Monmouth County has two kinds of tired roof. Near the water, the median house in Red Bank and Little Silver dates to 1958, and its roof has been redone before. Inland, many houses in Howell, Marlboro and Holmdel went up in the late 1980s and may still carry the shingles they were built with.
NJ HIC 13VH13268400 · Licensed and insured · GAF Certified · Free inspection · Open 24 hoursModern Home Roofing & Chimney replaces roofs on Monmouth County, NJ houses, including Red Bank, Middletown, Holmdel and Wall. We tear the roof down to the deck and photograph any rotted wood before we replace it. A detached one- or two-family house needs no construction permit, except in Ocean Grove, which needs a certificate of appropriateness. NJ HIC 13VH13268400.
Red Bank and Little Silver both have a median house built in 1958, and in Long Branch 24 percent of homes went up before 1940. A roof on a house that age is rarely the original. There may be a second set of shingles under the top one, and under both of them, planks instead of plywood.
Head inland and the houses get younger. The median house in Howell dates to 1985, in Marlboro to 1987, in Holmdel to 1988 and in Tinton Falls to 1991. A house built in the late 1980s or 1990s may still be on its first roof, and shingles that age are often near the end of their life. Out there the question is how the one layer and the wood under it have held up.
Near the ocean the weather adds its own wear. The State Climatologist describes the shore as a zone where land and ocean weather fight it out day to day, and nor'easters come through most often between October and April. On a roof, that means rain pushed sideways under the shingle edges, salt air on nails and flashing, and wind lifting shingles at the eaves and the ridge.
So a Monmouth County roof gets priced from on top of it. We go up when it is safe to, check the attic, and look hardest at the edges and the ridge.
Two houses on one street can need very different roofs. One has two layers over a soft deck. The other has a single worn layer on sound plywood. We find out which one you have before you see a number.
A roof with one layer and a sound deck may only need storm damage fixed. When that is true, we price the repair. Roof repair in Monmouth County
Along the ocean, from Long Branch through Asbury Park, Belmar and Spring Lake down to Manasquan, a roof takes wind-driven rain and salt air. Sea breezes usually reach 5 to 10 miles inland. On a new roof here, the edges and the ridge get the most attention, since that is where wind gets under a shingle, along with any metal the salt can reach.
Manalapan, Freehold Township, Howell and Marlboro were mostly built later, with median houses from 1984 to 1987. Many of those houses may be on their first roof, so age matters more here than salt. Sea breezes sometimes reach 25 to 40 miles inland, though, so the edges and the ridge still get a close look.
Gutters near the water take salt air too. If yours are pulling loose, it may make sense to replace them with the roof. Gutter installation in Monmouth 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. In Ocean Grove, part of Neptune Township, any exterior work, even a like-for-like roof, needs a certificate of appropriateness from the Historic Preservation Commission first. 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 Monmouth County, yes. We cover all 53 municipalities, from Aberdeen to West Long Branch. Put your ZIP code in the estimate form and we confirm it when we call you back.
That comes down to the size and pitch of the roof, how many layers come off, how much of the deck is soft, and the shingle you choose. A 1950s house in Fair Haven and a 1980s house in Manalapan can need very different work. We do not quote over the phone. The written price comes after the inspection.
A detached one- or two-family house needs no construction permit. Ocean Grove is the exception: there, even a like-for-like roof needs a certificate of appropriateness from Neptune Township's Historic Preservation Commission first. Attached houses go through the town's construction office, and in Tinton Falls a quarter of homes are attached. We check with your town before we start.
Maybe. Plenty of houses from the late 1980s and 1990s are still on their first roof, and shingles that age are often near the end of their life. We go up, photograph what we find, and say so plainly if a repair would hold instead.
Mostly where we look first. Salt air works on nails and flashing, and wind off the ocean gets under shingles at the edges and the ridge. We check those spots closely and show you photos of anything loose or rusted.
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. We call you back shortly and inspect the roof for free. You get the photos and a price in writing. If a repair will carry the roof a while longer, we say that.
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