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Fast, Reliable Roof Installation Across Burbank

A new asphalt shingle roof in Burbank typically costs between $9,800 and $17,500 depending on square footage, pitch, tear-off requirements, and whether you’re in a hillside fire zone. Flat commercial or studio-converted TPO systems run $7.50 to $11.00 per square foot installed, and wood shake-to-composite retrofits in the hills above Bel Aire Drive usually land between $18,000 and $32,000 because of the decking and fire-code work involved. We know Burbank’s permitting paths, its older housing stock, and the exact moment a grandfathered wood shake roof forces a full Class A replacement. Call (213) 521-8272 for a written quote before you commit to anything.

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Why Mercer Roofing Co Los Angeles Is Burbank’s Preferred Roof Installation Company

We work across Burbank every week, from the Magnolia Park bungalows to the hillside streets above Kenneth Road. Homeowners here call us because we send the technician’s name and photo before anyone rings the bell. The person at your door arrives in a clean, marked uniform and presents a photo ID badge before stepping onto the property. That’s the Threshold Verified standard, and every independent Mercer location is contractually held to it.

Grant Whitlock leads our Roof Installation crews, and he’s the one who reviews written quotes before they go out. We don’t work off verbal estimates. You get a line-item price in writing before a single nail is driven, and every installation carries a written guarantee. Our 365-Day Done Right Promise says it plainly: if the work isn’t right within a year, we make it right. No fine print.

Burbank homeowners often ask how we handle the permit side of things. We pull permits where the city or county requires them, we schedule inspections, and we don’t leave you holding an open permit at the end. For hillside properties, that means coordinating with the fire marshal’s review process, which changes how we scope the job from the very first visit.

TPO Roofing Installation in Burbank

TPO Roofing Installation in Burbank is the most common flat-roof system we put on studio-adjacent commercial buildings, detached garages, and mid-century modern homes with low-slope roofs. Burbank has a lot of these. The neighborhoods around the airport and the industrial corridors east of the 5 were built out in the 1950s and 60s, and many of those flat roofs are now at the end of their service life.

A TPO installation in Burbank typically runs $7.50 to $11.00 per square foot, including tear-off of the old membrane, new insulation board where needed, and mechanically fastened or fully adhered white TPO over the field. White membrane makes a real difference in Burbank summers, reflecting heat that would otherwise bake through a black built-up roof and into the living space below.

When TPO Is the Right Call

If you own a pre-1970 commercial or studio-adjacent building with an original built-up roof, TPO is usually the most cost-effective full replacement path. The old soldered metal drip edge on those roofs fails after 60-plus years of UV exposure, which is exactly when water starts working its way under the membrane at the edges. We inspect every linear foot of edge metal before quoting, because replacing it is part of a proper TPO job and leaving it is how you get callbacks.

Working Occupied Buildings

We can install TPO on an occupied Burbank studio building while tenants stay in place. It requires staging, careful phasing so one half of the roof is always watertight, and a crew that doesn’t leave debris in the walkway. We’ve done this on buildings along West Alameda where shutting down wasn’t an option. The written quote includes the phasing plan so you know exactly what’s happening each day.

Shingle Roof in Burbank

A Shingle Roof in Burbank is what most single-story ranch and Spanish-style homes need when their original asphalt or wood shake covering finally fails. The housing stock here is dominated by 1930s-to-1960s construction, much of it in neighborhoods like Rancho Adjacent and the tree-lined streets south of Glenoaks. Many of those homes still have their first or second roof, which means the decking underneath often needs work too.

A full tear-off and new architectural shingle roof in flatland Burbank typically costs between $9,800 and $17,500. The price moves based on roof complexity, number of layers being removed, and whether we’re replacing decking. Hillside homes above Bel Aire Drive run higher; more on that in a moment. We install GAF, CertainTeed, and Owens Corning systems, and we always quote with the specific shingle name in writing, not “premium architectural shingle” and a blank line.

Decking and What’s Underneath

Burbank ranch homes from the 1940s and 50s often sit on skip sheathing rather than solid plywood, which doesn’t meet current code for a new shingle install. When we tear off, we assess the decking and include CDX replacement in the written price if it’s needed. You shouldn’t find out about decking replacement mid-job as a “surprise.”

Fire-Rated Systems for Hillside Zones

In the hillside fire zones, shingle installation involves Class A fire-rated materials and ember-resistant details. That means specific underlayment, sealed eaves, and penetration boots rated for high heat. We’ll walk you through what the county requires before the permit gets filed, not after.

Trusted Brands We Service in Burbank

We install GAF, CertainTeed, Owens Corning, and IKO roofing systems across Burbank, and we’re manufacturer-recognized on the product lines we carry. That matters when a warranty claim comes up five or ten years later: the manufacturer honors the warranty because the install crew is certified on the system. For Burbank homeowners, we keep commonly needed accessories stocked locally, which means fewer days waiting on a drip edge or a penetration boot when your roof is already torn off and the Santa Ana forecast just changed.

The Burbank Roofing Reality Most Quotes Miss

If you live in the hillside zones above Bel Aire Drive, your roof probably isn’t like your friend’s roof in Glendale. The original 1940s and 50s wood shake roofs up there are grandfathered until the first significant repair, at which point the entire roof must be replaced with Class A fire-rated materials. That triggers a county fire and hillside overlay permit review that doesn’t apply in flatland Burbank or North Hollywood. It is a Burbank-specific rule, and it changes your quote before we ever write it.

We replaced a 1953 ranch roof off North Parish Road that still had its original cedar shake over skip sheathing. Our techs pulled the old shakes, laid new CDX decking, then a full GAF Timberline HDZ system with peel-and-stick ice and water shield in the valleys and synthetic underlayment over the field. Because the parcel backed onto open Verdugo Mountain chaparral, we also upgraded the drip edge to a thicker gauge and replaced every penetration boot with high-temp silicone before final inspection by the county’s hillside fire unit. That job cost more per square foot than a flatland ranch, and we explained exactly why before the contract was signed.

Common Roof Installation Problems We See in Burbank Homes

• Water intrusion at flat-roof edges on pre-1960 buildings. The original soldered metal drip edge fails after 60-plus years of UV exposure, and water creeps under the membrane at the perimeter. On Burbank studio-adjacent commercial structures, this is the single most common leak point we find.
• Wind-driven ember entry through gable-end soffit vents. During Santa Ana events, embers can blow into attic spaces through older vents and ignite exposed eave decking. Hillside homes in Burbank need ember-resistant venting and sealed eaves, and that detail belongs in the permit drawings.
• Improperly flashed plumbing penetrations on low-slope roofs. On built-up roofs above laundry rooms, pooling from heavy winter rains follows the exhaust duct into the attic. These leaks are slow and quiet, and by the time you see a ceiling stain, the decking has been wet for months.
• Original wood shake that can’t legally be layered over. In Burbank’s hillside overlay zones, once a shake roof needs significant repair, the entire covering must come off and be replaced with a fire-rated system. Layering composite over shake isn’t permitted, and any quote that proposes it is wrong from the start.

Pricing for Roof Installation in Burbank, CA

We Also Serve Cities Near Burbank

Mercer Roofing crews work throughout the surrounding area, including North Hollywood, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, and Bell. If you’re on the edge of Burbank or the next city over, check our Burbank page or call (213) 521-8272 and we’ll tell you straight if we cover your street.

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