Cudahy, CA
Where the water goes after it leaves the roof
If you are re-roofing anyway, gutters are the one add-on that is genuinely cheaper done at the same time.
Describe the gutters job
Three questions, then the address. Up to three Cudahy contractors who do this work.
You are on the list.
No provider in Cudahy is taking requests through this service yet. We are lining them up, and yours is kept until one can.
- Nobody gets your details yet. Your request stays with us and is not passed to any company.
- One email when someone can help. When a provider covering your area can take it on, we email you once and ask whether you want that company, by name, to contact you.
- Deleted after 90 days. If nobody can take it on, or you do not say yes, your contact details are deleted 90 days after your request.
- You decide, or you do not. There is nothing to cancel and nothing to pay us.
Nobody will call you about this request unless you say yes to a company by name.
Before you let anybody on the roof
The things worth pinning down on a gutters job. A contractor who has not raised them has not looked properly.
- Number and position of downspouts
- Where the water is discharged, and how far from the foundation
- Gutter size against the roof area draining into it
- Seamless or sectional, and what gauge of aluminium
- Condition of the fascia behind the old gutter
Guards reduce cleaning; they do not eliminate it. Treat any product sold as maintenance-free with suspicion.
Check the fascia before the gutter goes back up. Hanging new metal off soft wood buys you a year.
Size matters more than people think. Five-inch gutter on a large steep roof will overshoot in heavy rain no matter how clean it is.
Locally
Close behind that: shaded slopes that never really dry out. 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.
About gutters here
Are the contractors licensed and insured?
Contractors have to give us their state licence number and proof of liability and workers compensation cover before they can receive requests. You should still ask to see current certificates yourself before work starts — a licence can lapse between checks.
What happens to my information?
It goes to a maximum of three roofing contractors working in Cudahy, and to nobody else. We do not sell it as a mailing list and we do not post it anywhere public. Our privacy policy sets out exactly what is shared.
Do you cover the whole Los Angeles County area?
We match across Cudahy and the neighbouring communities in Los Angeles County. Put the ZIP of the property in and it will route to whoever actually covers it.
How long should a roof last here?
An architectural asphalt roof is rated for twenty-five to thirty years and, in this climate, tends to land at the lower end of that. Tile and metal go much further, provided what is underneath them is maintained.
Get the roof looked at
Free, no obligation, and your details go to no company until you say yes.