South Coast Shingle Company
Company Overview
South Coast Shingle Company, Inc. & A-1 Building Material offers expertise in roofing materials and masonry solutions. While we do not perform installations ourselves, we can connect you with dependable contractors that we trust and have worked with successfully.
South Coast Shingle Co./ A-1 Building Material has been a trusted resource for contractors and homeowners in Long Beach and surrounding regions since 1946.
Jimmy, a seasoned professional with thirty years at the company, began his journey here as a young man. He has developed many solid relationships with both industry professionals and homeowners. His extensive knowledge of our field makes him a valuable resource. Feel free to stop by and meet him; you’ll understand what we mean. He can provide insights on products and connect you with reliable contractors.
Business Services
- New roof installation
- Roof repair
- Roof replacement
Business Location & Hours
| Mon: | 6:00 AM - 4:30 PM |
| Tue: | 6:00 AM - 4:30 PM |
| Wed: | 6:00 AM - 4:30 PM |
| Thu: | 6:00 AM - 4:30 PM |
| Fri: | 6:00 AM - 4:30 PM |
| Sat: | 7:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
| Sun: | Closed |
Recommended Customer Reviews
Adrian M.Their prices are the highest in. Los Angeles and orange county. Save your money. Shop around. Guarantee you'll save 10-20 %. I've compared for over 10 years. Always the highest.
Update:
This is the best place for landscaping for any stones, rocks, gravel, and slate pavers. They provide the best customer service. Yesterday, while looking for stones and gravel in the lot, Adrian offered to help me with anything I needed. He was extremely helpful.
Of course, Brian S. offered excellent service to handle my orders in the front office. I highly recommend South Coast Shingles!
Trina M.My husband and I came across this business when looking for new wall caps. Miguel was very helpful in showing us exactly what we were looking for and it didn't take long for us to make a decision and place an order. It has been a couple weeks and we realized that made a huge error in our purchase. I called to see if it was something that could be fixed. Ryan was extremely helpful and went out of his way to help me and ended up saving us a ton of money. I can't thank him enough for the kindness and incredible customer service he showed me today. If I need anything else in the future, I will definitely be visiting this company. I will be recommending this business to all my family and friends...or just anyone I overhear needing anything that this company sells. Please visit this location. You will not be disappointed!
I called to purchase barn shingles to replace a section of garage that had to be reconstructed. I spoke specifically to a sales person named Frank. I gave Frank the ""actual"" length, width and thickness and specific wood type (Cedar) of the shingle. I also gave him the exposure and spacing for the area to be covered.
Frank stated that he had plenty of 1/4 x 6 x 36 Cedar shingles in stock and that there were 25 shingles in each bundle. He stated I would need 38 shingles to cover the area. I ordered 2 bundles and drove over 2 hours to pick them up. I was furious that they were not the Cedar as I requested when I picked them up from the receiving area. I went back to the sales area and was told by a different rep that Cedar was only a special order. Since the shingles were going to be painted, I decided that Redwood would be fine.
After, I inspected the area myself, I calculated that there needed to be between 65-90 shingles to complete the job correctly accounting for spacing and overlap into the surrounding area. My contractor picked up two more bundles and began the job. After he started the second row, he realized that the shingles were not an ""actual"" 6 inch width, but 5 1/2"".
I contacted the company for a discount to account for the misrepresentation. Jimmy, the manager, said he found it hard to believe that Frank would have told me this and would not compensate me for his error. He said that I was quoted for a ""nominal"" size. I told him that was not the conversation that took place between Frank and myself. I
am readily familiar with actual and nominal sizes. The sales rep likely lied because he thought I would not know the difference in wood or sizes. He also could not mathematically calculate the amount needed to complete the job based on the info I gave him.
This calls into question the level of education of the individuals working there. I even spoke to another rep who could not calculate the correct amount. And, when he tried to make excuses for Frank, he said I must not have told him about the spacing in between each shingle. He said that would make more shingles. I couldn't believe he said that because more spacing between shingles, would require less shingles!
I would not recommend this place for any project. It's clear that they are not truthful, not well informed about product specs and calculations and like most places in this industry, just interested in the sale.
they charge a ten percent restocking fee
it is written on the back of their receipt
make sure to read the fine print
when i made the purchase i asked if it
could be returned
employee said yes but failed to
mention the restocking fee
Ed P.Have been a customer since 1995, when a friend and I installed the roof I just removed. Knowledgeable counter staff, generally pretty friendly, and have a very large selection, stuff you can't find at the big home centers. Even did our back yard with materials they sell several yrs ago. Don't think I'll need another roof now after stripping the shingles they delivered last century & installing Landmark Silver Birch, but if I did, I wouldn't go anywhere else.
Angie S.I came in to order roofing materials for my garage roof. I came in with a list and a 2 year old that ran around the office while I tried to concentrate on what I needed. The office staff was super helpful and patient helping me get what I needed. I had already priced out the materials at Home Depot and found that this place was comparable. But their customer service exceeded my expectations. I ended up giving my list to a gentleman that took care of everything for me. I told him what color I wanted for the shingles and he explained the different types and I made my choice from there. While I chased my toddler around this man put in the order and arranged the delivery as well. He gave my son a flashlight to play with to keep him entertained. They have a kiddy corner with coloring books and crayons but my kid would end up coloring the walls so I couldn't leave him there without supervision. Overall I had a great experience doing something that I thought would be complicated. This place was wonderful to work with and their delivery was on time and expedient. They even sent a thank you card afterwards. Exceptional customer service and very knowledgeable about their products!
Great selection and customer service. Highly recommend South Coast Shingle!
Javier R.Buyer beware. Just a few weeks ago i took a book from this location and decided to purchase Boral roofing products. I had a small project of around 140 sq feet. It cost me around 700 dollars to purchase...a bit much of course. Went through the book and thought the Walnut color series 700 would be great. In the photos it demonstrated a mixture of light to medium sandstone color with grayish tones... Overall a good looking tile. Nothing too light and nothing too dark. Received my pallet and drove home. unloaded my pallet at home and finally got to unwrapping... And to my surprise, after unwrapping my package, every tile looks purple??? says walnut on side of package, yet nothing like the photo.No even close!!! I am very disappointed with this purchase ... i feel so mislead
S B.My rating is STRICTLY for the proper customer service I received, as I didn't look around and went straight to the office.
I'm looking for something that (possibly) doesn't exist and was offered assistance by a 50-something year old gentleman with glasses and a moustache. He was helpful, made suggestions of other places--he actually wanted to help. He even offered to find a phone number, but I said I could do that.
This place was recommended by a stranger whom was also having difficulty finding what she needed. She spoke to Jimmy and said he was very nice and helpful. I didn't get the name of the gentleman who helped me, but he didn't look like a Jimmy.













