Roof Repairin Loma Linda, CA
A Loma Linda re-roof needs a City permit, and the November 2025 fee schedule lists the re-roof permit at $170. Homes in mapped hazardous fire areas must have fire-retardant roof coverings and screened vents. The Building Inspector answers the counter and phone only from 8 to 10 a.m., Monday through Thursday.
Loma Linda roofs sit on a city that began as the 1886 Mound City resort, became a health resort in the late 1890s and passed to the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1905. It incorporated on September 29, 1970, and the orange groves that once covered the land are giving way to homes. Census Bureau ACS 2024 five-year estimates count 10,181 homes with a median build year of 1984. About 42.5 percent of them, 4,322 homes, predate 1980, including 2,134 from the 1970s, while 1,851 date from the 1980s and 284 from 2020 or later. A single block can hold a house with its original 1980s roof beside one finished in the last five years.
On a roofing job, MDG Builders (CSLB #1040337) acts as the general contractor: we write the scope, file the permit through the City's Online Permit Portal and keep the calendar, and a licensed C-39 roofing subcontractor strips the old covering and lays the new one. Our roofing page holds the sourced prices and the Loma Linda overview lists every trade we manage here. Permits come from the Building and Safety Division at City Hall on Barton Road. The City's own pages answered our requests, but its Municipal Code pages refused them, so we read the code text in GoCodebook's third-party mirror (text as of October 4, 2026) and each section number below should be confirmed with the City.
What Loma Linda's fire district chapter, fee schedule and Safety Element say about roofs
Where roofing permits come from in Loma Linda: City of Loma Linda Community Development Department, Building and Safety Division.
- Roof coverings: Municipal Code 15.32.020 requires one and two-family dwellings in the hazardous fire areas mapped by the fire chief to have fire-retardant roof coverings (UL-listed Class A, B or C or equivalent) and to cover louvers and vents with galvanized or copper wire of no more than one-quarter inch mesh; eave-type attic ventilators are not permitted and rafter spaces at exterior walls must be filled with tight two-inch blocks. The building director may waive these where the fire chief finds adequate water and access. The section still cites old UBC standards, so confirm current practice with the Building Division. (Roof code text comes from GoCodebook's third-party mirror, as of 2026-10-04, because the City's own code pages returned a Cloudflare 403.)
- Roofing permit fees: the November 2025 fee schedule lists a Re-Roof Permit at $170 per permit, a Solar Photovoltaic Permit at $275 for residential systems plus $15 per kilowatt above 15 kW, a Water Heater Permit at $85 and an HVAC Changeout Permit at $85; Building Division plan check and permit fees for larger work are separate.
- Solar on roofs: the City's minimum residential solar requirements list two sets of 11 by 17 plans, a plot plan, single-line diagram with an AC disconnect, attachment details, grounding details, roof load calculations if the added load exceeds 6.5 pounds per square foot, and a roof plan showing 3 foot setbacks per the California Fire Code, with a fire final inspection before the building final.
- Roofing in the wildland-urban interface: Municipal Code 15.08.020(B) applies CBC Chapter 7A throughout the Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Area designated by the city council, so a re-roof in the South Hills should be checked with the Building Division and Fire Marshal before ordering materials. (Roof code text comes from GoCodebook's third-party mirror, as of 2026-10-04, because the City's own code pages returned a Cloudflare 403.)
Is my Loma Linda roof in a fire hazard zone, and who decides?
Possibly, if the house is in the southern third of the city. The Safety Element names the South Hills as Loma Linda's greatest fire hazard because homes there back up to natural vegetation, and the State Fire Marshal's Local Responsibility Area map dated March 24, 2025 shows Very High, High and Moderate zones. The Hazard Mitigation Plan lists the 2001 Reche Fire at 1,798 acres and the 2010 Scott Fire at 95 acres, and the Safety Element's own table counts seven South Hills fires in 1998.
The City adopted its fire hazard severity zones by Ordinance 785 on June 10, 2025. Under Municipal Code 15.32.050 the highest zone touching a parcel applies to the whole parcel, and a zone cannot be lowered. The City says it sends no notices about zones to owners or insurers, so look the address up on the City's fire map page and ask the insurance company. We found no acreage or parcel count for any zone, so we print none.
Write the zone, and the map you checked, into the proposal before any roofing material is ordered.
What do Loma Linda's fire district roof and vent rules require?
Municipal Code 15.32 makes the whole city a fire district. Zone Two covers commercial, business park, institutional-healthcare, R-3 and R-4 land plus the hazardous fire areas the fire chief maps, and Zone Three is everything else. For one and two-family homes in those hazardous fire areas, section 15.32.020 calls for a fire-retardant roof covering, described as UL-listed Class A, B or C or equivalent.
