Free written scope consultation - allowances, timeline, and change-order rules on paper before a single trade is scheduled
Fast, Reliable Roofing Across Montclair
Roof replacement in Montclair runs $8,000-$20,000 for a typical single-family home, while spot repairs land between $400 and $1,800 depending on what’s actually failing up there. Those numbers hold true for the tract homes that define this city’s residential streets, and we’ve done enough roofs across 91763 to quote them with confidence. Montclair’s summer heat and Santa Ana winds punish roofing materials faster than most homeowners expect, so when something looks wrong, don’t wait for the next rain. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll send someone who knows what to look for on Montclair homes.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Montclair’s Preferred Roofing Company
Tom Barrett started this company in 1998, and the way we work hasn’t changed: his name is on the truck, his sons run the crews, and every job gets a written scope before a single shingle is ordered. Montclair homeowners call us because they’ve already been through the phone-quote-then-different-bill routine with a national outfit. That doesn’t happen here. Your first estimate comes in writing, and if anything shifts mid-job, you get a change order in writing before the work proceeds. No surprise invoices.
We answer the phone with a live person, 24/7. Not a call center, not a voicemail box that drains your afternoon. Montclair customers looking for Roofing help get someone who understands the homes here: post-WWII tract construction, slab-on-grade foundations, original shake or composite shingle roofs now forty to seventy years old. That local knowledge means we spot what out-of-town crews miss.
We’re also not a franchise dispatching strangers. Background-checked, uniformed crew members show up with the Barrett & Sons name on their chest. Tom lives twenty minutes from Montclair. If something’s wrong after the job, he wants to know about it, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise is written on every contract: one call brings him back. That’s the whole deal, plain as it sounds.
Our Roofing Services in Montclair
Roof Repair
Roof repair in Montclair typically runs $400-$1,800. Most calls start with a leak over the garage or a suspicious water stain on a hallway ceiling, and on the post-1950s homes that dominate this city, the culprit is often a failed flashing point where a patio cover or carport tie-in meets the main roofline. We find it, fix it, and photograph everything so you can see exactly what was wrong and what we did.

Roof Replacement & Installation
A full replacement on a Montclair home lands between $8,000-$20,000. The spread comes down to roof size, pitch, how many layers need tear-off, and whether we’re matching existing architectural style or changing materials. On the older tract homes near the Montclair Transcenter and south of the 10, we regularly strip two or even three layers of old composition shingle before installing new decking. That’s not something you want discovered mid-job without a plan.

Metal Roofing
Metal roof installation in Montclair starts around $15,000 and can reach $40,000 for a standing seam system on a larger home. Given the Santa Ana winds and the fire-ember risk that comes with them in the Pomona Valley bowl, metal is a material choice we’re recommending more often. It sheds embers instead of catching them, and it handles the 100°F-plus summer cycles without the thermal fatigue that cracks older flat roofs. We install GAF and CertainTeed product lines, plus full standing seam metal systems.

Tile Roofing
Clay and concrete barrel tile show up on plenty of Montclair’s 1960s and 1970s ranch-style homes, especially in the neighborhoods east of Monte Vista Avenue. Tile roof repair runs $600-$2,500 depending on how many tiles cracked and whether the underlayment beneath them has finally given out. We match existing tile profiles and color blends so a repair doesn’t announce itself from the curb.

