Roofing Concepts Inc.

There's a storm season coming, and this time, the forecasters aren't hedging. Climate researchers tracking this year's El Niño are calling it one of the strongest on record — with some models putting the odds of an above-average rain season at 70 to 100 percent, and a real chance that this winter lands among the wettest California has ever recorded. For most homeowners, that news lives somewhere in the back of their mind until the first storm actually hits. And by then, it's often too late to...

Gutters don't get much attention. They sit quietly along the roofline doing their job in the background — which is exactly why it's easy to forget they're a system that needs occasional attention of their own, especially on the Central Coast. ​ A Climate That Works on Gutters From Two Directions Coastal properties throughout Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties deal with a climate pattern that's a little different from purely inland areas. For long stretches of the year, marine layer...

You've seen it before. A roofing contractor's truck parked outside a neighbor's house, ladders up against the roofline, a crew working through the day. Maybe you noticed it on your morning walk, or driving home from work. And maybe you had a passing thought about what was going on over there. Here's the thing worth sitting with: that truck probably isn't just about them. Central Coast roofs age on the same clock Roofs in the same neighborhood tend to go through the same weather, the same sun...