The median Bergen County house went up in 1961, ten years before the New Jersey median. A roof on a house that age has usually been replaced before, sometimes right over the old one. We take every layer off, show you the wood underneath, and put a new roof on.
NJ HIC 13VH13268400 · Licensed and insured · GAF Certified · Free inspection · Open 24 hoursModern Home Roofing & Chimney replaces roofs on houses in all 70 Bergen County municipalities, from Rutherford to Mahwah, under NJ HIC license 13VH13268400. We strip every layer down to the wood deck, replace rotted boards after you see photos, and install a new roof. A detached one- or two-family house needs no construction permit. The inspection is free.
Rutherford's median house dates to 1945, and Teaneck's and Ridgewood's to 1950. A roof on one of those houses has usually been replaced before, and sometimes the last crew nailed new shingles over the old ones instead of stripping them. Under the shingles there may be the original board decking, not plywood.
Board decking changes the job. On some older houses the planks were laid with gaps between them, and a board can look fine from the attic and still be soft where the nails go in. We walk every board with the roof open. If one needs replacing, you see the photo and the price first.
Mahwah is the exception on age. Its median house dates to 1984. Up there, and in Oakland, snow is the bigger concern. Both towns are in the Highlands, where the State Climatologist puts average snowfall at 40 to 50 inches a year. Most of the rest of the county sits near the line where winter storms switch between rain and snow, so slush settles in gutters and roof valleys and freezes again overnight.
So we do not price a Bergen County roof from the street. We get on it when it is safe to, check the attic, and count the layers first.
Most of what sets the price of a new roof here is under the shingles or right next to them. That is why the inspection comes before the estimate, and you get the photos either way.
Some roofs have more years in them than the owner thinks. If a repair will hold, we tell you and price the repair instead. Roof repair in Bergen County
These two towns are in the Highlands, the colder and snowier north of the state. Snow stays on the roof longer here. When heat from the house melts it from below, the water runs down to the cold eaves, and it can freeze into a ridge of ice that backs water up under the shingles. On a new roof up here, the eaves get the most attention.
From Ramsey down to Rutherford and Lyndhurst, winter storms often switch between rain and snow. Slush settles in the gutters and valleys, freezes overnight, and thaws again the next day, over and over through the winter. Valleys and gutters that hold water are where older roofs tend to start leaking. On a new roof here, the valleys and the roof edge get the most attention.
If the gutters have to come off for the new roof anyway, it is a good time to decide whether they stay. Gutter installation in Bergen County
Most houses take one or two days once work starts, weather permitting. All seven steps are on the roof replacement page.
We get on the roof when it is safe to, check the attic and take photos. You see them before we talk about price.
Scope, materials, number of days and the price, on paper. Any permit goes on it too.
Every layer comes off down to the wood. If we find rotted boards, we stop and show you before we replace them.
New underlayment and shingles go on. Then we haul the old roof away and run a magnet over the lawn and driveway for nails.
On a detached one- or two-family house, no. New Jersey's construction code treats a new 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.
It depends on the size and pitch of the roof, how many layers come off, how much of the deck needs replacing, and the shingle you pick. On an older Bergen County house, nobody can see the layers or the deck from the street. We do not quote over the phone. You get a written price after we have been on the roof.
It could. A roof on a house that age has usually been replaced before, and sometimes the new shingles went right over the old ones. We count the layers at the inspection, and every one of them comes off before the new roof goes on.
Yes. In Lyndhurst and Elmwood Park, close to 3 in 10 homes are two-family houses. We check the ceilings in both units at the inspection, with your tenant's okay. The number of work days is on the estimate, so you can tell your tenant ahead of time.
It changes where we look hardest. Mahwah and Oakland get more snow than the rest of the county, and ice can build up at the eaves. We check the eaves and the attic boards above them at the inspection and show you what we find in photos.
Yes. Exterior work in Ridgewood's historic districts needs a historic preservation permit, though a like-for-like replacement skips the commission review. We check with the town before we start, and any permit goes on the estimate.
Call us, but check with your association first. In most condos the roof belongs to the association, and the board hires the contractor. Townhouses vary. Your association documents say who owns what.
Give us your town and tell us what you are seeing. We call you back shortly, inspect the roof for free, and give you photos and a written price. If a repair will do the job, you will hear that from us.
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