Kitchen remodeling
Bathroom remodeling
Home additions & ADU
Roofing
Windows & doors
Driveway & pavers
FenceFree written scope consultation - allowances, timeline, and change-order rules on paper before a single trade is scheduled
CertainTeed Construction in Mountain View, CA | Daly City Construction
We’re an independent CertainTeed job-site crew, not a manufacturer affiliate, and we work roofs, siding and full remodels across Mountain View. The short answer: if you own a 1950s-60s Eichler or rancher in Mountain View, your CertainTeed project usually isn’t a simple swap because the original framing, decking and wall assembly underneath are older than the product you’re installing. We know exactly what we’re looking at before we order a single bundle. Call (866) 505-5254 for a free estimate that starts with the framing reality, not a brochure photo.
Why Mountain View Residents Choose Us for CertainTeed Service
Mountain View’s housing stock is specific. Waverly Park, Cuesta Park, the Eichler tracts around Monta Loma, the older ranchers near Sylvan Park. Houses built between 1950 and 1965, slab-on-grade, low-slope or flat roofs, single-pane glazing, often original plumbing and undersized panels. We’ve torn into enough of that sheathing to know what CertainTeed products do on a 60-year-old deck that’s cupped, shrunk, or never had housewrap. Noel Cabrera, our owner, trained in construction technology at City College of San Francisco and spent years on residential jobs across San Mateo County before Daly City Construction started taking on the fog-weathered older stock. When we install CertainTeed sales & service like Landmark shingles or Cedar Impressions siding, we’re matching a modern product system to a mid-century frame. That’s the whole job.
We’re also aware that homeowners here are engineers, product managers, people who look at spec sheets for a living. They don’t need a sales pitch. They want to know which CertainTeed underlayment we’re using, whether the starter strip is OEM, and why the chimney flashing failed on the west plane. We answer those questions straight.
Styles & brands we work with
Common CertainTeed Construction Problems We Solve in Mountain View
CertainTeed doesn’t fail often when it’s installed on a stable substrate with the right accessories. The problem in Mountain View is usually the substrate. Here’s what we see:
- Cupped lapped decking under Landmark shingles. Original 1950s low-slope roofs often have wood decking that’s shrunk and cupped over 60 years. The fastening plane was never stable, so shingle edges lift and underlayment splits. On a Waverly Park Eichler, we pulled a plane of Landmark off decking that still had the original nails from the first roof. Re-sheeted the dips, new step flashing, CertainTeed underlayment, then shingles.
- Granule loss on south and west planes. Mountain View’s rain-shadow climate means dry, hot summers. Landmark and Presidential Shake shingles bake on those exposures, and granules slough off faster than on north planes. That’s normal wear in this microclimate, but it’s the warning sign that the roof is aging unevenly.
- Step and chimney flashing that’s been loose since the Truman administration. Atmospheric-river storms in winter drive water into flashing gaps that were never sealed correctly. We find this on Eichler-era homes all the time, and it’s the leading cause of the ceiling stain that appears after the first real rain.
- Cedar Impressions siding over no housewrap. Eichler and early rancher walls often have no sheathing and no moisture barrier. Last month a Cuesta Park rancher called about a soft spot near the carport. The siding was going up over original no-housewrap sheathing that had been quietly rotting. Repair came first; panels second.
- Single-pane glazing feeding moisture into attic sheathing. Pre-1980 venting and single-pane windows let wind-driven rain reach the underside of roof assemblies. Vent stacks and shingle edges degrade from the inside out, not from sun exposure the way newer homes do.
CertainTeed Service in Mountain View: What Local Conditions Mean for Your Equipment
The detail most homeowners don’t know until they’re inside a Mountain View remodel: the city’s Community Development Department is not fast. Anything touching a single-story Eichler, or a lot within a block of a transit corridor, can trigger extra design review and a historic-resource screen. That process can add months to a job that would sail through in San Jose. We’ve learned to book a pre-submittal meeting before we order CertainTeed shingle bundles or siding panels, because a design-review flag on a mid-century home is cheaper to clear before the material is on site than after. If you’re planning a CertainTeed roof replacement in Mountain View and the house was built before 1965, assume the permit path will take longer than the installation. We plan the schedule around the city, not the other way around.
