In a Passaic County two-family house, the leak upstairs often shows up in the ceiling downstairs. We trace the water back to where it gets in before we fix anything.
NJ HIC 13VH13268400 · Licensed and insured · GAF Certified · Free inspection · Open 24 hoursModern Home Roofing & Chimney repairs roof leaks, missing shingles and failed flashing on houses across Passaic County, NJ, including Paterson, Haledon, Prospect Park and Woodland Park. Many homes there are two-family houses, so with the tenant's okay we check both units and trace the water to where it enters. We are open 24 hours. NJ HIC 13VH13268400.
Two homes in three in Prospect Park are two-family houses. In Haledon it is close to four in ten, and in Paterson about one in three. One roof covers both apartments, so when it leaks, the water can travel through the top unit and come out of a ceiling in the one below.
That is why we start at the roof and the attic, not at the stain. If the tenant agrees, we go through both apartments, so the fix lands where the water enters and not where it happened to drip.
A lot of these roofs have been patched more than once. We often find tar smeared around a chimney or a vent. Tar holds for a season or two. When we find it, we tell you whether the metal under it can be saved or has to be replaced.
From the sidewalk, any leak is a guess. We follow the water back to its entry point, and the photos reach you before any repair starts.
Water runs along rafters and boards before it drips, so the stain is rarely right under the hole. On a two-family house it can be a whole floor away.
Some roofs have been patched too many times to patch again. If yours is one, we tell you and show you why. Roof replacement in Passaic County
Up here a winter leak is often an ice dam. Water backs up behind ice at the eaves and gets under the shingles, so the stain shows up on an outside wall or near the edge of a ceiling. Fixing it means looking at the eaves, not only at the spot that dripped.
Below the Highlands, the houses are older on the whole, and many of them have been patched before. The leak is usually at a joint: the chimney, a vent or a valley. On a two-family house, it may show up a floor below where it started.
When the water comes in at the chimney because the brick there is loose, new metal alone will not stop it. Chimney repair in Passaic County
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. Paterson's historic districts need Historic Preservation Commission review before exterior roofing, siding or window work, ordinary repairs included, though staff can sign off on minor ones. 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 Passaic County, yes. We cover all 16 municipalities, from Bloomingdale to Woodland Park. Put your ZIP code in the estimate form and we confirm it when we call you back.
Maybe. Water in a two-family house can come from the roof, an upstairs tub or shower, or a window. Roofs are our trade, so that is where we start. If it is dry up there, you hear that from us.
We are open 24 hours. Call when the water shows up. In bad weather we may only be able to stop the water and protect the inside that day, and the lasting repair follows when it is safe to work on the roof. We tell you which part is which.
The cause sets the price, along with how much roof has to come apart to reach it. A cracked vent boot is a small job. Flashing around a chimney that has been tarred over three times is a bigger one. We do not quote over the phone. Once we know where the water enters, you get the price in writing.
Not for a detached one- or two-family house. State code calls that ordinary maintenance. An attached house or a building with three or more homes needs the town's construction office. In a Paterson historic district, the Historic Preservation Commission reviews roofing work first, even ordinary repairs, though staff can sign off on minor ones.
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.
Send us your town and which apartment is getting wet. We call you back shortly, track down the entry point, and hand you photos and a price on paper. If the roof is too far gone to patch, we say that plainly.
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