Roofing in Irvine
Irvine's permit instructions for a residential re-roof require all new roofing material to carry an approved Class A rating and limit added roof weight to 4 psf, with the existing material deducted. The Re-Roofing Questionnaire, form 66-28, has to be filled out before the first inspection, so ask the roofer who will complete it. For a cool roof product, the Energy Commission recognizes only the Cool Roof Rating Council's ratings, and an ENERGY STAR listing isn't enough.
A residential re-roof is one of the permits the city issues online when its criteria are met. On the Building and Safety site you can check a permit or request an inspection without logging on. The permit counter is at (949) 724-6313. Council Resolution 24-41, with fees effective August 15, 2024, lists residential re-roofing at $231.56 for inspection and $244.09 for plan check on a job that requires calculations. Confirm both at the counter.
Inspections must be booked before 4:00 p.m. on the day before the date you want. Online, you can cancel or reschedule until that same cutoff; after it, call (949) 724-6396. On a one- or two-family home, a permit for work valued at $1,000 or more, re-roofing included, means the house must be retrofitted with smoke detectors.
What roofing costs near Irvine
There's no roofing quote from Irvine on file, so the page has no price for the city. The California page lists the estimates alongside what roofers are paid ($32.41 an hour in the BLS wage data, which is pay, not price). How we estimate costs.
Permits for roofing work in Irvine
Plenty of cities run their own building department, so start by asking the City of Irvine building department who issues roofing permits.
Your city or county building department decides whether a re-roof needs a permit, and CSLB says code requirements vary around the state, so ask the one for your address. California's Energy Code counts reroofing as an alteration, not a repair, which is worth mentioning when you ask what applies to your roof.