Vents are the detail that changes a roofing bid. The same section requires louvers and vents to be covered with galvanized or copper wire of no more than one-quarter inch mesh, bars eave-type attic ventilators and fills rafter spaces at exterior walls with tight two-inch blocks. The building director may waive these items where the fire chief finds adequate water supply and access. The section still cites old Uniform Building Code standards, so confirm current practice with the Building Division. We found no Loma Linda text that states a Class A rule, and 15.08.020(B) applies CBC Chapter 7A across the Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Area the council designates, which is the rule to check on a South Hills re-roof.
Ask whether the existing eave vents stay, change or get blocked before the roofer prices the job.
Do I need a permit to re-roof in Loma Linda, and when can I reach the counter?
Yes. The City's November 2025 fee schedule lists a Re-Roof Permit at $170 per permit. Applications go through the Online Permit Portal, where applicants upload plans, pay fees and track progress, and work must start within 180 days of issuance or the permit lapses; it also expires if work stops for more than 180 days. The City's application asks a contractor to declare a license and workers' compensation coverage, and a false exemption statement draws a civil penalty of up to $500 under Business and Professions Code 7031.5.
Access is narrow. The Building Inspector answers at the counter and by phone only from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m., Monday through Thursday, and City Hall is closed on Fridays. Inspections run from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., are requested by email or at (909) 799-2836 before 11:00 a.m. that day, and same-day slots are not always open. The permittee must call for an inspection of roof sheathing nailing before the underlayment goes on, so tell the roofer which day the deck will be exposed. Starting before the permit issues doubles the fee under Municipal Code 15.04.080.
How old are Loma Linda roofs, and what do 26 days at 100 degrees do to them?
ACS 2024 five-year data counts 2,134 homes from the 1970s, 1,851 from the 1980s, 1,240 from the 1990s, 1,686 from 2000 to 2009 and 798 from 2010 to 2019, and its margins of error make each count a shape rather than a tally. Renters occupy 62.1 percent of the occupied units, so many roofs belong to landlords and apartment owners. The Housing Element says City staff found no units in severe need of replacement in 2021 because Code Enforcement complaints were mostly cosmetic.
NOAA's 1991 to 2020 normals for the Redlands station, about 3 miles east of the city center and on higher ground, show 12.87 inches of rain a year, 9.77 inches of it from December through March, and a 96.2 F average August high. The station logs about 104 days at or above 90 F and about 26 at or above 100 F. The 2021 Hazard Mitigation Plan says strong, dry Santa Ana winds blow from the north or northeast in fall and winter and last several days. Heat ages shingles and sealants, and winter storms are short and heavy, so ask the roofer how the deck will be dried in if rain arrives mid tear-off.
- Stains or damp spots on ceilings under the roof deck
- Granule loss, curling or cracked shingles and tile
- Flashing lifting at chimneys, walls and valleys
- Soft or flexing deck boards when the crew walks the roof
Price deck repair as its own line before the tear-off begins.
Does a re-roof inside the Historic Mission Overlay District need review?
It can. The overlay is bounded by Redlands Boulevard on the north, San Timoteo Creek on the south, California Street on the east and Mountain View Avenue on the west, with an extension west to take in the Van Leuven Mansion. Its chapter reaches cultural resources more than 50 years old, and Chapter 17.80 requires a Certificate of Appropriateness for alteration or remodeling of designated resources and of properties in historic districts. The fee schedule lists the certificate at $645.
Chapter 17.80 also says ordinary maintenance and repair that does not change an exterior feature's design, material or appearance needs no certificate. Inside the overlay, a worn feature must be repaired rather than replaced, and a replacement must match in design, color and texture. That makes a patch in matching material a different question from a new covering in a new material. We found no roofing-specific line in either chapter, so ask Planning at (909) 799-2899 before ordering anything for a Mission Road house.
How much does a roof replacement cost near Loma Linda, and what belongs in the contract?
We found no Loma Linda or San Bernardino County price survey, so these are Los Angeles figures that an Inland Empire bid can undercut. Angi's Los Angeles roof page, updated July 31, 2026, reports a $17,271 average inside a typical range of $10,256 to $24,963, with asphalt at $4 to $12 a square foot, tile at $7 to $15, metal at $7 to $16, tear-off at $1,000 to $3,000 and solar removal and reinstall at $500 to $1,000. Remodeling magazine's Cost vs. Value 2025 report prices a reference asphalt roof at $36,417 and a metal one at $62,069 in Los Angeles but does not publish the roof size, which is why it sits so far above Angi's average of real jobs.
Our planning ranges are about $10,000 to $25,000 for asphalt, $15,000 to $37,000 for tile and $20,000 and up for metal, with deck repair, solar handling and any fire-zone vent work on top. The $170 permit is small against those numbers. Roofing is CSLB class C-39, and under Business and Professions Code 7159 the contract must be written and signed, with a down payment of no more than $1,000 or 10 percent of the price, whichever is less. Our license guide shows how to verify the roofer, and how general contractors use subcontractors explains who answers to whom.
