Fewer than one Hudson County home in ten is a detached house, and on the rest the roof often runs straight into the next building. We take the old roof down to the deck and give the seam with your neighbor as much attention as the middle.
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Most Hudson County roofs do not sit on a house standing by itself. About 9 percent of homes here are detached single-family houses, against 52 percent across the state. The rest are two-family houses, attached houses, three- and four-family buildings and apartment buildings, and many of them stand wall to wall with the one next door.
That changes the paperwork. New Jersey lets a new roof go on a detached one- or two-family house with no permit. An attached house, a rowhouse or a building with three or more units goes through the town's construction office, and in Hudson County that is most roofs. We check with your town before we start, and any permit goes on the estimate.
Where your roof meets the next one, the seam has to shed water instead of letting it run down between the two buildings. Many of these roofs are flat or low slope. The State Climatologist's Central Zone starts here, along the harbor and the Lower Hudson, and winter storms often switch between rain and snow. Water still sitting on a flat roof at sundown can be ice by morning.
So we price a Hudson County roof from on top of it, not from across the street. We get up there when it is safe to, check the seam with the next building, and count the layers.
On a building that shares a wall, a lot of what sets the price is at the edges: the seam with the next roof, the front and back edges, and where the water drains off. We photograph all of it.
If the roof has years left and the trouble is one seam or one low spot, we say so and price a repair instead. Roof repair in Hudson County
Kearny has the county's highest share of detached houses, 30 percent, and another 26 percent of its homes are two-family houses. In Bayonne about one home in three is a two-family house, and in East Newark close to half. Kearny's median home was built in 1951 and Bayonne's in 1954, so the roof has usually been replaced before. On a detached one- or two-family house here, a new roof needs no permit.
In Union City and West New York about 5 percent of homes are detached houses, and in Jersey City 7 percent. In Hoboken, 79 percent of homes are in buildings of five or more units. Here the roof often ties into the next building, and many roofs are flat or low slope. The seam and the low spots get the most attention, and the construction office is part of the job.
A flat or low slope roof is a different job from a shingled one. Flat roofing
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. 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.
It depends on the size of the roof, whether it is flat or pitched, how many layers come off, how much of the deck needs replacing, and whether the town requires a permit. None of that shows from the sidewalk. We do not quote over the phone. The price comes in writing once we have walked the roof.
It depends on the building. On a detached one- or two-family house, no. On an attached house, a rowhouse or a building with three or more units, yes, through the town's construction office, and that covers most roofs in the county. We check with your town before we start, and the permit goes on the estimate.
We take your roof off up to the seam and tie the new one in so water runs off instead of down between the two buildings. We do not work on your neighbor's roof without their okay. If their side is letting water in, we show you the photos so you can talk to them.
Yes. 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 the city before we start, and any approval goes on the estimate.
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 what kind of building you have. We call you back shortly. The roof inspection is free, and you get the photos and a price on paper. If one seam is the whole problem, we tell you that instead.
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