A slipped or cracked tile leaves the layer beneath exposed. We reset and replace tiles and protect the underlayment.
A tile roof works in two layers. The tile sheds most of the water and takes the sun, and the underlayment beneath is the real waterproof barrier. When a tile slips, cracks, or goes missing, the tile is not the loss that matters most. What matters is that the spot beneath is now exposed to sun and rain, and that underlayment ages far faster once the tile above it is gone.
Tiles fail for ordinary reasons. Wind and storms lift and crack them, falling branches break them, someone walking the roof wrong cracks one underfoot, and a settling roof shifts them out of alignment over time. A single out-of-place tile is a small thing, but leave enough of them long enough and the exposed underlayment starts to leak. That is why resetting slipped tiles and replacing broken ones is core maintenance, not a cosmetic fix.
We handle this through tile roof repair, resetting and replacing tiles and protecting the layer beneath, which our page on roof underlayment explains in depth. If the underlayment has already aged out across a wide area, a reroof with the same tile reset is the fix.
A timely fix now protects decades of tile. Call (310) 806-5959 or request an estimate.
Look for tiles out of line, gaps where one is missing, or a cracked tile visible from below. Do not climb up to check.
Pieces of tile on the ground or in the gutters mean a tile broke up top and needs attention.
A storm or a fallen branch is a common cause, and may make it a storm damage or insurance matter.
A leak after wind often traces to a tile that let go, so pair any new stain with a look at the tiles.
On a tile roof, individual tiles can be lifted and reset without touching the rest of the roof, which makes this an affordable fix. Slipped tiles go back into place, cracked and missing ones are replaced with matching tile, and if the underlayment beneath was exposed and starting to wear, that spot is repaired before the tiles go back down. We also check the tiles around the failure, since one broken tile often has cracked neighbors.
The reason to move on it is that exposed underlayment does not recover, it only ages, as our pages on tile roof maintenance and delaying a repair explain. Catching a slipped tile early is the difference between a straightforward reset and a leak into the wood below. A roof inspection checks the whole roof so you know it is not just the one tile you can see.
Tell us what you see on the roof. We reset or replace the tiles and give you a written price, with no obligation.