Professional Roofers in Butler, NJ | Roof Repair & Replacement in Butler
Roofing in Butler is something we have done since 2012. We work out of 9 Stony Brook Road in Rockaway – about 21.7 miles and 30 minutes away via I-80 east to I-287 north, then the Paterson-Hamburg Turnpike – and a second office in Flanders. Chatham Township and Chatham Borough are on the same run. Old stock, patched decks and reused flashing is what we usually find here. We do roof repair, roof replacement, roof installation, roof maintenance and roof inspection, and the chimney repair and gutter work that go with them. NJ Home Improvement Contractor Reg. #13VH10877700, GAF Certified, Owens Corning Preferred, BBB Accredited A+, general liability insured. Free written estimates – 973-960-7921 is answered 24 hours a day.
Butler Roofs: Mill-Town Houses in the Pequannock Valley
Butler grew up around a hard-rubber works, and the company sold houses on Gifford Street to its own employees on installments. Many of those frame houses are still standing, and most of the borough’s 8,047 residents live in homes with a census median build year of 1962. On a roof of that vintage the top layer tells you very little. It has almost always been re-covered at least once, and the decking, flashing and vents underneath are whatever the last crew chose to leave in place.
So on a Butler roof we start at the joints rather than the open slope: where the roof meets a chimney, a dormer wall or a porch roof, because that is where old step flashing gets bent back and reused under new shingles. Next come the eaves. The borough sits at 456 feet in the valley of the Pequannock River and Stonehouse Brook, and an older attic with little ventilation is a common recipe for winter ice at the overhang. On the higher streets of Butler Heights we also check the rake edges, which take more wind.
Checking us out takes a few minutes. Search the NJ Division of Consumer Affairs license lookup for home improvement registration 13VH10877700, then look for Boundless in the GAF and Owens Corning contractor finders. A copy of our liability certificate, $1M per occurrence and $2M aggregate, is yours before anyone sets up a ladder.
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Boundless Roof Repair & Replacement works from Rockaway in Morris County across North and Central New Jersey, with most of our crews’ time spent in Bergen, Hudson, Morris and Passaic counties. Start with our service areas overview or go straight to roofing in Morris County, NJ.
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Tell us what you are seeing and where the house is. We inspect the roof, count the layers already on it, and give you a written, itemized estimate at no charge.
It is very easy to get a free quote from us!
Roofing Work for Butler Homes
Repairs where an earlier job cut corners
In a borough with housing this age, leaks seldom begin in the middle of a slope. They begin at a reused piece of flashing, a nail backing out of an old vent boot, or a valley that was shingled over instead of rebuilt. We trace the water from the attic side when we can, fix the detail that actually failed, and tell you in writing if the surrounding roof is close to the end of its life. More on roof repair.
Tear-offs on early 1960s decks
When a Butler roof already has two layers, New Jersey code R908.3.1 rules out a third, so the old coverings come off. On houses from this era that can expose board sheathing with gaps or soft spots, and we replace what is needed before any underlayment goes down. The estimate shows deck work as its own line, so the number does not change once the dumpster arrives. See roof replacement.
Chimney flashing on older frame houses
Older houses in the borough often have a masonry chimney coming through the roof, and the counterflashing on it is frequently the oldest metal up there. We reset or replace it as part of a new roof, or on its own through chimney repair.
Permits and the shared construction office
Swapping the roof covering on a detached one- or two-family home is classed as ordinary maintenance under N.J.A.C. 5:23-2.7, so in most cases nothing has to be filed. Townhouses and condominiums are different and do need a construction permit. Butler does not run its own construction office: plan review and inspections for the borough are handled by the construction department at 182 Union Avenue in Bloomingdale, which serves Bloomingdale, Butler and Kinnelon. Questions go to 973-838-7995.
What Butler Homeowners Ask Us
How long does it take to reach Butler from Rockaway?
Plan on roughly half an hour for the 21.7 miles. The usual route is I-80 east to I-287 north, then the Paterson-Hamburg Turnpike into the borough. Our line, 973-960-7921, is answered 24 hours a day, and on an emergency visit the first job is stopping the water; the permanent repair is priced once we can see it properly.
My house is near the river. Does that change anything?
It can. Lower ground near the Pequannock and Stonehouse Brook tends to hold moisture, and an attic that cannot breathe shows it as frost on the nail tips, mildew on the sheathing and shingles that age faster than they should. On those houses a roof inspection covers intake and exhaust ventilation, not only the shingles. Downspouts that empty next to the foundation make a damp lot damper, so we look at gutter discharge on the same visit.
Can I tell from the ground how old my roof is?
Only roughly. Curling tabs, bare spots where granules have washed off and granules collecting at the downspouts all point to an aging roof, but the layer count and deck condition need a closer look. We write both down during the free visit.
Nearby, we also cover Kinnelon and Riverdale, along with the rest of Morris County. To book a free written estimate in Butler, call 973-960-7921 or send a note through our contact page.