What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Montclair
We install and repair roofing systems from GAF and CertainTeed, and for window and door work on Montclair homes we’re also factory-trained on Simonton, Ply Gem, and PGT product lines. Because we’re local to the Inland Empire and coordinate dispatch from our Riverside-San Bernardino office, parts and materials hold times are short for Montclair jobs. When you’re dealing with a tarp on the roof during a wet winter stretch, that speed matters. We stock the common profiles and colors for this market specifically, so you’re not waiting two weeks on a backordered ridge cap.
Common Roofing Problems We See in Montclair Homes
- Thermal cycling cracks on flat and low-slope roofs. Montclair sits in the Pomona Valley bowl, where summer highs routinely pass 100°F and overnight temps drop hard. That daily expansion and contraction is brutal on older flat-roof membranes, and by year fifteen or twenty they’re developing hairline splits that let water in during the first real storm.
- Santa Ana wind damage to shingle edges and flashings. When the winds come down through the Cajon Pass and hit Montclair’s tree-lined interior streets, the gusts are strong enough to curl shingle tabs and peel back exposed flashing at dormer corners and chimney bases. We see it every fall, and most customers don’t notice until the ceiling stain appears in January.
- Original 1950s-1970s roofing reaching end of life. Most of Montclair’s housing stock was built as post-WWII tract housing. Those original wood shake or early composite shingle roofs are now fifty to seventy years old. A significant portion of our replacement work here is simply roofs that lived their full life and have nothing left to give.
- Poorly flashed patio covers and carport additions. Montclair homes got a lot of DIY carport and patio additions through the 1970s and 80s, and many of those tie-ins were never flashed correctly. Leaks at the house-to-addition junction are one of the most common repair calls we run in this ZIP code.
Pricing for Roofing in Montclair, CA
The honest numbers for Roofing in Montclair are the ones we gave you up top. Minor repairs run $400-$1,800, full replacements land between $8,000-$20,000, metal roofs run $15,000-$40,000, and tile work falls in the $600-$2,500 range depending on scope. What pushes a Montclair job toward the top of those ranges: multiple tear-off layers on 1960s homes, steep pitches on the hillside-adjacent streets, and underlayment replacement on old tile systems. We give free written estimates with line-item pricing, and every Barrett & Sons estimate is a fixed number until something legitimately changes, which then arrives as a written change order before work continues. Call (877) 610-1318 for your free estimate, and ask about the $40 Off Any Repair Over $200 or the Free Second Opinion on any written estimate you’ve already received.
We Also Serve Cities Near Montclair
If you’re one town over, we’ve got you covered too. Montclair is home base for this page, but our crews regularly run jobs in Claremont, Ontario, Upland, and La Verne. Same written estimates, same 90-Day Done Right Promise, same owner-operated company. If you’re across the county line, just call and ask; the No Trip Charge Inside the County offer likely applies to you as well.
Serving Montclair, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Montclair area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs - Roofing in Montclair
We can typically have a crew at your Montclair home within 24 to 48 hours for an active leak or storm damage, and a live person answers the phone day or night at (877) 610-1318. For non-emergency estimates, we schedule within the same week in most cases. If you’ve got water coming in, we’ll tarp what we can and get you on the schedule without the runaround.
Yes. We work the full 91763 ZIP code, from the neighborhoods north of the 10 near Montclair Place mall, to the residential streets around Monte Vista Avenue, to the older tracts off Ramona and Kingsley. There is no part of Montclair we consider out of our service area.
Roof replacement in Montclair runs the same $8,000-$20,000 range as it does in Ontario, Upland, Claremont, and La Verne. The variable isn’t the city name; it’s the roof itself. Montclair’s older tract homes with multiple shingle layers and low slopes sometimes run higher on tear-off labor than newer construction elsewhere, but the per-square material costs don’t change from one Inland Empire ZIP to the next. Call for a written line-item quote and we’ll show you exactly where the money goes.
Every eligible job we do in Montclair includes permits pulled and inspections signed. That’s not optional with us. The permit inspector works for you, not for me, and that’s exactly why I like him. If a previous contractor told you permits weren’t necessary, that should have been your first red flag. A roof replacement is structural work, and the City of Montclair building department will want it inspected.
Your roof gets the manufacturer’s warranty on materials, plus our written 90-Day Done Right Promise: if something isn’t done right, you make one call and Tom Barrett comes back to make it right. On top of that, our workmanship record in Montclair speaks for itself. Ask anyone on your street, or look up the license number yourself. We publish Tom’s name, address, and license number because we stand behind every roof we put on.
If your Montclair roof is showing its age, leaking, or took a beating from the last Santa Ana wind event, don’t wait for the next storm to make it worse. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free written estimate. We also handle Windows & Doors in Montclair and Fence Installation in Montclair if you’ve got other exterior work on the list. One call, one company, one written number.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Montclair since 1998.







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