Design Wave Media

The media wave, pilot three. Each heading is one family; the pair under it is the design’s declared ground × composition. These three span the wave’s ground axis; the rest of the wave composes from the vocabulary they settle.

Gallery

1. Image Grid

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Recent work, street by street

Every job here was booked from a free survey. Addresses shortened for privacy; ask and we will put you in touch with the owner.

New tile roof
Full reroof, Torrance
Flat roof repair
Flat roof, Carson
Gutter replacement
Guttering, Lomita
Skylight install
Skylights, Redondo
Ridge repair
Ridge line, San Pedro
Solar-ready deck
Solar prep, Gardena

Strip

2. Filmstrip

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One roof, one week

A tear-off to sign-off, day by day

Crew on site
Monday – tear-off, 187th St
Underlayment down
Tuesday – dried in before the rain
Tiles going on
Wednesday – first courses
Ridge work
Thursday – ridge and flashing
Final walkthrough
Friday – swept, signed off

Feature

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The finished roof at dusk
Job of the month

Ninety-year-old Spanish tile, saved rather than replaced

The owner was quoted a full reroof twice before calling us. We salvaged eighty per cent of the original clay, matched the rest from a yard in Fresno, and the roof kept its history.

Read how we did it

4. Masonry Grid

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Eight years of roofs, in no particular order

Completed hip roof in slate
Cedar shake detail
Standing seam metal, coastal job
Clay tile ridge
Flat roof with new drains
Skylight row from above
Copper valley work

Video

5. Video Frame

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Drone footage still of a roof surveyWatch a survey, 2 min

A real survey from March, unedited: the drone pass, the report, and the price we quoted.

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6. Before and After

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The Hendersons' garage roof, three days apart

Sagging felt roof with standing water
Before
New EPDM roof, clean falls to the drain
After

Forty years of felt came off on Tuesday. The new rubber went down Thursday, with proper falls so the water finally leaves.