Roofing Contractor in Essex County, NJ
From Newark's row houses to the slate roofs of Montclair and Short Hills and the post-war split-levels of Livingston, Essex County has every kind of roof. We repair and replace all of them, about half an hour from our Englewood shop.
Your roofing contractor in Essex County, NJ
We are a roofing contractor in Essex County, NJ, working out of our Englewood shop, and Essex holds some of the most varied roofing in the state. Across 22 municipalities you go from dense city blocks in Newark to Victorian Montclair, the estates of Short Hills and the mid-century suburbs west of the Watchung ridge. Most of our work here is roof repair and slate and tile roofing on older homes, flat roofs in Newark, and roof replacement on the post-war houses.
Essex County roofers need to be as comfortable on a 100-year-old slate roof as on a row-house flat roof, often in the same week. Every job gets the same fixed written price, the same daily clean-up and the same 10-year workmanship guarantee, which is the standard we hold ourselves to as a roofing company working across Essex County. For businesses, see commercial roofing in Newark and Montclair.
Essex County homes and the roofs on them
Montclair, Glen Ridge and the Oranges grew as commuter suburbs in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and their Victorians, Tudors and Colonial Revivals still carry a lot of original slate and clay tile, with steep multi-plane roofs, built-in gutters on some older homes and tall masonry chimneys. Llewellyn Park in West Orange, laid out in the 1850s, is among the oldest planned residential communities in the country. Millburn and Short Hills add 1920s and 1930s estates with slate and copper, and Maplewood and South Orange are full of colonials and Tudors from the same era.
Newark is a different world: row houses and two- and three-family frame houses with flat or low-slope roofs in the Ironbound and the North Ward, brick commercial blocks downtown, and single-family neighborhoods like Forest Hill with pitched roofs. West of the ridge, Livingston, Roseland and West Caldwell were built out mostly after World War II, with ranches, split-levels and colonials under asphalt shingles.
Essex County weather and your roof
The First Watchung ridge runs through the county, and the towns along it, from Montclair and Verona to West Orange, catch more wind and a little more snow than Newark does. Mature trees across the suburbs mean falling limbs in storms, leaf-packed gutters and moss on shaded slopes. In Newark, dense blocks of flat roofs take summer heat hard, and nor'easter rain finds every tired seam and parapet flashing.
Roofing permits in Essex County
Each of Essex County's 22 municipalities issues its own construction permit under the state's Uniform Construction Code, and a full replacement needs one. Montclair has several local historic districts and Newark has designated districts too, so work on a designated building can need historic-preservation review before the permit is issued. We handle the application, any review and the inspections, and the fee is part of your written price. See roof permits in New Jersey.
Roof repair, replacement and more in Essex County
Slate & Tile Roofing
Slate and clay tile repair and restoration on Montclair, Glen Ridge and Short Hills homes.
Slate & Tile Roofing in NJ
Roof Repair
Valley, chimney and dormer flashing on multi-plane Victorian and Tudor roofs.
Roof Repair in NJ
Flat Roof
Row-house and small commercial flat roofs in Newark and along the main streets.
Flat Roof in NJ
Roof Replacement
Tear-offs on the post-war ranches and split-levels of Livingston and Roseland.
Roof Replacement in NJ
Chimney Repair
Crowns and flashing on the tall masonry chimneys of older homes.
Chimney Repair in NJ
Attic Ventilation
Ventilation upgrades on mid-century homes built before modern standards.
Attic Ventilation in NJTowns we serve in Essex County
Slate Roofing in Montclair, NJ
Essex County · Heritage Victorian specialty
Roofing in Montclair
Roof Replacement in Livingston, NJ
Essex County · Mid-century specialty
Roofing in Livingston
Flat Roofing in Newark, NJ
Essex County · Residential + small commercial
Roofing in Newark
Slate Roofing in Millburn, NJ
Essex County · Short Hills slate specialists
Roofing in MillburnOther Essex County towns we cover
- West OrangeHilly streets of Tudors and colonials, and historic Llewellyn Park.
- Maplewood1920s and 1930s colonials and Tudors on tree-lined streets.
- Glen RidgeGas-lit streets and early 1900s homes.
- South Orange
- Bloomfield
- Nutley
- Verona
- Cedar Grove
- Caldwell
- West Caldwell
- Roseland
- Essex Fells
- East Orange
- Belleville
- Irvington
Reviews from across Essex County.
The slate work on our 1920s colonial is genuinely beautiful. They sourced reclaimed tiles to match the originals. Worth every penny.
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