Cerritos Park East park
City Park East opened in 1972 beside the new houses and is now Cerritos Park East, with the swim center on the same site at 13234 E 166th Street. The tile roofs are the homes around that park, not the park building.
A stain after rain near the park is rarely a missing shingle. These 1970s roofs shed water onto the underlayment. Leaves from the park trees pack an open valley, or a pipe boot on a south slope cracks, and the water travels before it marks a ceiling. Cerritos expects the repair to keep the same tile material and color. Roof leak repair in Cerritos on this side of town starts with that match.
The houses around the 1972 park need tile, valley, and flashing work. Winter rain is when a ceiling on 166th Street shows a new stain.
The park, the 166th Street frontage, and fifty-year-old tile create a short list of leaks. Flat roofs and asphalt shingles are not the houses here.
Trees at Cerritos Park East drop into the metal valleys. Water then runs sideways under the first course of tile.
Plumbing vents on the sunny side dry out. The tile above them still looks fine from the sidewalk.
A concrete tile that has walked down the hip lets rain onto the underlayment before anyone sees a hole.
The field tile can be intact while the felt underneath has opened at a nail or a valley.
On a house near the park, these are the signs that the tile roof, not a gutter downspout, is the source.
A new ceiling stain after rain
It often shows up in a room that does not sit under the cracked tile, because water runs along the underlayment first.
A drip only while it is raining
When the storm stops and the stain dries, the entry is still on the roof. Waiting for the next storm makes the drywall worse.
A tile in the gutter or on the driveway
Concrete and clay pieces slip off hips. That is the local version of a missing roof, not a shingle.
Leaves visible in a valley from the yard
If you can see debris in the valley from the ground, rain is already being pushed under the tile.
Stain on the park side of the house
Rooms that face Cerritos Park East pick up the valleys that catch the trees. Start the look there.
Residents give directions from the park and from 166th Street. Those two places are the tract.
City Park East opened in 1972 beside the new houses and is now Cerritos Park East, with the swim center on the same site at 13234 E 166th Street. The tile roofs are the homes around that park, not the park building.
166th Street is the north edge people use when they call. Whitney High School, at 16800 Shoemaker Avenue, is the landmark to the west.
The repair is at the house in 90703 around the park. The shop is at 1040 S Melrose St, Placentia. That pin is not a Cerritos address.
Cerritos has dry summers and a winter rain season. Around this park, the trees and the age of the tile change what each season does to the roof.
Late debris from the park trees is still in the valleys when the last spring rain arrives.
Tip: Look down the open valleys from the yard and clear what you can reach without walking the tile.
South-facing pipe boots on these 1970s roofs dry and crack. There is no rain yet, so the leak waits.
Tip: A cracked vent boot found in summer is a dry repair. The same boot in December is a ceiling stain.
Park and street trees fill the metal valleys before the first real storm.
Tip: A valley full of leaves is the usual reason a Park East ceiling stains on the first night of rain.
This is the rain season. Water shows up at valleys and at any pipe flashing that cracked over the summer.
Tip: The morning after the first hard rain, check upstairs ceilings on the park side of the house.
Three other Cerritos tile areas. Each one is a different kind of street.
Neighborhood
394 gated homes between Shoemaker and Bloomfield, north of Don Knabe park.
View Shadow ParkNeighborhood
Cul-de-sacs on Greenbrook Circle, a short walk from this park and from Whitney High.
View GreenbrookNeighborhood
Sorrento Garden and Sorrento Court, named pockets in 90703, not the Cypress tract.
View SorrentoWhat homeowners in Cerritos Park East ask before we look at the roof.
If the stain is on a house near the park, call (562) 555-0199. We look at the tile around 166th Street and write the scope before any tile is relayed.
We invite you to reach out for any roof leak repair needs. Our team is available 24/7 and responds promptly.
Phone
(562) 555-0199Address
1040 S Melrose St, Placentia, CA 92870
Hours
24/7