Gilroy Roof Pros provides professional tile roofing in Gilroy, CA for residential and commercial properties across the South Santa Clara Valley. We install tile, we relay tile, and we will tell you when not to put it back on your house. That last clause is why this page exists, because in Gilroy the tile decision is a load decision, and almost nobody frames it that way at the kitchen table.
Standard-weight concrete tile runs about nine to eleven pounds per square foot. Clay sits a little lower. Either way the covering alone is above the 7.5-pound figure at which the City of Gilroy requires framing and support information and sends the job to its structural engineer for review. The tile sitting on your house today may well predate that scrutiny entirely.
There is a second reason to care and it is local. Roof mass rides at the top of the structure, which is exactly where seismic acceleration is largest. A downtown Gilroy building instrumented during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake recorded up to 0.29g at the ground and up to 0.79g at its roof. This valley sits between working faults. Mass at height is not a neutral choice here.
So we look at the framing before we quote the covering. Rafter or truss size and spacing, span, whether anything has been cut or notched for ducting, the condition of the top plates, and whether the house has ever carried an overlay. If the structure was designed for the tile and nothing has been compromised since, relaying it is usually both the right answer and the cheaper one.
The relay itself is straightforward work done properly. Tile lifted and stacked on padded racks by plane so it goes back where it came from, sheathing repaired to code, new self-adhered high-temperature underlayment, fresh flashings rather than reused ones, anti-ponding risers at the eave, and mechanical fastening at eave, rake, hip and ridge instead of mortar bedding that will simply fail again.
And now the refusal. If your framing is marginal, if you are already carrying two coverings, or if the structural review would cost more than the difference between two assemblies, we will recommend against tile and price you a stone-coated steel profile that reads close from the street. Losing that sale is cheaper for both of us than putting eight tons back on a roof that should not carry it.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — assembly weight in pounds per square foot including sheathing, standard-weight concrete tile at nine to eleven pounds per square foot, stone-coated steel formed in a barrel profile, 7/16-inch Exposure 1 sheathing with edge blocking at the panel joints, 26-gauge galvanized wall and roof intersection flashing, net free ventilating area at a one-to-150 ratio — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Gilroy and nearby communities including Morgan Hill, San Martin, Hollister, San Juan Bautista.
What We Handle
Everything our tile roofing in Gilroy covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of tile roofing work in Gilroy, CA. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- tile roofing
- concrete tile roof
- clay tile roof
- tile lift and relay
- tile underlayment replacement
- broken tile repair
- tile roof weight
- lightweight tile
- barrel tile
- tile roof replacement
- tile roofing contractor
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Gilroy services.
Materials, equipment and how we do tile roofing
The difference between tile roofing that lasts and tile roofing that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with assembly weight in pounds per square foot including sheathing, standard-weight concrete tile at nine to eleven pounds per square foot, stone-coated steel formed in a barrel profile, 7/16-inch Exposure 1 sheathing with edge blocking at the panel joints, spec them to the job instead of to the invoice, and write the material grades into the free estimate so you know exactly what you are buying.
Every Gilroy job runs the same way: site walk and measurements, written scope and fixed price, protection of the surrounding area, then the work itself with a daily clean-up. Years of roofing work in the South Santa Clara Valley means we have already met whatever your property is going to throw at us — awkward access, older construction, an HOA with opinions.
Where we do tile roofing outside Gilroy
Gilroy Roof Pros covers Gilroy and the surrounding communities of the South Santa Clara Valley. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- Tile Roofing in Morgan Hill, CA — Santa Clara County, population 45,483
- Tile Roofing in San Martin, CA — Santa Clara County, population 7,008
- Tile Roofing in Hollister, CA — San Benito County, population 41,678
- Tile Roofing in San Juan Bautista, CA — San Benito County, population 2,089
- Tile Roofing in Ridgemark, CA — San Benito County, population 3,212
- Tile Roofing in Tres Pinos, CA — San Benito County, population 443
Start on the Gilroy Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Gilroy Chooses Gilroy Roof Pros
- ✓We work out the load before we quote the covering, because Gilroy's permit desk does the same thing
- ✓Two priced options on every replacement, one like-for-like and one lighter, each with its weight shown
- ✓We will argue you out of tile when the framing does not support it, and lose the bigger sale
- ✓Layer count and pitch measured plane by plane, not estimated from the driveway
The standards behind tile roofing
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The tile roofing work we do in Gilroy follows published industry standards: NRCA publishes the Roofing Manual, the industry's reference for details and slope minimums, and Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association sets the shingle application and ventilation guidance the warranties reference. If a contractor cannot tell you which standard a detail comes from, that is worth asking about before you sign.
Every tile roofing project in Gilroy gets the same attention, whether it is a single room or a full commercial job. We show up on schedule, keep the site clean, and stand behind the work — the estimate is free and there is no pressure.
Ready to get started? Call (844) 511-2320 for a free tile roofing free estimate in Gilroy, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.