The median Passaic County house went up in 1957, tied with Union County for the oldest in New Jersey. A roof that old has usually been replaced at least once. We take every layer off, show you the wood, and build the new roof on solid decking.
NJ HIC 13VH13268400 · Licensed and insured · GAF Certified · Free inspection · Open 24 hoursModern Home Roofing & Chimney replaces roofs on houses across Passaic County, NJ, including Clifton, Hawthorne, Wayne and West Milford. We strip every layer down to the wood deck, show you photos of any rotted boards before we replace them, and install a new roof. A detached one- or two-family house needs no construction permit. NJ HIC 13VH13268400.
Clifton's median house dates to 1951 and Hawthorne's to 1953. Little Falls is at 1957 and Totowa at 1958. A roof on a house from those years is rarely the first one. Sometimes the last crew stripped it, and sometimes they nailed new shingles right over the old ones.
Under the shingles on a house that age, there can be the original wood boards instead of plywood. A board can look fine from the attic and still be soft where the nails go in. With the roof open we walk each one, and any board that has to go shows up in a photo, with its cost, before we cut it out.
The north end of the county is younger and colder. West Milford, Ringwood, Wanaque, Bloomingdale and Pompton Lakes are in the Highlands, where snow sits on a roof longer and ice can build at the eaves. Down in Clifton and Paterson, the age of the house is the bigger question.
A street view of a 1950s Clifton roof tells you nothing about the layers. We go up, look in the attic, and count them before any number goes on paper.
Most of what decides the price of a new roof is out of sight from the driveway. The inspection comes first, and you keep the photos whether you hire us or not.
A roof that looks tired is not always done. If a repair buys you a few more good years, that is what we price. Roof repair in Passaic County
These five towns sit in the Highlands, the part of the state with the coldest, snowiest winters. Snow stays on a roof longer here than in the rest of the county. Heat from the house melts the bottom of it, the water creeps down to the cold overhang, and it can freeze there into a ridge of ice that pushes water under the shingles. On a new roof in these towns, the eaves are the first thing we plan around.
Below the Highlands are the oldest towns in the county. Clifton, Hawthorne and Little Falls all have a median house from the 1950s, and in Paterson and Haledon a lot of homes are two-family houses. Here the question is usually what is under the shingles: how many layers, and what shape the wood is in.
The old gutters usually come down during a tear off. Before they go back up, it is worth asking whether to put up new ones. Gutter installation in Passaic 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. 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.
Square footage and pitch set the base. Then come the number of old layers to strip, the boards to swap out, and which shingle you pick. On a house from the 1950s, the layers and the deck are the big unknowns. We do not quote over the phone. The price comes in writing once we have walked the roof.
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 Woodland Park about one home in six is attached, so it comes up. Your town gets a call from us first, and any permit is listed on the estimate.
Yes. About one home in five in Clifton is a two-family house, and about one in four in Hawthorne. If the tenant agrees, we look at both apartments at the inspection. The estimate lists how many days the work takes, so your tenant hears about it early.
It changes where we look hardest. West Milford and the other four Highlands towns get more snow than the rest of the county, and ice can build up at the eaves. So the eaves and the attic boards just above them get a close look, and the photos come to you.
Yes. Exterior roofing work in Paterson's historic districts goes to the Historic Preservation Commission for review first, even ordinary repairs, though staff can sign off on minor ones. The city hears from us before any work starts, and the approval step is 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.
Send us your town and a line about the roof. We call you back shortly. The inspection costs nothing, and you get the photos and a price on paper. If a repair is enough, that is what we tell you.
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