CertainTeed Models & Products We Service in Mountain View
We install and repair the CertainTeed lines that fit Mountain View’s housing stock: Landmark architectural shingles for most re-roofs, Presidential Shake and Presidential TL for homeowners who want a heavier profile, Cedar Impressions insulated siding for exterior upgrades, and Symmetry or Monogram siding where panel depth matters. Our parts approach is simple: we use CertainTeed OEM accessories, starter strips, hip-and-ridge, underlayments and color-matched trim, because mixing aftermarket parts voids the system warranty. On a partial repair, if a plane can honestly be patched and re-flashed, we patch it and tell you the age of the rest of the roof. We don’t push a full replacement if the remaining planes have years left.
See the difference
Before
After
Before
After
Before
AfterCertainTeed Service Pricing in Mountain View
Mountain View pricing for CertainTeed work tracks the scope of what’s underneath, not just the shingle line. A clean deck keeps a roof replacement at the low end. Cupped decking, rot repair, or a design-review permit push it up. Here’s what we quote in this market:
| Service | Price Range |
|---|---|
| Roof Replacement | $8,000 – $20,000 |
| Roof Repair | $400 – $1,800 |
| Metal Roof Installation | $15,000 – $40,000 |
| Tile Roof Repair | $600 – $2,500 |
| Cabinet Installation | $4,000 – $13,000 |
| Full Kitchen Remodeling | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Small Kitchen Remodel | $9,000 – $20,000 |
What drives the cost is the condition of the 60-year-old framing underneath. Our free estimate tells you exactly what you’re paying for, on paper, before you commit. Call (866) 505-5254 and we’ll walk the roof or the wall with you.
Serving Mountain View, CA — Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Mountain View area and know this community well, and we also provide CertainTeed service in Los Altos. Use the map below to see our service coverage — if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs – CertainTeed Construction in Mountain View
Yes, if the roof is prepped correctly. CertainTeed’s low-slope-rated shingles work on Eichler roofs when the deck is re-sheeted to a stable plane and the flashing is replaced. The failure we see is almost never the shingle; it’s the cupped 1950s decking underneath. We don’t shingle over a bad deck. We fix the deck first, then shingle. Call (866) 505-5254 for a deck inspection.
Yes. Mountain View’s Community Development Department requires permits for roof replacements, and single-story Eichler homes or lots near transit corridors often trigger additional design review. We handle the permit path including the pre-submittal meeting and historic-resource screen. It saves months to do that before material is ordered.
Dry summers bake south and west planes, so Landmark granules wear faster on those exposures. Winter atmospheric-river storms test the flashing and underlayment. That combination means Mountain View roofs and siding slabs age from both directions. Proper underlayment and OEM flashing matter more here than in a wetter, cooler climate.
Often yes. A 1960s kitchen in a Cuesta Park rancher usually has solid wood frames that are worth refacing rather than ripping out. We inspect the frame, then quote refacing as a separate line item from new cabinet installation. If the boxes are sound, refacing saves thousands. If they’re not, we say so.
Because Mountain View’s 1950s-60s houses often have no housewrap or wall sheathing behind the original siding. Water that gets behind older siding has no drainage plane to dry on, so it sits and rots the framing. We find this behind Cedar Impressions and Symmetry panels routinely, and it has to be repaired before panels go up. Call (866) 505-5254 and we’ll tell you what’s actually behind your siding.
Service Areas Near Mountain View
We cover Mountain View and the surrounding Peninsula and South Bay communities, including Mountain View service area details for ZIP codes 94035, 94039, 94040 and 94041. For homeowners just north, CertainTeed service in Loyola reaches the same mid-century stock. And for jobs across the Sunnyvale line, CertainTeed service in Sunnyvale covers the rancher neighborhoods there with the same diagnostic approach.
Book Your CertainTeed Service in Mountain View Today
Tell me what the house needs, not what you think it needs, then we’ll figure out the right fix. That’s how we scope every CertainTeed job in Mountain View. Call (866) 505-5254 to schedule a free estimate and we’ll put the substrate, permit path and parts list in front of you before any material gets ordered.
Written by Noel Cabrera, Owner at Daly City Construction, serving Mountain View and CertainTeed in Los Altos Hills since our first Eichler re-roof in the area.