In Hudson County a leak often starts where your roof meets the building next door, or at a low spot on a flat roof where water sits. We trace the water back to where it gets in, then fix that.
NJ HIC 13VH13268400 · Licensed and insured · GAF Certified · Free inspection · Open 24 hoursModern Home Roofing & Chimney repairs roof leaks on houses and small buildings across Hudson County, NJ, including Union City, West New York, Weehawken and Jersey City. On attached buildings we check the seam with the next roof and the low spots where water sits, because that is where many leaks start. We are open 24 hours. NJ HIC 13VH13268400.
On attached buildings, the middle of the roof is rarely the first thing to go. Leaks start at the edges: the seam where your roof meets the next building, the flashing against a taller wall, and the low spots on a flat roof where water sits after rain.
Fewer than 3 in 10 Hudson County homes are lived in by their owners, against nearly 2 in 3 statewide. Often the person who sees the stain is a tenant, and the owner hears about it later. In a two- to four-family building, roof water can travel past the top floor before it shows. With your tenants' okay, we look in every unit it could have reached.
Winter here often brings storms that switch between rain and snow, since the Central Zone begins along the harbor and the Lower Hudson. Slush freezes overnight in the low spots and around the drains, and the next thaw pushes water into any seam that has opened.
So we do not patch wherever the ceiling is wet. We find where the water gets in, on your roof or at the seam, and you see the photos before we fix anything.
A stain on a top floor ceiling can sit several feet from the opening. Water runs along the deck, the joists and the seam before it drips, so we start on the roof and work back to where it gets in.
If the roof has been patched so many times there is nothing solid left to patch, we tell you that and show you why. Roof replacement in Hudson County
On a detached or two-family house, a leak usually starts at the chimney, a valley or a vent. Kearny's median home dates to 1951 and Bayonne's to 1954, so the chimney flashing on many of them has been patched before, sometimes more than once. If the house is detached, the repair needs no permit.
Where buildings stand wall to wall, the seam with the next roof is the first place we look, then the low spots. If the water is coming from the neighbor's side, we show you the photos and leave their roof to them. A repair on an attached building usually goes through the town's construction office, and we check before we start.
A puddle that comes back after every storm can mean a flat roof needs more than a patch. Flat roofing
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. In Hoboken's historic districts, exterior work visible from the street goes to the Historic Preservation Commission, and even an in-kind repair gets a certificate of no effect from it. 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 Hudson County, yes. We cover all 12 municipalities, from Bayonne to West New York. Put your ZIP code in the estimate form and we confirm it when we call you back.
We are open 24 hours, so call when it happens. Often we can stop the water first and protect the units below, then do the lasting repair once the roof is dry and safe to work on. We tell you which part is which.
It depends where the opening is. We look at the seam from your side, photograph it, and tell you whether the gap is on your roof or theirs. If it is theirs, the photos help when you talk to your neighbor. We only work on a roof whose owner has given us the okay.
Not always. Tell us who can let us into the units and onto the roof. We photograph everything we find, and the written estimate comes to you as the owner.
It depends on where the water gets in and how much roof around it has to be opened up. Resealing one seam and replacing a soft section of a flat roof are very different jobs. We do not quote over the phone. You get a written price after we have found the cause.
On a detached one- or two-family house, no. On an attached house, a rowhouse or a building with three or more units, the repair goes through the town's construction office, and in Hudson County that is most buildings. 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, the kind of building and where the water shows up. We call you back shortly, inspect for free, track the water to where it enters, and hand you photos with a price on paper. If the roof is past patching, you hear that too.
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