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has been providing expert roofing and solar solutions in El Cajon, CA, for over 30 years. Specializing in roofing repairs, installations, and services for both residential and commercial properties, we deliver durable and reliable results tailored to your needs. Our solar installation services combine efficiency with sustainability, helping you maximize energy savings. As trusted roofers, we offer

free estimates to help you plan your project with confidence. Choose a company backed by decades of experience and a commitment to quality. Contact Dana Logsdon Roofing & Solar, Inc. today for professional roofing and solar services that stand the test of time!

06/08/2026

3 steps to avoid getting scammed by a contractor. Spend 10 minutes on these before you sign anything and you can save yourself thousands.

Step 1. Check their license. Go to the CSLB website before signing. Type in their license number and check the status. You want it to say current and active. If it is expired or you cannot find it, stop right there.

Step 2. Check their name. Google the company and read their last ten reviews. Not the ones pinned at the top. The most recent ones, so you can see how they actually treat people today, not five years ago.

Step 3. Ask for their certificate of insurance for the work. Any real contractor has this ready and will hand it over without a fight.

A legitimate contractor will have no issue giving you all three of these things. A scammer will give you a reason why they cannot. That right there is your answer.

We have roofed across San Diego County for over 32 years and we tell homeowners to run these same three checks on us too. License #699151, look it up.

Ten minutes now beats a winter of regret. Follow along. We share tips like this every week.

06/06/2026

Your roof goes through a radical transformation, and most people never see the during. So here are all 3 stages.

Before. This roof was maybe 20+ years old. The first tell is the granules. They come off the shingles and end up sitting in your gutter. After a real rain, go look. If you see a pile of black sand in your gutters or at the bottom of your downspouts, those granules are the shingle's sunscreen, and once they wash off the shingle underneath starts to cook and crack. That is your roof telling you it is near the end.

During. Crew shows up at 7 in the morning. They tear off the old roof down to the deck, lay new underlayment, install the new shingles, then we do a final cleanup of the yard before anyone leaves. One day, start to finish on most homes.

After. A completely new roof that you do not have to worry about, backed by a lifetime warranty.

You can check the granule thing yourself this week. Walk out after the next rain and look in your gutters. That one look tells you more than any sales pitch.

We have been replacing roofs across San Diego County for 32+ years, so this before, during, and after is the same story we see on almost every old roof.

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06/05/2026

Before the next Santa Ana event, do this to protect your roof.

There are two things to check, and you can do both today.

Step 1: look for damage. Walk your roofline and check for missing shingles, damaged areas, and flashings that are coming loose. Wind goes after the loose stuff first, so that is where to look.

Step 2: make sure everything is locked in. Flashings sealed tightly, shingles secured, every piece holding tight so the roof is protected against these winds.

You do not have to get on the roof to spot most of it. From the ground or an upstairs window you can usually see a shingle that is lifted or a piece of flashing pulling away from the wall. If you see either one before a big wind comes through, that is the time to deal with it. Not in the middle of a windstorm.

We replace roofs all over San Diego County, so we watch what these Santa Ana winds do every season. The homes that come through fine are almost always the ones that got looked at first.

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06/04/2026

A water stain on your ceiling is rarely the real problem. The leak behind it is, and waiting on it is how a small repair turns into a $20,000 one.

If I woke up tomorrow and found a fresh stain spreading across my ceiling, here is exactly what I would do before I called a single roofer.

First, search the top roofing companies near you and actually read the reviews. Not the star average, the words. Look for what people say about the crew, the cleanup, and how well the company kept them in the loop.

Second, check the license yourself at cslb.ca.gov. It is free and takes about two minutes. A valid California license means the company is accountable and you have somewhere to turn if something goes wrong. No license, no recourse.

Third, get three written quotes for the same scope of work. Same shingle, same underlayment, same ventilation. When the quotes do not match line for line, you are not comparing apples to apples, and that is usually where the lowball bid hides what it left out.

And ask one simple question. Are these laborers either trained in house or in-house crews? The jobs that go smoothly almost always have the company's own people on the roof.

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06/04/2026

If you have no idea who to trust with your roof, here is the simplest way to avoid getting scammed. It comes down to three steps.

First, get at least three quotes. Before you let anyone up on your roof, look the company up on the Better Business Bureau and read through the actual reviews. Not the star rating, the words. You are looking for a long track record of finished jobs and happy neighbors.

Second, get a free written estimate from each company. In writing. A real roofer will put the scope, the product, and the price on paper without being chased for it.

Third, lay those estimates side by side and compare them apples to apples. Same shingle. Same warranty. Same scope of work. The cheapest bid almost always wins by quietly leaving something out, and you find out the hard way after the first heavy rain.

The roofers who burn people are counting on one thing. That you will pick the lowest number and sign fast. Slow down, compare the product and the warranty, and most of the cheap quotes stop looking like a deal.

We have watched this pattern hold for 32 years across San Diego County, from La Mesa to Encinitas. The homeowners who take these three steps rarely call us upset later.

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05/25/2026

Most homeowners pick the wrong roofer for one reason: they compare quotes that aren't actually comparable.

Before you make a roofing decision based on price, run this 30-second material check. Pull out every roof quote you've gotten. On each one, find and circle these four things:

1. Shingle brand. Is it named? Owens Corning, GAF, CertainTeed, Malarkey, etc. If it only says "asphalt shingles" with no brand, that's a problem.

2. Product name within the brand. Owens Corning Duration is not the same as Owens Corning Supreme. The price difference between two product lines from the same brand can be $1,500 to $3,000 on an average San Diego roof.

