Corroded fasteners & flashing
Salt air rusts the nails, flashing, and vents first. That is where most coastal leaks start — under shingles that still look fine from the street.
Long Beach, CA · Coastal Southern California
Salt air eats your roof from the inside out.
On the coast, roofs don’t wear out — they corrode. Fasteners rust, flashing fails, and sheathing rots years before a single stain reaches your ceiling. Get a ballpark on a new roof in under a minute — no contact info needed.
25-year workmanship warrantyStainless, coastal-grade fastenersOne crew, no subs
Certified installer
CertainTeedGAFOwens CorningDaVinci
Your roof’s biggest enemy never touches the shingles.
A few miles from the water, salt air and marine layer go after the parts you can’t see — the metal, the wood, the seams. By the time it shows up inside, the damage is years deep. This is why a coastal roof and an inland roof are not the same job.
Marine-layer rot
Constant damp feeds rot and algae in the sheathing and north-facing slopes for years before a single stain reaches your ceiling.
Granule loss & UV
Salt strips the protective granules off shingles, so a coastal roof ages years faster than the exact same roof a few miles inland.
What the cheap bid hides
A cheap bid only looks cheap before tearoff.
On a coastal home, cut corners don’t just look bad — they let the salt in. Ridge Runner slows that moment down: what came off, what corroded, what rotted, and what can stay. You see it before you pay for it.
Silicone smeared over rot
Staples where stainless nails belong
Flashing that is already rusting
Sheets that miss the rafter
A $30,000 quote shouldn’t become a $43,000 bill.
The cheap bid wins the job, then the surprises start after tearoff. Ridge Runner stops, documents what changed, and walks you through it before the scope moves. The conversation happens first. No silent add-ons. No mystery line items.
1Roof estimate
2Photo-backed findings
3Written quote
4Tearoff
5Findings walkthrough
6Install to spec
“We’ll show you every piece of wood we replace — and why.”
What might a new roof run?
Three inputs, under a minute. It’s a rough ballpark to get you oriented — every roof is different, so Mike pins the real number once he’s on yours. No contact info needed to see it.
Enter your address so the tool can build the first roof-size range.
Pick material, pitch, stories, and replacement scope.
No contact info required to see the ballpark range.
- Step 01Locate
- Step 02Scan
- Step 03Scope
- Step 04Send
Locate
Where is the roof?
Enter the property address. If Maps is connected, choose a result from the dropdown for better roof data.
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Built to the standard the coast can’t beat.
Mike was trained back East to build roofs that survive ice, snow, and salt. Every California job gets that same standard.
Coastal-grade materials
Tile, slate, and cedar shake spec'd for salt and sun — set with stainless fasteners that won't rust out in five years.
Flashing & ventilation that seal
The details that actually keep marine-layer moisture out: proper flashing, drip edge, and ventilation. Not silicone and hope.
Installed once, to spec
Every sheet lands on a rafter. Built to outlast the 25-year warranty, so you never re-roof this house again.
Workmanship-backed
25
years on workmanship
The warranty isn’t the pitch. It’s the receipt. Ridge Runner can stand behind the work because the work under the shingles is built to hold up on Long Beach, OC, LA, and South Bay homes.
Mike gets on the roof himself.
Mike started roofing in 2005 under Kenny Court — a fourth-generation craftsman who built roofs on the East Coast to survive ice damming, snow load, and hurricanes. He moved to Long Beach and couldn’t ignore what he saw: silicone over rot, staples where nails belong, sheathing that didn’t hit the rafter. Ridge Runner is his answer.
He isn’t trying to sell the most roofs. He’s trying to put his name on the right ones. And if Bo is on the job that day, people remember it.
“When you hire Ridge Runner, you’re really hiring a roof that never needs to be touched until its life is over.”
— A longtime Ridge Runner customer
“Mike addresses the root cause and does the job right. He is the only person we call for our residential and rental jobs.”
Amy
“Mike was transparent on the steps it would take and he hit every mark. Trustworthy, skilled, and a pleasure to work with.”
Shelly M.
“Not only did Michael come for an estimate when he said he would, he gave me the best price and started the job when he said he would.”
Joanne L.
Roofing across coastal Southern California.
Replacement, repair, and coastal-grade roof systems for the neighborhoods that take the most salt and sun. Find your service or your town below.
Roof Replacement
Full residential roof replacement built for salt air, marine layer, and long-term coastal ownership.
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Roof Repair
Leaks, corroded flashing, and salt damage fixed at the source — not siliconed over and forgotten.
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Tile, Slate & Shake
Coastal-grade tile, slate, and cedar shake, set with stainless fasteners that outlast the salt.
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Long Beach & coastal cities
Belmont Shore, Naples, Seal Beach, Palos Verdes, and the rest of the coast Ridge Runner covers.
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Roofing FAQs
The questions people ask before calling.
Service area
Built for coastal Southern California homes.
Long BeachBelmont ShoreNaplesSeal BeachPalos VerdesSouth BayOrange CountyLos Angeles
Rather just talk it through? Send Mike your address.
Skip the estimator if you’d rather have a real conversation. Send the address, the concern, and the best number to call — you’ll get a straight answer on repair, replacement, or planning ahead. No call center, no pressure script.