On older Bergen County houses, a lot of leaks start at the chimney, a vent or a valley, not in the middle of the shingles. We find the spot before we fix anything.
NJ HIC 13VH13268400 · Licensed and insured · GAF Certified · Free inspection · Open 24 hoursModern Home Roofing & Chimney repairs roof leaks, missing shingles and failed flashing on houses across Bergen County, NJ, including Teaneck, Bergenfield, Dumont and New Milford. On older houses we check the chimney flashing, the valleys and the vent boots first, because that is where a lot of leaks start. We are open 24 hours. NJ HIC 13VH13268400.
On a house built in the 1950s, the shingles are often not the first thing to fail. The weak spots are the joints: the flashing around the chimney, the valleys where two slopes meet, and the rubber boots around plumbing vents. We check those first.
Some of these roofs have been patched many times, with tar over tar around the chimney. Tar buys a season or two. When we find it, we tell you whether the flashing under it can be fixed or has to be replaced.
In a two-family house, a leak on the second floor can show up in the first floor ceiling. With your tenant's okay, we look in both units, so the repair goes where the water gets in.
So we do not guess at a leak from the driveway. We trace the water to where it gets in, and you see the photos before we fix anything.
The stain on the ceiling is rarely right under the hole. Water runs along the boards and the rafters before it drips, so we start at the roof and the attic and work back to where it gets in.
Some roofs are past repairing. If yours is, we tell you that and show you why. Roof replacement in Bergen County
Ice dams are a winter call in these two towns. Water backs up behind ice at the eaves and gets under the shingles, so the stain shows up on a wall near the edge of the house instead of the middle of a ceiling. A repair there means dealing with the eaves, not only the spot that dripped.
Here, winter storms often switch between rain and snow. Slush settles in the valleys and the gutters and freezes again overnight. When a gutter is full of ice, water can back up under the first row of shingles, so a winter leak here often starts at a valley or the roof edge.
If the leak is at the chimney and the brick itself is loose, new flashing will not hold on its own. Chimney repair in Bergen County
Finding the cause comes first, and your written estimate lists what we will fix and how long it will take. All six steps are on the roof repair page.
We get on the roof when it is safe to, check the attic under the stain, and trace the water back to where it enters. You get the photos.
What is wrong, what we will fix and the price, on paper. If the roof is past repairing, we tell you that and show you why.
New flashing, replaced shingles or a section of new underlayment. If the deck under it is soft, you get photos and a price before we replace it.
New shingles get nailed and sealed to the ones around them. We run a magnet over the lawn for nails and go over photos of the repair with you.
On a detached one- or two-family house, no. New Jersey's construction code treats repairing the roof covering on a detached one- or two-family house as ordinary maintenance, so there is no permit and no notice to the town. A townhouse or other attached house usually goes through the town's construction office. Ridgewood has historic districts, where exterior work needs a historic preservation permit, though a like-for-like replacement skips the commission review. We check with your town before we start, and any permit goes on the estimate.
On roofing work, we are also GAF Certified. What GAF Certified means
If it is in Bergen County, yes. We cover all 70 municipalities, from Allendale to Wyckoff. Put your ZIP code in the estimate form and we confirm it when we call you back.
Call us when it happens. In winter we can often stop the water and protect the inside of the house. The lasting fix at the eaves may have to wait for dry weather above the shingle maker's temperature limit. We tell you which part is which.
It means someone patched a leak there, maybe more than once. Tar dries out and cracks in a few seasons. We look at the flashing under it and tell you whether it can be sealed properly or needs to be replaced.
Not always. In a two-family house, water can come from the roof, the upstairs bathroom or a window. We start at the roof, since that is our trade, and if the roof is dry we tell you so.
It depends on what is causing the leak and how much of the roof around it has to be opened up. A cracked vent boot and failed chimney flashing are very different jobs. We do not quote over the phone. You get a written price after we have found where the water gets in.
On a detached one- or two-family house, no. New Jersey's construction code counts roof covering repairs on those houses as ordinary maintenance. A townhouse or other attached house usually goes through the town's construction office, and we check with your town before we start.
Call us, but check with your association first. In most condos the roof and the siding belong to the association, and the board hires the contractor. Townhouses vary. Your association documents say who owns what.
Tell us your town and where you are seeing water. We call you back shortly, find where it gets in, and give you photos and a written price. If the roof is past repairing, you will hear that from us too.
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