Three Hunterdon County homes in four are detached houses, and most carry a lot of roof. In the 15 Highlands towns the eaves take snow and ice, and in Lambertville the roof often runs into the house next door. We strip it to the deck, photograph the wood, and plan the new roof around the eaves and the seams.
NJ HIC 13VH13268400 · Licensed and insured · GAF Certified · Free inspection · Open 24 hoursModern Home Roofing & Chimney replaces roofs on houses across Hunterdon County, NJ, including Raritan Township, Readington, Tewksbury and Lambertville. We strip every layer to the deck, show you photos of any rotted board before we replace it, and look hardest at the eaves in the Highlands and the shared seam on attached houses. NJ HIC 13VH13268400.
Hunterdon County is younger than the state. Its median house dates to 1981, and Raritan Township's to 1986. Houses built in the late 1980s or 1990s can still have the roof they were built with, and shingles that old are often close to worn out. On a first roof there may be only one layer to strip, and the deck under it has not been looked at since it went down.
Most of these houses stand on their own. About three homes in four across the county are detached, and in Alexandria, Bethlehem and Franklin Township the share is 97 percent or more. A detached roof often has dormers, valleys and a chimney breaking it up, and each one is a place the new roof has to be tied in tight.
The northern half of the county is in the Highlands, where the State Climatologist puts average snowfall at 40 to 50 inches a year. Snow sits on those roofs longer, and ice can back up at the eaves. Lambertville sits at the other end of the scale: a median house from 1938, and 45 percent of homes attached to the one next door.
A 1986 roof in Raritan Township and a 1938 roof in Lambertville are two different jobs. We get up on yours, look in the attic, and price it after that.
Square footage gives a rough idea. The rest hides under the shingles and in the attic: the deck, the edges, and the spot where the chimney comes through. We photograph each of them, and the pictures are yours.
A first roof from the 1980s is not always finished. If a repair will keep it going, that is what we price. Roof repair in Hunterdon County
From Holland and Milford across to Califon and Tewksbury, these towns are in the Highlands, the colder and snowier north of the state. Snow stays on a roof here longer. Heat from the attic melts it from underneath, the water runs down to the cold overhang, and it can freeze into a ridge of ice that holds water against the shingles. On a new roof up here, the eaves come first.
Here the house sets the job. Lambertville's and Frenchtown's median houses date to 1938, so the new roof may go onto old plank boards. In Lambertville 45 percent of homes are attached, and in Raritan Township 22 percent, and roof work on an attached house goes through the town's construction office. Out in Delaware, Kingwood and the two Amwells, almost every home is a detached house.
If the gutters are sagging or the wrong size, they can come down with the old roof and stay down. Gutter installation
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. Lambertville has historic districts, where the Historic Preservation Commission reviews exterior work, though in-kind roof and siding repair does not need its 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 Hunterdon County, yes. We cover all 26 municipalities, from Alexandria to West Amwell. Put your ZIP code in the estimate form and we confirm it when we call you back.
It comes down to the size and pitch of the roof, how many dormers and valleys it has, how many layers come off, how much decking needs replacing and the shingle you choose. Detached houses here tend to have a lot of roof. We do not quote over the phone. The price comes in writing after we have been up there.
Not a construction permit on a detached one- or two-family house, which is most homes here. State code counts that as ordinary maintenance. An attached house, like a Lambertville rowhouse or a Raritan Township townhouse, or a building with three or more homes, goes through the town's construction office. Lambertville has historic districts, where the Historic Preservation Commission reviews exterior work, though in-kind roof and siding repair does not need its review. We check with the town before we start.
It might. A house from the late 1980s or 1990s can still be on its original roof, and shingles that old are often close to the end. Age does not settle it on its own. We check the shingles, the attic and the edges, and if the roof has more in it, you hear that from us.
It changes where we look hardest. Tewksbury is in the Highlands, where an average winter brings 40 to 50 inches of snow and ice can build at the eaves. We spend the most time on the eaves and the attic boards above them, and you get the photos.
We take your roof off up to the line and tie the new one in so water runs off it, not down between the two houses. We stay off your neighbor's roof unless they say yes, and if their side is the problem, you get photos to show them. Because the house is attached, the job goes through the city's construction office.
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 you are seeing on the roof. We call you back shortly, get on the roof for free, and hand you photos and a written price. If a repair will carry it a while longer, we say so.
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