Roofing photos from Loma Linda and nearby communities
Roofing scenes tied to Loma Linda places such as Mound City, Bryn Mawr, the South Hills and the Barton Road corridor, and to nearby communities such as Redlands, Colton, Grand Terrace and San Bernardino, from tear-offs and underlayment to flashing and vents.
Where these Loma Linda roof figures come from
The table on the roofing page lists each roofing price with its source and date, and the California roofing cost guide explains why a survey average and a reference roof disagree. A new roof often brings other exterior work, and the Loma Linda rules for it are on the fencing page, the painting page and the kitchen remodeling page. Nearby, the Redlands and Colton guides show how two other City counters treat a re-roof.
| What it covers | Typical range |
|---|---|
| Asphalt shingle, typical single-family roof | $10,000 to $25,000 |
| Concrete or clay tile | $7 to $15 per sq ft |
| Metal | $7 to $16 per sq ft |
| Remodeling Cost vs. Value 2025, Los Angeles | Asphalt $36,417. metal $62,069. |
| Extras | Tear-off $1,000 to $3,000. solar detach and reset $500 to $1,000. |
Other work we manage in Loma Linda
Loma Linda roofing questions, answered
Do I need a permit to replace my roof in Loma Linda?
Yes. The City's November 2025 fee schedule lists a Re-Roof Permit at $170, and applications go through the Online Permit Portal. The permittee must also call for an inspection of roof sheathing nailing before underlayment. We found no published repair exemption, so call (909) 799-2836 before treating even a small patch as exempt.
What is the 25% rule for roofing?
We found no 25 percent rule in the Loma Linda pages we read. The percentages that do appear are 33 percent and 50 percent, and they concern fire sprinklers in additions and remodels, not roof coverings. If a roofer quotes a threshold, ask which code section it comes from and have the Building Division confirm it in writing.
Does Loma Linda require a Class A roof?
We found no Loma Linda section that states a Class A rule. Municipal Code 15.32.020 requires fire-retardant coverings, listed as UL Class A, B or C or equivalent, on one and two-family homes in mapped hazardous fire areas, and 15.08.020(B) applies CBC Chapter 7A in the designated wildland-urban interface area. Ask the Building Division and Fire Marshal which class your parcel needs.
Is my Loma Linda roof in a fire hazard zone?
Check the address, because we cannot tell from here. The State Fire Marshal's map dated March 24, 2025 shows Very High, High and Moderate zones, and the Safety Element places the greatest hazard in the South Hills. The City sends no notices to owners or insurers and applies the highest zone on a parcel to the whole parcel, so look up the lot and ask your insurer.
How much should a 2000 sq ft roof cost?
Using Angi's Los Angeles per-square-foot ranges, 2,000 square feet of asphalt at $4 to $12 comes to $8,000 to $24,000, and tile at $7 to $15 comes to $14,000 to $30,000, before tear-off and deck repair. That is arithmetic, not a quote, and a roof's surface is larger than the floor area beneath it. We found no Loma Linda survey.
Does a new roof in the Mission Road overlay need approval?
Possibly. A Certificate of Appropriateness covers alteration or remodeling of designated resources and properties in historic districts, and the overlay requires replacements to match in design, color and texture. Ordinary repair that changes no exterior material or appearance needs no certificate. We found no roofing-specific line, so ask Planning before ordering a different covering.
What is the best month to replace a roof in Loma Linda?
The data points to summer for dry weather and away from it for comfort. June, July and August average 0.10, 0.10 and 0.09 inch of rain, but August highs average 96.2 F, while December through March brings 9.77 inches. Santa Ana winds blow in fall and winter, so ask the crew how they handle heat, gusts and sudden weather.
Do solar panels have to come off for a new roof in Loma Linda?
Often, yes. Angi's Los Angeles page prices solar removal and reinstall at $500 to $1,000. The City's solar requirements ask for a roof plan with 3 foot setbacks, roof load calculations if added weight exceeds 6.5 pounds per square foot and a fire final before the building final. Ask the Building Division whether a detach and reset needs its own $275 solar permit.
Does the Loma Linda Fire Department or County Fire review my roof?
The City's own Loma Linda Fire Department handles fire review, not San Bernardino County Fire. The wildland-urban interface chapter names the city fire marshal as the code official. A public notice about a Fire Department Request for Qualifications has no readable text, so whether service changes is unknown; confirm at (909) 799-2850.
How do I check a roofing contractor's license in California?
Search the number on the Contractors State License Board website and confirm that class C-39 roofing is active. Loma Linda's permit application asks a contractor for a license declaration and a workers' compensation declaration, so ask to see both. Our license guide explains how to match the name on the card to the business.
Ask for a roof inspection in Loma Linda
Tell us your part of town, the roof covering, roughly when the house was built and whether it backs up to the South Hills or sits near Mission Road. Before we phone back we check the fire map, the vent question and the overlay.