Get roofing quotes in Los Alamitos
It is three multiple-choice questions, the address of the roof, and how to reach you. Then up to three Los Alamitos contractors quote it themselves. No cost, no appointment made on your behalf.
Start here
It takes about a minute.
Your request is in.
We are matching it now against roofing contractors working in Los Alamitos 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.
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.
We match it locally
Your request goes to contractors who actually work Los Alamitos and the surrounding area, filtered by the kind of job it is.
You compare and decide
Three quotes at most. They come out, look at the roof, and give you a number. Nothing obliges you to accept any of them.
Illustrative photographs of roofing work in general. Not photographs of jobs arranged through this site.
Your details stay put. They go to the matched contractors and nowhere else. Never a mailing list.
Three, and no more. Enough to compare properly, few enough that your phone stays usable.
Licence and cover on file. A current state licence number and insurance certificates, before any request reaches them.
You are not committing to anything. Take the numbers, use them, and walk away if you like.
Before you start
Are you a roofing company?
No. Los Alamitos Cornerstone Roofing 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.
Why does ventilation keep coming up?
Because a badly ventilated attic cooks the roof from underneath and takes years off it. Intake at the eaves and exhaust at the ridge, in balance. It is cheap during a re-roof and awkward afterwards.
What if the decking is rotten underneath?
Some of it usually is. The important thing is that the price per sheet is agreed in writing before the tear-off, so the conversation on day two is about quantity rather than rate.
Do I have to hire anyone?
Not at all. Plenty of people use this to find out what a job costs and then do nothing for a year. That is a perfectly reasonable outcome.
Does being near the ocean change what goes on the roof?
Considerably. Salt air corrodes anything ferrous, so fasteners, valley metal, vent collars, flashing and gutter hangers should be specified for coastal exposure — stainless or heavy-gauge coated, not plain galvanised. The covering usually outlives the metal holding it down.
I rent. Can I use this?
You can submit it, but the owner has to authorise any work, so the useful move is to get the landlord to make the request or to give you permission in writing first. Contractors will not start work for a tenant.
Why not just search and call three companies?
Faster than ringing round
The awkward part of getting quotes is the fifth phone call, not the first. This does that part once.
You stay in control
You hire the contractor directly, on your terms. We are not a party to the contract and we take no cut of the job.
Three quotes is the point
One price is a number without context. Three shows you where the middle sits and makes the outliers explain themselves.
Licence and insurance checked first
Contractors have to give us a state licence number and current liability and workers compensation cover before they can receive requests. Verify it yourself too.
Illustrative photographs of roofing work in general. Not photographs of jobs arranged through this site.