Rockaway Borough Roofing Services | Licensed Roofers in Rockaway Borough
Roofing in Rockaway Borough is something we have done since 2012. Our office is a mile up Mount Hope Road at 9 Stony Brook Road, which makes the borough the closest town on this site to our own front door. The decks here have usually been worked on before, which changes the job. 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.
Roofing in Rockaway Borough, a Mile From Our Own Door
Our office at 9 Stony Brook Road is about a mile up Mount Hope Road from the borough, so these are the roofs we see most often. Rockaway Borough was incorporated in 1894 and has 6,598 residents. Its housing has a census median build year of 1960, and in practice that means most roofs now carry their second or third covering over a deck from the 1950s or 1960s. That deck has usually been patched along the way, some flashing has been reused, and the attic venting was built to the standards of its day rather than what current shingle makers require.
On a borough job we count the layers and check the deck from the attic before we discuss shingles. Near the Rockaway River, which runs through the middle of town, we also look closely at the eaves and gutters, since damp air and ice at the overhang wear down the lowest courses first. Near Main Street, older homes often have a brick chimney with flashing that has been tarred more than once.
Verifying a contractor should be quick. Our home improvement registration number with the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs is 13VH10877700. GAF and Owens Corning both list us in their contractor finders. We send a certificate of insurance ($1M per occurrence, $2M aggregate) before work starts.
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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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Get a Written Estimate for Your Roof
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!
What We Do on Borough Roofs
Figuring out what is under the top layer
When a roof has been covered more than once, the leak you see is often caused by a problem two layers down: a rotted board, a buried vent flange, or flashing nailed over instead of replaced. A roof inspection records the layer count and deck condition so you know if a repair will hold.
Repair or replace: the honest arithmetic
On a 1960s house, one well-placed roof repair is often the right call. A third repair on the same slope usually is not, and past roughly 20 years, repeated repair money is better put toward replacement. We put both options in writing so you can compare them.
Tear-off and deck work
If the house already has two layers, New Jersey code R908.3.1 rules out another overlay, so the roof goes down to the deck. We replace soft sheathing as needed, add ice-and-water membrane at the eaves and in valleys, and correct the attic ventilation so the new shingles can qualify for the manufacturer’s warranty. See roof replacement.
Gutters along the river corridor
Overflowing or poorly pitched gutters cause many eave leaks in town. We re-pitch, re-hang or replace them and direct downspouts away from foundations.
Permits at Borough Hall
Under N.J.A.C. 5:23-2.7, re-roofing a detached one- or two-family house is ordinary maintenance and usually needs no construction permit. Townhouses and condos need one. The Construction Office is at Borough Hall, 1 East Main Street, 973-627-8035. The borough has a Historical Committee that runs the museum on West Main Street, but no exterior review commission is listed for roofing.
Rockaway Borough Roof Questions
Can you come out the same day?
We are a few minutes away, so a same-day visit is usually possible. 973-960-7921 is answered 24 hours a day. If water is coming in, we stop it first and then quote the permanent repair once the roof has been properly inspected.
Can I put new shingles over the old ones to save money?
Only if there is just one layer now and the deck underneath is solid. On many borough houses a second layer is already in place, so a tear-off is the only option that complies with code. We check during the free visit.
Do you look at the attic too?
Yes. Ventilation, daylight at the deck boards, stains around penetrations and frost on nail tips in winter tell us more about an older roof than the shingles do.
Nearby towns we also work in include Rockaway Township, Denville and Dover, and we cover all of Morris County. For a free written estimate in Rockaway Borough, call 973-960-7921 or use our contact page.
