Fontana Roof Pros provides professional tile roofing in Fontana, CA for residential and commercial properties across the western Inland Empire. Tile is the material our climate argues for, and the reason is a one-inch air gap rather than the tile itself. The energy code treats that gap as the equivalent of a cool roof, and the physics behind the exemption is sound.
Section 150.2(b)1H exempts any covering set with an inch of ventilated space above the deck from cool-roof certification, because the gap carries heat away before the sheathing takes it. Read that from the homeowner's side: a dark, handsome concrete tile on battens can leave a cooler deck than a light shingle nailed flat, and stay compliant without a reflectance argument. In a city where color is normally a durability compromise, tile gives the color back.
So when we specify a tile roof we specify the space. Counter-battens where the roof geometry allows drainage, a batten system with drainage slots so water cannot pool behind a wood strip, and elevated battens rather than tile bedded straight onto the underlayment, which is how a lot of 1990s tract roofs in this valley were originally done.
Underneath, we use a high-temperature SBS-modified membrane rather than felt. Deck temperatures under tile are lower than under shingle, but they are still hot, and asphalt-saturated organic felt in this heat becomes brittle. This is the wear item in a tile roof: the tile outlives the thing keeping water out, so a repair visit always includes lifting a section to see what condition the membrane is in.
Day to day, most tile work is small. Cracked field tiles from foot traffic — the number one cause, usually a satellite installer or a painter walking mid-tile instead of on the headlap. Slipped tiles off their lugs. Loose ridge and hip pieces where old mortar has let go, which we reset with a flexible ridge system instead of packing more mortar into a joint that moves daily.
We will not convert a shingle roof to tile without a structural look first. Concrete tile weighs several times what composition does, and a 1960s Fontana rafter roof framed for shingle is not automatically a tile roof waiting to happen. Retrofitting framing can cost more than the tile. Often the honest answer is a cool-rated shingle and balanced ventilation for a fraction of the money, and that answer costs us the bigger job.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — cool-rated architectural shingles, high-temperature SBS-modified underlayment, batten-set concrete tile with a one-inch air space, Kynar 500 PVDF standing-seam panels, heat-welded TPO membrane, reflective elastomeric coating — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Fontana and nearby communities including Rialto, Bloomington, Colton, Grand Terrace.
What We Handle
Everything our tile roofing in Fontana covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of tile roofing work in Fontana, CA. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- tile roofing
- concrete tile repair
- clay barrel tile
- batten-set tile
- elevated batten system
- high-temperature SBS underlayment
- broken tile replacement
- ridge and hip mortar
- tile roof walking
- tile color and reflectance
- tile roof cost
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Fontana 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 cool-rated architectural shingles, high-temperature SBS-modified underlayment, batten-set concrete tile with a one-inch air space, Kynar 500 PVDF standing-seam panels, 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 Fontana 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 western Inland Empire 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 Fontana
Fontana Roof Pros covers Fontana and the surrounding communities of the western Inland Empire. 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 Rialto, CA — San Bernardino County, population 104,026
- Tile Roofing in Bloomington, CA — San Bernardino County, population 24,339
- Tile Roofing in Colton, CA — San Bernardino County, population 53,909
- Tile Roofing in Grand Terrace, CA — San Bernardino County, population 13,150
- Tile Roofing in Loma Linda, CA — San Bernardino County, population 24,791
- Tile Roofing in San Bernardino, CA — San Bernardino County, population 222,101
Start on the Fontana Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Fontana Chooses Fontana Roof Pros
- ✓Every estimate names the product and its Cool Roof Rating Council listing, so the reflectance claim is documented rather than asserted
- ✓Inspections include the attic: deck condition, a temperature reading, and net free vent area measured against attic floor area
- ✓Roofs are graded and quoted plane by plane, because the west face here fails years ahead of the north
- ✓We decline shingle coating jobs and hail claims on heat-blistered roofs, and we explain the reasoning in writing
The standards behind tile roofing
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The tile roofing work we do in Fontana 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 Fontana 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 Fontana, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.