline in the roof, the facade and the systems inside. Many of these houses have had their roofs replaced at least once. A licensed roofer checks the layers, the decking and the vents to see what’s left.
New units must match the old roof
When new units are added to a multifamily lot with existing buildings, Garden Grove’s code requires the roof style, pitch, roofing material and eave trim to be compatible between old and new. That matters for owners adding units behind older duplexes and small apartment buildings. A licensed roofer can match an existing roof, or re-roof both buildings together so they look like one property.
Apartments and fourplexes
Alongside its single-family streets, Garden Grove has many duplexes, fourplexes and larger apartment buildings. Many of them have flat or low-slope roofs, where water sits longer, drains clog and seams open up. Owners and managers of these buildings need regular checks of the membrane, the drains and the flashing around rooftop equipment. A licensed roofer can inspect and repair them.
Mobile home parks
Garden Grove has kept its mobile home parks, and preserving them is a city goal in its housing element. Manufactured homes usually have low-slope metal or membrane roofs, and park homes often get add-on covers and patios that tie into them. A licensed roofer checks the seams, fasteners and the joints where add-ons meet the main roof.
Newer homes need roof care too: tiles and shingles shift in wind, and flashing around vents and skylights is where leaks often start.
