Roofing Contractor in Newark, NJ

Roofing Services in Newark, NJ

The roofs we work on in Newark

Newark is the seat of Essex County and the largest city in New Jersey, and its housing is nothing like the suburban stock west of the Watchungs. Three patterns cover most of the calls we take: Those three want three different answers, which is why we look before we quote rather than pricing from a photograph. Row houses and two- and three-family homes, densest in the Ironbound. Shared walls, narrow access, a pitched front and very often a flat section at the back. Older detached houses — Forest Hill is the clearest example, where much of the stock was built before 1939 and a lot of it is Victorian or Colonial with steep pitches, dormers and original slate or long-overdue asphalt. Low-slope commercial and mixed-use roofs along the downtown corridors, where the roof is membrane or modified bitumen rather than shingle.

Roof repair in Newark

Most Newark repair calls come down to a stain on a ceiling, and most of the time the stain is not under the hole. Flashing where a roof meets a party wall, a failed pipe boot, a valley on a steep Victorian, an open seam on a flat rear section, or a gutter backing up behind a blocked downspout — those are the usual five. We find which one it is, photograph it, and give you the price in writing. Full detail on our roof repair page.

Roof replacement in Newark

A tear-off on a Newark row house is as much a logistics job as a roofing one: there is no driveway, the dumpster has to go somewhere legal, and the neighbours are three feet away on both sides. We plan that part before the crew arrives. We are GAF Certified and an Owens Corning Preferred Contractor, so the shingle systems we install carry the manufacturer’s own warranties — see roof replacement for how a full job runs.

Flat roofs on Newark two- and three-family buildings

A large share of Newark roofs are not shingle at all. Rear extensions, whole three-family buildings and most of the mixed-use stock are low-slope, and they fail differently: open seams, flashing at the parapet, blocked drains, water standing days after the rain stopped. If you own or manage one of those buildings, the detail is on our commercial and flat roofing page — membrane and modified bitumen systems, repair against replacement, and maintenance visits that catch a seam before it becomes a tenant’s ceiling.

Chimneys and gutters come with the roof

On Newark’s older housing the chimney is usually the same age as the roof and in worse condition — crowns cracked, flashing rusted through, brick spalling at the top of the stack. We do that work ourselves rather than sending a second trade: chimney repair and rebuilding, and gutters, downspouts, soffit and fascia while the staging is up.

Newark, Essex County, and how far we travel

Rockaway to Newark is roughly 26 miles — I-80 east, then I-280 — and about 35 minutes outside rush hour. We work across the rest of Essex County as well, and our main counties are Bergen, Hudson, Morris and Passaic; everything we do is listed under roofing. The phone is answered 24 hours, which matters more in a city where a leak on a shared roof is two households’ problem, not one.

Call 973-960-7921. We will come out, get on the roof, and tell you whether it needs repairing or replacing — in writing, with photographs, and with no obligation attached. Boundless Roof Repair & Replacement · 9 Stony Brook Rd, Rockaway, NJ 07866 · NJ Home Improvement Contractor Reg. #13VH10877700 · Licensed and fully insured (general liability $1,000,000 / $2,000,000; certificate on request) · GAF Certified · Owens Corning Preferred · BBB Accredited A+ · Serving Bergen, Hudson, Morris and Passaic counties since 2012.

How a Newark roof job runs

Here is what happens between your call and the finished job:

• We inspect, photograph and measure, and put an itemised written price in front of you. No obligation.
• We file the municipal permit in Newark and schedule around the weather and your household.
• Protection goes down — landscaping, driveway, air conditioning unit — and the container is positioned.
• Tear-off to the deck. Anything soft underneath is shown to you before it is replaced.
• Ice-and-water shield, underlayment, new flashing, shingles, ridge ventilation, then a magnet sweep, a walk-round with you and the warranty paperwork.

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