3. Warranty class. 3-tab is the cheapest and shortest-lived. Architectural (also called "dimensional" or "laminate") lasts longer and looks better. Premium lasts longest. The word on the quote matters.

4. Underlayment product. The layer between your shingles and your decking. Felt is the old standard. Synthetic and Ice & Water Shield are better, and required in some California climate zones. If "underlayment" is not specified by product, ask.

If a contractor won't put brand, product name, warranty class, and underlayment in writing on the quote, you can't compare their bid to anyone else's. That's the whole game.

A 4th-generation, family-owned roofer's tip: the quote with the most specifics is usually the most honest quote. Cheap quotes leave things blank on purpose.

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05/23/2026

3 unethical roofing tricks we still see San Diego homeowners fall for every storm season.

1. The post-storm knock. A "storm chaser" rings your doorbell 1 to 2 days after wind or hail, tells you your roof has damage you can't see, and pressures you to sign before you've even talked to your insurance company. Real local roofers do not door-knock for business the day after a storm. They're already booked solid with their existing customer base.

2. The cheap bid with a wood upsell baked in. The bid comes in $2,000 to $5,000 below everyone else, looks great on paper, and you sign. Once the old roof is off and the rain is coming, you get the call: "We need to replace the decking. That's another $5,000." It was never in the original bid because they never planned to honor that number.

3. The "lifetime warranty" that has no lifetime. A company offers a lifetime warranty they have no ability to honor. When the leak shows up in year 8 and you call, the company has dissolved or rebranded. Your warranty followed it into the trash.

The single question that catches all three: "Is that the manufacturer's warranty on the materials, or your company's warranty on the labor? Show me both, in writing, before I sign."

Manufacturer warranties follow the materials. Labor warranties die when the company does. We've watched both kinds play out over 30,000 roofs in San Diego County.

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05/23/2026

The single most important thing to check before hiring any roofer: their contractor's license. Five minutes on cslb.ca.gov can save you thousands and a roof that leaks two years later.

Do this right now:

1. Open cslb.ca.gov on your phone or computer.
2. Click "Check a License" in the menu.
3. Type in the license number from the contractor's business card, truck, or written proposal.

The site will show you four things that matter:

- Is the license active right now, or expired?
- Does the legal business name on the license match the name on their truck and contract?
- Are there active complaints or violations from previous homeowners?
- Do they carry the bond and workers comp insurance California law requires?

If any of those four is "no" or "doesn't match the paperwork in front of me," walk away. The cheapest bid in San Diego County is worthless if the person on your roof isn't legally allowed to be there.

The good contractors welcome a license check. The bad ones get nervous when you ask. You can use that.

Sales talk doesn't guarantee quality work, but a license check will give you a good idea.

1,500+ five-star reviews from San Diego County homeowners is what happens when you build right and stand behind it. Look that part up too, on every contractor you're considering.

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05/21/2026

The cheapest roof quote almost never saves you money. The cheap bid is priced to win your signature. The real cost shows up in the change orders.

Before you sign any roof estimate, run it through this 5-line-item check. If even one is missing, that's the change order coming.

1. Flashing. Where the roof meets walls, chimneys, and skylights. If this isn't itemized, expect a "we found some flashing issues" call halfway through the job.

2. Underlayment. The layer between your shingles and the wood. Cheap bids skip this or use a thinner product than you need for San Diego sun.

3. Decking. The plywood under everything. Bids that say "decking as needed" leave the price for that conversation until you're already committed.

4. Ventilation. Intake at the soffit, exhaust at the ridge. A roof without proper ventilation cooks the underside of your shingles. We see this on old roofs all over El Cajon, La Mesa, and Lakeside.

5. Debris disposal. The dumpster, the dump fee, the cleanup. Sounds small. It isn't. We've seen "extra disposal" line items add $800 to $1,500 after the fact.

We've watched this pattern for 32 years across San Diego County. The cheapest bid is almost never the cheapest job.

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05/14/2026

What if your roof replacement could pay for itself?

Most San Diego homeowners think about a new roof and solar as two separate projects. Two separate timelines. Two separate financing deals.

That's how you end up paying twice for the same labor.

Here's what most people don't realize:

When you replace your roof and install solar at the same time, the prep work for solar is already done. The roof is off. The decking is exposed. The crew is already up there. There's no second mobilization. No tearing back into a brand new roof to mount solar later. No risk of voiding your new roof warranty by drilling through fresh shingles.

It's the cheapest moment in your home's entire lifetime to add solar.

Now here's where it gets interesting.

You can wrap the roof and the solar into a single financing package. One monthly payment. The solar production offsets your electric bill. In a lot of San Diego homes, that new monthly payment ends up lower than what they were already paying SDG&E every month.

So you walk away with:

✅ A brand new 25 to 50 year roof
✅ A solar system producing free power for the next 30 years
✅ A monthly payment lower than your current SDG&E bill
✅ One contractor. One warranty. One project. One timeline.

This is the math most homeowners never see because their roofer doesn't install solar and their solar company doesn't replace roofs.

We do both. In-house. Same crew. Single warranty across the entire system. No finger-pointing between trades if something ever needs service.

If your roof is over 15 years old and your SDG&E bill keeps climbing, this is the conversation to have before you replace your roof.

Comment ROOF below and one of our specialists will walk you through whether it makes sense for your specific home, your roof condition, and your electric usage.

No pressure. No upsell theater. Just real numbers for your situation.

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35 years. 30,000 roofs. Family-owned in San Diego since 1993.
Owens Corning Platinum Preferred Contractor. Licensed solar installer.

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